Russian emergency workers have flown to a Siberian region where smelly orange, yellow and green snow fell.

Iran today said it had joined the club of countries enjoying space technology after launching its first satellite last week in a joint project with Russia, state-run television reported.

A new bird flu outbreak has been recorded in a Siberian region that was hit by the disease last summer, officials said today.

THE Tupolev-154 has for more than a quarter of a century been the backbone of Russia and the Soviet Union’s air transport system.

Russia is concerned about the possible relocation of American troops in Europe closer to its borders, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said today.