MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - As luck would have it, a great many top Russian officials come from St. Petersburg, which means that they can persuade the federal government and local authorities to tackle the problems of the Baltic, Europe"s most polluted inland sea.
Russian aviation officials are in Iran to investigate yesterday"s crash-landing of a Russian-made Tu-154M airliner, the Interstate Aviation Committee said on Monday.