- 21:53 24/10/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has proposed building a new Russian church in Caracas, the chief spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church said Friday.
- 20:58 24/10/2008
- 20:36 24/10/2008
The Russian government was forced to shut down the two main stock exchanges on Friday, after they shed over 13% as share prices tumbled in the United States and Europe.
- 20:22 24/10/2008
Daylight saving time ends in Russia in the early hours of Sunday, when the country will put clocks back one hour, giving people extra hour in bed.
- 19:37 24/10/2008
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport on Friday linked the sanctions imposed by the United States on the company with a growth of Russian arms exports.
- 19:26 24/10/2008
- 19:11 24/10/2008
A passenger who threatened to blow up a plane flying from south Russia to Moscow on Friday has been detained, and is known to have a criminal record and a history of mental illness, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
- 19:02 24/10/2008
- 18:34 24/10/2008
Russia's president appointed on Friday ambassadors to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, cementing support for the Georgian separatist regions Moscow recognized as independent states after the August conflict.
- 18:14 24/10/2008
U.S. sanctions against Russia's state-run arms exporter are retaliation for Moscow's completely legitimate military-technical cooperation with Iran, a Russian MP said on Friday.
- 17:59 24/10/2008
Ukraine has accused Russia of supplying arms to both Abkhazia and Georgia before a five-day conflict over South Ossetia in August, a spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry said on Friday.
- 17:23 24/10/2008
- 17:05 24/10/2008
Russia should start preparing to withdraw its Black Sea Fleet from bases in the Crimea now, because the process could take up to six years, a Ukrainian diplomat said on Friday.
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An opinion poll said on Friday that over 30% of Russians believe that the results of U.S. presidential elections slated for November will make no difference to "tense" Russia-U.S. relations.
- 14:52 24/10/2008
The sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia's state-run arms exporter contravene international law and will affect ties with Washington, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 14:37 24/10/2008
