- 20:51 11/04/2008
Russia has protested to Thailand over alleged violations in the rights of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, recently arrested in a police operation in Bangkok. 
- 19:42 11/04/2008
A bronze monument to a former street dog called Laika, which was the first living creature in space and paved the way for manned flights, was unveiled in northwest Moscow on Friday.
- 19:25 11/04/2008
A new missile early warning radar station will go into service by the end of the current year, the Russian Space Forces commander said on Friday.
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- 18:25 11/04/2008
A senior Russian lawmaker said on Friday recent comments by Poland's president alleging refusal to unblock Russia-EU partnership talks was evidence of western confrontation against Moscow.
- 18:23 11/04/2008
Space tourist flights to the International Space Station could be stopped from 2010 due to a planned increase in crew numbers on the station, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday.
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The main unit of Russia's Air Force protecting western and central Russian airspace, including Moscow, will undergo a major overhaul next year, the commander of the 16th Air Army said on Friday.
- 16:06 11/04/2008
Russian humanitarian aid worth around 40 million rubles ($1.7 million) will be delivered to Serbs in north Kosovo next week, a UN spokesman said on Friday.
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Russia will need an additional $5 billion to finish the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2015, the head of Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia said Friday.
- 15:09 11/04/2008
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Up to 12 military aircraft will disperse clouds to ensure good weather over Red Square during Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, an Air Force spokesman said on Friday.
- 14:13 11/04/2008
Japan will not join the U.S. global missile defense network in the near future despite close cooperation with the U.S. on boosting its own missile defenses, Russia's chief of the General Staff said Friday.
- 14:08 11/04/2008
Russia's lower house of parliament ratified on Friday a global convention against smoking, which the World Health Organization says kills 5 million people across the world annually.
- 13:56 11/04/2008
Russia will be forced to strengthen security on its borders if Georgia and Ukraine join NATO, Army General Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the country's General Staff, said on Friday.
- 13:40 11/04/2008
