- 21:59 27/08/2008
Georgia on Wednesday withdrew all but two of its diplomats from Russia a day after Moscow recognized Georgia's two rebel regions as independent, but Russia insisted that bilateral contacts must be maintained. 
- 21:43 27/08/2008
Russia will not return the weapons and military hardware its troops collected after Georgian forces abandoned them following their August 8 offensive on South Ossetia, Russia's chief military prosecutor said Wednesday.
- 20:25 27/08/2008
- 18:50 27/08/2008
The president of China told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that his country would continue to support the decision to hold 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's resort city of Sochi.
- 18:49 27/08/2008
Russia's NATO envoy said on Wednesday the country will stand by its decision to recognize the independence of Georgia's separatist provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- 18:39 27/08/2008
Russia may decide to accept more international military observers in the Georgian 'buffer zone' between Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where Russia maintains a peacekeeping presence, the foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:25 27/08/2008
The South Ossetian president confirmed on Wednesday his intention to allow the Russian military to set up a base in the republic.
- 17:51 27/08/2008
Russia counts on Belarus to follow its lead and recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent countries, Moscow's envoy to Minsk said on Wednesday.
- 17:13 27/08/2008
Russia's Design Bureau for Transport Machinery has completed the construction of a launch pad for a new-generation carrier rocket at the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia, the company head said on Wednesday.
- 16:52 27/08/2008
A second United States naval vessel carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi on Wednesday, amid Russian accusations that the ships are bringing arms to bolster the Georgian military.
- 16:26 27/08/2008
- 16:17 27/08/2008
Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, who recently confirmed he will sign for English soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, played down concerns on Wednesday that a move to England could be a struggle for him.
- 16:02 27/08/2008
Georgia may sever all diplomatic relations with Russia, Reintegration Minister Timur Yakobashvili warned Wednesday.
- 15:49 27/08/2008
A senior Russian military analyst said on Wednesday that the U.S. and NATO by arming Tbilisi used the conflict in Georgia as a dress rehearsal for a future military operation in Iran.
- 15:42 27/08/2008
Russia will not reinforce its naval group in the Black Sea, the deputy chief of Russia's General Staff said Wednesday.
- 15:14 27/08/2008
Russia is disappointed and concerned over North Korea's decision to halt the disablement of its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 14:31 27/08/2008
- 13:48 27/08/2008
Indonesia will buy 20 Russian BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles, the Russian ambassador to Jakarta has said.
- 13:32 27/08/2008
