- 20:12 08/10/2009
Ukraine may use its right under the current contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas imports in 2010, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday.
- 17:14 08/10/2009
The Russian government will provide around 5 billion rubles ($170 million) in aid for state-controlled defense industry corporation Oboronprom and titanium producer Vsmpo-Avisma, the prime minister said on Thursday.
- 15:45 08/10/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on Thursday an order allocating 24.45 billion rubles ($820 million) from the federal budget to the anti-crisis fund of the post-Soviet economic bloc EurAsEC.
- 14:54 08/10/2009
The former technical director of Russia's now defunct electricity monopoly, who was named among officials responsible for a disaster at a recent Siberian power plant accident, brushed aside on Thursday his role in the disaster.
- 13:11 08/10/2009
A Kremlin aide said on Thursday it could be advantageous to switch to non-dollar oil payments, but that he had not heard of any discussions on the issue.
- 12:29 08/10/2009
Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil is ready to participate in the West Qurna-1 oil project in Iraq on Baghdad's terms, CEO Vagit Alekperov said on Thursday.
- 11:55 08/10/2009
The Russian government is considering a ban on all incandescent light bulbs from January 1, 2014, the economics minister said on Thursday.
- 11:08 08/10/2009
Russia's international reserves comprising gold, foreign exchange and a range of other assets declined by 0.3% to $411.5 billion in the week of September 25 - October 2, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
- 07:48 08/10/2009
Gazprom chief, Alexei Miller, met on Wednesday with his Bolivian colleagues to discuss the establishment of a prospecting joint venture.
