Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled the capital Bishkek amid violent opposition protests, said on Thursday he no longer has any real power but vowed not to resign, local news agency 24.kg reported.
Twenty-six members of terrorist groups involved in a deadly attack on a Moscow-St. Petersburg express train in late 2009 have been eliminated and another 14 arrested, Russia"s Federal Security Service (FSB) chief said on Tuesday.
Former KGB-agent-turned-tycoon Alexander Lebedev, the owner of three British newspapers, has offered to make his airlines, Red Wings, the backbone carrier in Russia"s North Caucasus region, a Russian daily said on Friday.