- 20:10 06/12/2008
The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, elected on Saturday Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as the interim leader of the Church. 
- 19:47 06/12/2008
Russia's stake on nanotechnologies will help faster overcome the consequences of the global financial crisis and bring production to a new level, a Russian deputy premier said Saturday.
- 18:28 06/12/2008
The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, elected on Saturday Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as the interim leader of the Church.
- 17:56 06/12/2008
Thousands of people gathered outside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on Saturday to pay their respects to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who died Friday.
- 16:10 06/12/2008
- 15:36 06/12/2008
- 15:23 06/12/2008
The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church began a meeting on Saturday to choose an interim leader, following the death of Patriarch Alexy II.
- 14:57 06/12/2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the head of the OSCE's election watchdog to speed up work in developing new rules for monitoring, the ministry said on Saturday.
- 14:33 06/12/2008
The temperature in Moscow hit 9.4 degrees Celsius (48.92 degrees Fahrenheit) in the early hours of Saturday, a record high for December, a meteorological website said.
- 14:04 06/12/2008
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will be buried on Tuesday in the Annunciation side-chapel of Moscow's Epiphany Cathedral, the chief spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchy said on Saturday.
- 12:11 06/12/2008
- 11:35 06/12/2008
- 11:24 06/12/2008
The funeral of Russian Orthodox Church leader Alexy II, who died on Friday, will be held at Moscow's Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo on Tuesday, a senior church official told Channel One.
- 10:34 06/12/2008
Russia's Admiral Chabanenko destroyer crossed the Panama Canal overnight, becoming the first Russian or Soviet warship to enter the waterway since World War II.
