- 20:26 03/07/2008
- 20:20 03/07/2008
The new United States ambassador to Russia, career diplomat John Beyrle, arrived in Moscow on Thursday, the American Embassy said.
- 20:11 03/07/2008
Russia's Finance Ministry said Thursday it planned to start talks with South Korea on the early repayment of a $1.3 billion Soviet-era debt to the Asian nation in late July.
- 19:14 03/07/2008
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that case files relating to the 2002 Moscow theater siege be classed as classified material at Russia's request, a lawyer acting for the victims' families said Thursday.
- 17:43 03/07/2008
The new United States ambassador to Russia, career diplomat John Beyrle, arrived in Moscow on Thursday, the American Embassy said.
- 17:43 03/07/2008
Construction of some venues for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi should be moved from a national park to alternative sites, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
- 17:24 03/07/2008
Russia is prepared to buy Turkmen natural gas at market prices and there is no need for Turkmenistan to implement energy projects with other countries, a Russian presidential aide said Thursday.
- 16:16 03/07/2008
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is close to securing a deal to bring attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin, the star of Russia's Euro-2008 campaign, to Chelsea soccer club, media reports said on Thursday.
- 16:11 03/07/2008
- 16:03 03/07/2008
Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has quit as governor of a remote Far East region, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
- 15:11 03/07/2008
Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has quit as governor of a remote Far East region, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
- 15:10 03/07/2008
- 14:13 03/07/2008
- 14:01 03/07/2008
The G8 summit, which opens Monday on the Island of Hokkaido, Japan, will focus on climate change and the global economy, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday.
- 13:26 03/07/2008
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Interior Ministry prevented seven terrorist attacks and more than 30 terrorism-related crimes in southern Russia in the first half of 2008, the FSB director said on Thursday.
- 12:47 03/07/2008
Russia plans to export 68 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China annually by 2020, the president of the Russian Gas Union said on Thursday.
- 12:00 03/07/2008
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine but falling short of recognizing it as an act of genocide.
- 11:10 03/07/2008
Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves increased by $8.5 billion, to $567.2 billion, in the week of June 20 - June 27, the Central Bank of Russia said Thursday.
- 10:19 03/07/2008
Russia's government has submitted to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, a bill allowing courts to sentence people to house arrest, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Thursday.
