A security service officer was abducted by unknown gunmen and taken across the border to Russia, Estonia has claimed.

RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday invited motorists, home owners and charity volunteers to join a movement which should help his United Russia party win a parliamentary election later this year.

The Russian woman who has been crowned Miss Universe is part of the long leg of the law - she's a policewoman.

The Russian woman who has been crowned Miss Universe is a policewoman.