The Russian space agency said Monday that there may have been a foreign power behind the space accident that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites earlier this month.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Interfax Information Services Group, the Russian news agency, today formally corrected a series of false allegations that appeared in an article first published on August 30, 2010, entitled "The Helsinki Commission of the U.S.

The Russian Soyuz chief constructor said on Tuesday that the spacecraft set to launch in December has suffered damage to its container during transit.

MOSCOW, January 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (KIFIR), PR Newswire, the British Embassy in Moscow, and Petropavlovsk Plc present a Business Discussion Meeting 'Investments - UK and Russia' on 3rd February 2010. The networking event, supported by Petropavlovsk Plc (http://www.petropavlovsk.net), will bring together directors and owners of leading Russian and international companies, leading industry experts, Media and government officials. Main Speakers: Mark Hynes ( London ) Mark chairs the Investor Relations Society Policy Committee, and sits on FSA, CESR (Committee of European Securities Regulators) and other advisory groups.

Avtovaz, Russia's biggest car maker, may lay off nearly 28,000 workers and make 59 percent fewer vehicles this year than last, a Russian news agency reported.