- 21:31 11/07/2008
Three international adoption agencies, including one that failed to inform Russia of the death of a baby in the U.S. this week, have been banned from operating in Russia, the country's adoption authorities said on Friday. 
- 21:20 11/07/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called Friday for a major technological overhaul in the oil and gas sector, as well as more exploration to find new strategic deposits.
- 20:53 11/07/2008
- 20:22 11/07/2008
Russia will do everything in its power to prevent a military conflict breaking out between Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the foreign minister said on Friday.
- 19:54 11/07/2008
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer said on Friday it plans to equalize the share of civilian and military aviation in its production portfolio by 2015.
- 19:46 11/07/2008
An man in Virginia whose adopted son from Russia died after being left for hours in a car in searing heat will be arrested on leaving hospital, local police told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 18:49 11/07/2008
Georgia has declined Russia's invitation to a meeting in Moscow later this month on easing tensions between Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 17:59 11/07/2008
- 17:34 11/07/2008
British soccer club Manchester United, winners of the May 21 Champions League final in Moscow, still owe the city transport service $240,000, the service said on Friday.
- 17:05 11/07/2008
BEIJING, June 11 (RIA Novosti) – Progress at the current six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear issue have improved prospects for fully shutting down the country’s nuclear program, a Russian diplomat said on Friday.
- 17:02 11/07/2008
Russia's foreign minister said on Friday that Iran's recent missile tests show it does not have ability to attack Europe, and disprove the U.S. justification for a missile shield in Central Europe.
- 16:44 11/07/2008
The de facto independent republic of South Ossetia would be capable of repelling on its own any attack by Georgia, without help from Moscow, a South Ossetian envoy to Russia said on Friday.
- 16:30 11/07/2008
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer said Friday the company plans to equalize the share of civilian and military aircraft in its production portfolio by 2015.
- 16:05 11/07/2008
A 21-month-old child adopted from Russia by an American family died after his foster father drove to work and left him in the back seat of the car for several hours in the hot sun, U.S. media reported.
- 15:38 11/07/2008
- 15:00 11/07/2008
Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Friday the intrusion of Russian warplanes into Georgian airspace was an act of "military aggression."
- 14:16 11/07/2008
Dialogue between Georgia and its breakaway republic of Abkhazia can only be resumed if Tbilisi withdraws troops from the Kodori gorge, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 13:28 11/07/2008
Two Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station have made a daring spacewalk to repair their Soyuz descent capsule, Russian mission control said on Friday.
- 13:12 11/07/2008
An East Siberian court ruled on Friday to extend pre-trial custody for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the founder of bankrupt oil company Yukos, until November 2, 2008, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the court.
