- 21:44 25/09/2008
The Ukrainian prime minister's bloc hopes for a deal with pro-presidential political forces on a new "orange" coalition to prevent early parliamentary elections, a senior bloc member said on Thursday. 
- 21:03 25/09/2008
The Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency ordered on Thursday six air companies to impose a temporary ban on the flights of Boeing-737-500, modification VP-BKT, aircraft.
- 20:39 25/09/2008
The Russian government should take concrete steps to reactivate the country's nuclear icebreaker fleet, the Russian prime minister said Thursday.
- 20:27 25/09/2008
Russia may have to pay $1.5-2 billion a year to Ukraine for the lease of the Sevastopol naval base, if the Black Sea Fleet stays there after 2017, a Russian expert close to talks said on Thursday.
- 20:23 25/09/2008
Russia now has enough evidence to try in international courts those people guilty of war crimes during Georgia's assault on South Ossetia in August, the country's top investigation body said on Thursday.
- 20:21 25/09/2008
Belgium should veto Georgia's bid to join NATO after its attack on breakaway South Ossetia last month, senior Belgian lawmakers said on Thursday.
- 18:59 25/09/2008
Border controls between Russia and South Ossetia could cease to exist under provisions included in a recently- signed bilateral friendship and cooperation agreement, the Russian premier said on Thursday.
- 18:58 25/09/2008
- 17:46 25/09/2008
A 13-year-old boy was killed on Thursday in an explosion on the outskirts of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, a spokesman for the disputed Georgian republic's information and press committee said.
- 17:42 25/09/2008
Russia will provide Venezuela with a $1 billion loan to buy Russian weapons, a Kremlin source said Thursday.
- 17:04 25/09/2008
Russia may have to pay $1.5-2 billion a year to Ukraine for the lease of the Sevastopol naval base, if the Black Sea Fleet stays there after 2017, a Russian expert close to talks said on Thursday.
- 16:31 25/09/2008
Russia's Central Bank made a profit from investing a part of the country's international reserves in U.S. mortgage bonds, despite the subprime mortgage crisis, the president's economic adviser said on Thursday.
- 15:15 25/09/2008
Sberbank and leading Russian brokerage Troika Dialog both rejected reports on Thursday that the state-run retail savings bank had purchased the investment company.
- 15:04 25/09/2008
Russia's agriculture minister said on Thursday that Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization would essentially mean the end of the global trade body.
- 14:52 25/09/2008
Georgia plans to open a museum exposing what Tbilisi calls Russia's acts of aggression in the recent conflict over South Ossetia, the culture minister said on Thursday.
- 14:40 25/09/2008
Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko opened his account in English soccer on Wednesday evening with a goal for Tottenham in their 2-1 win over Newcastle United in the Carling Cup.
- 14:19 25/09/2008
Russia's Finance Ministry said on Thursday that the liquidity situation was stabilizing and would improve, and that more banks could bid for budget funds the government has made temporarily available to further boost liquidity.
- 13:48 25/09/2008
Russia has put into orbit three Glonass navigation satellites after a successful launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said on Thursday.
- 13:05 25/09/2008
Russia plans to influence world oil prices, including by revising its output forecasts, the Russian energy minister said on Thursday.
