- 13:58 07/10/2008
The Russian government has increased its quota for foreign workers this year by 90%, to 3.4 million people, the cabinet said on its website on Tuesday. 
- 13:56 07/10/2008
World oil prices could plunge to $50 per barrel amid the ongoing global financial crisis but are likely to stabilize at $80-90 per barrel, a senior Russian government official said on Tuesday.
- 13:51 07/10/2008
- 13:32 07/10/2008
The fatal recent collapse of part of a school in Russia's Urals was caused by irregularities in construction and maintenance work, regional authorities said on Tuesday.
- 13:01 07/10/2008
A criminal case against two men charged with involvement in one of Russia's bloodiest terrorist attacks has been referred for trial, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday.
- 12:35 07/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address an international forum on global politics and security in France to propose the creation of a new European security system, the Kremlin website said on Tuesday.
- 12:34 07/10/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented his judo tutorial video, 'Learning Judo with Vladimir Putin,' in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
- 11:43 07/10/2008
Russia's MICEX and RTS stock exchanges suspended trading at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) following instructions from the financial regulator, a market spokesmen said on Tuesday.
- 09:50 07/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Israel's interim prime minister, Ehud Olmert, are to discuss the situation in the Middle East, and the Iranian nuclear program at talks in Moscow on Tuesday.
- 09:16 07/10/2008
