Russia"s Ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, who was appointed last August but remained in Russia in protest against Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko"s anti-Russian policies, will arrive in Kiev on January 25, Russia"s charge d"affaires in Kiev said on Friday.
MOSCOW, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian international Andrei Arshavin has been voted Arsenal fans" player of the month for the second time in a row. In April, Arshavin scored four times in a thrilling 4-4 draw with Liverpool at Anfield. He also scored in a 4-1 win at Wigan and, as the club"s website noted, "continued to rack up the assists for his team-mates, setting up goals against Wigan, Middlesbrough and Portsmouth." Arshavin got 70.4% of the vote, with Cesc Fabergas coming a distant second with 9.3%. The former Zenit St. Petersburg player signed for the club at the start of February after protracted and torturous transfer negotiations, but did not make his debut until toward the end of that month. His agent recently denied saying that other senior Arsenal players were "jealous" of the Russian"s popularity.
Police in the Western Siberian city of Tyumen are investigating who replaced 16 kg of pure heroin with salt at the city"s main police department, regional TV has said.