- 22:02 05/12/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev told his Indian counterpart on Friday that Russia and other countries must work with India to fight terrorism, in the wake of last week's attacks in Mumbai. 
- 21:52 05/12/2008
The lying-in-state ceremony for the late Russian Orthodox Church leader Alexy II will begin on Saturday evening at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow and continue through the night, the Moscow Patriarchy said Friday.
- 20:10 05/12/2008
- 19:58 05/12/2008
Pope Benedict XVI has offered condolences following the death of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II.
- 19:02 05/12/2008
A Russian frigate currently protecting civilian ships from Somali pirate attacks near the Horn of Africa is escorting a convoy of four vessels in the area, a Navy spokesman said on Friday.
- 18:10 05/12/2008
Russia is ready to resume dialogue with NATO, but only if mutual interests are taken into account, the foreign minister said Friday.
- 16:54 05/12/2008
Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and the Indonesian regional air carrier Kartika have signed an agreement on the delivery of up to 30 Superjet 100 passenger aircraft worth $448 mln, the company said on Friday.
- 16:53 05/12/2008
- 16:30 05/12/2008
- 16:30 05/12/2008
India and Russia on Friday urged the international community to provide assistance to bring to justice the organizers of last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, that left over 170 people dead.
- 16:29 05/12/2008
Russia supports the continued work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, but believes the organization needs reforms, the foreign minister said on Friday.
- 15:30 05/12/2008
The Russian foreign minister called on the OSCE on Friday to take measures to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia after Georgia cut off gas supplies to the rebel region.
- 15:22 05/12/2008
Patriarch Alexy II, who led the Russian Orthodox Church for 18 years, died at the age of 79 in his residency near the Russian capital on Friday morning, the Moscow Patriarchy said.
- 15:21 05/12/2008
Russia and India signed on Friday an agreement to build an additional four reactors for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and construct new nuclear plants in India.
- 15:00 05/12/2008
A Russian military pilot died early on Friday when his MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter crashed in East Siberia, an Air Force spokesman said.
- 14:34 05/12/2008
An Aeroflot flight to Moscow officially reopened on Friday Thailand's Bangkok international airport, two days after the opposition had called off protests against the country's prime minister.
- 13:59 05/12/2008
Gazprom could reduce natural gas production by 3% in 2008 due to possible lower consumption caused by the expected warmer winter, a senior official at the Russian energy giant said on Friday.
- 13:15 05/12/2008
Firemen found two dead bodies on Friday after they had extinguished a fire that broke out in a tower block in Balashikha, a small town to the east of Moscow, a spokesman for the emergencies service said.
- 12:57 05/12/2008
Russian Patriarch Alexy II, who led the Orthodox Church for almost 20 years, died at the age of 79 in his residency near the Russian capital on Friday morning, a Moscow Patriarchy official said.
