- 21:36 03/09/2008
- 21:08 03/09/2008
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Wednesday urging Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia under a ceasefire agreement with the Caucasus state.
- 20:52 03/09/2008
- 20:39 03/09/2008
Abkhazia and South Ossetia should decide for themselves whether they want international observers working on their territory, the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:50 03/09/2008
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- 16:59 03/09/2008
Heads of the security councils of a post-Soviet security bloc have backed a Russian proposal to impose an arms embargo on Georgia, the head of the Russian Security Council said on Wednesday.
- 16:56 03/09/2008
Over 60 combat aircraft will participate on September 8-13 in exercises that are part of theater-level military maneuvers in central Russia, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 16:12 03/09/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Wednesday on the construction of a huge suspension bridge to link the Far East city of Vladivostok to Russky Island, where the 2012 APEC summit will be held.
- 16:00 03/09/2008
Georgia has failed to honor its commitment to withdraw troops under the Medvedev-Sarkozy peace plan, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 15:57 03/09/2008
- 15:29 03/09/2008
An opposition leader in the south Russia's republic of Ingushetia said he is being persecuted after participating in public protests against the death in police custody of an opposition journalist last Sunday.
- 15:22 03/09/2008
Russia confirmed on Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Poland on September 11 to discuss U.S. missile shield plans, the Georgia conflict, and ties with the EU.
- 15:18 03/09/2008
- 14:58 03/09/2008
Gazprom and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation plan to set up a joint venture, the Russian energy giant said on Wednesday.
- 14:54 03/09/2008
NATO is continuing to strengthen its naval task force in the Black Sea, a Turkish military source said on Wednesday.
- 14:35 03/09/2008
Russia will send no more than 10 monitors to the U.S. elections as part of the OSCE election monitoring mission in November, Russia's top election body said on Wednesday.
- 14:24 03/09/2008
The recently appointed chief of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will pay a visit to Moscow on September 9, a Russian election commission official said on Wednesday.
- 13:27 03/09/2008
Two police officers were injured on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on their car in the south Russian republic of Daghestan, a police spokesman said.
