- 14:13 07/12/2006
Russia will launch its first major mission to the Moon, Luna-Glob, in 2012 after a 30-year break from lunar exploration, a space agency spokesman said Thursday. 
- 14:01 07/12/2006
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The investigation into the murder of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko in London does not affect relations with Britain on the Russian side, the foreign minister said Thursday.
- 13:21 07/12/2006
Most people in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine regret the collapse of the Soviet Union 15 years ago, according to a survey by the Eurasian Monitor international research agency.
- 13:21 07/12/2006
Russia continues to maintain contacts with both Hamas and Hezbollah as clashes between the Palestinians and Israelis continue and tensions in Lebanon persist, a senior diplomat said Wednesday.
- 12:37 07/12/2006
- 12:06 07/12/2006
A Russian intelligence services veterans association has dismissed allegations of its involvement in the death of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko, a group spokesman said Thursday.
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- 10:59 07/12/2006
Unified Energy Systems [RTS: EESR] said Thursday it has decided to remove two companies from the holding in a reorganization effort.
- 10:57 07/12/2006
The prosecutor's office of the city of Tomsk in West Siberia said Thursday it has opened a criminal case against the mayor on charges of abuse of office and extortion.
- 10:42 07/12/2006
The parliament of the Yakutia Republic in East Siberia has approved Vyacheslav Shtyrov as president, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Thursday.
- 10:36 07/12/2006
Raids at IBM and two other IT companies' Moscow offices are linked to a probe against the Russian Pension Fund, which has also experienced searches, the computer technology companies said Thursday.
- 10:20 07/12/2006
Russian oil companies, large or small, will be given equal access to export pipelines, a senior energy official said Thursday.
- 09:52 07/12/2006
A former acting prime minister said Thursday that enemies of Russia might have been involved in the sudden illness that struck him last month.
