KALININGRAD, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - A new cathedral in Kaliningrad in Russia's westernmost region will contribute to friendship in the Baltic Sea area, President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.
Several hundred people were safely evacuated early on Saturday from a subway train in eastern Moscow after smoke appeared in the tunnel, a spokesman for the Russian capital"s emergency service said.
Today, on February 16, the Kyoto Protocol is marking an anniversary: five years since it officially came into force. This anti-global warming charter has seen many anniversaries. It was adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto (hence its name) and opened for signing in March 1998. The first steps towards its implementation were made on January 1, 2008.