- 19:22 01/05/2008
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has handed a protest note to the Russian ambassador over an increase in the number of Russian peacekeepers in the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia. 
- 17:51 01/05/2008
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been included in Time Magazine's annual list of the world's one hundred most influential people.
- 17:19 01/05/2008
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- 14:10 01/05/2008
A model train ride overturned in Moscow City Zoo on Thursday, injuring six children, a police source said.
- 13:58 01/05/2008
At least nine people died and some 28 were injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a police source said.
- 13:42 01/05/2008
Around 30,000 people are taking part in May Day rallies in downtown Moscow, the chief spokesman for the Moscow police said on Thursday.
- 13:07 01/05/2008
Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg face the German side Bayern Munich at home on Thursday evening in the second leg of a UEFA Cup semi final that could see them reach the final of a major European competition for the first time in their history.
- 12:25 01/05/2008
At least nine people died and some 28 were injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a police source said.
- 12:06 01/05/2008
A cave in is reported to have occurred at the underground shelter in central Russia where members of a doomsday sect have been holed up since November.
- 11:39 01/05/2008
English soccer's top two sides, Manchester United and Chelsea, are to meet in the Champions League final in Moscow on May 21 after Chelsea knocked Liverpool out of the tournament in an emotionally charged semi-final on Wednesday evening.
- 11:17 01/05/2008
At least eight people were killed and some 23 injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, national media reported.
- 10:34 01/05/2008
At least eight people were killed and some 16 injured after a bus carrying tourists from Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Canada overturned and burst into flames in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, national media reported.
