RIA Novostihttp://en.rian.ru/RIA NovostiRIA NovostiMoldova's referendum declared invalid because of low turnout (UPDATE 1)http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100906/160478966.htmlEx-Soviet States 3Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:10:00 +0400Moldova's referendum on whether the country's president should be directly elected was declared invalid on Monday as voter turnout has not reached the necessary 33.33 percent.URGENT: Moldova's referendum declared invalid because of low turnouthttp://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100906/160478723.htmlEx-Soviet States 3Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:30:00 +0400Moldova's referendum on whether the country's president should be directly elected was declared invalid on Monday as voter turnout has not reached the necessary 33.33 percent.Russia's new North Caucasus Federal Districthttp://en.rian.ru/trend/north_caucasus_federal_district/RussiaMon, 06 Sep 2010 02:09:00 +0400Russian presidential envoy to unveil North Caucasus development strategyhttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20100906/160478579.htmlRussia3Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:09:00 +0400The Russian presidential envoy to the North Caucasus will present a regional social and economic development strategy to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday.Israeli defense minister heads to Russia for military talkshttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20100906/160478297.htmlRussia3Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:11:00 +0400The Russian and Israeli defense ministers, Anatoly Serdyukov and Ehud Barak, are planning to sign an agreement on military cooperation during talks in Moscow.Low turnout in Moldova's referendum sparks fears of failurehttp://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100906/160478060.htmlEx-Soviet States 3Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:31:00 +0400Turnout results from all but three of Moldova's regions show that only some 25 percent of the country's eligible voters has gone to the polls in Sunday's referendum on whether the Moldovan president should be directly elected.Top stories of the dayhttp://en.rian.ru/trend/top_stories_011009/SocietySun, 05 Sep 2010 23:59:00 +0400Main news of September 5http://en.rian.ru/news/20100905/160477724.htmlNews3Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:59:00 +0400A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.Ovechkin calls for charity hockey game to become annual eventhttp://en.rian.ru/sports/20100905/160477859.htmlSports3Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:52:00 +0400A charity ice hockey game involving Russian players and politicians could become an annual event, NHL star Alexander Ovechkin said after a game that raised millions of rubles for victims of this summer's wildfires in Russia.Wildfires in Russia in 2010http://en.rian.ru/trend/wildfires_2010/RussiaSun, 05 Sep 2010 23:04:00 +0400Russia's top doctor calls on public to help wildfire victimshttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20100905/160477520.htmlRussia3Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:04:00 +0400Russia's chief sanitary official urged Russians on Sunday to donate what they could to help the victims of this week's wildfires in the Volgograd Region.Dzagoev hits out at media criticism of Russian football teamhttp://en.rian.ru/sports/20100905/160477059.htmlSports3Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:39:00 +0400CSKA Moscow star Alan Dzagoev has urged the Russian media not to criticize Russia's players ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifying match with Slovakia.