MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - NATO assistance significantly facilitated the search and rescue of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel seized in the Atlantic by a group of hijackers in late July, the Russian NATO envoy said on Thursday.
The swine flu has stabilized in Russia with the number of people suffering from the A/H1N1 virus declining, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said.
Dmitry Medvedev"s visit to Slovakia and the Czech Republic on April 6-7 is the first opportunity for citizens of the former Warsaw Pact countries to get to know the Russian president and to find out where he stands on issues.