- 21:13 12/12/2008
- 21:04 12/12/2008
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin was elected board chairman of the Russian electricity export-import operator RAO UES on Friday, the company said.
- 19:16 12/12/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he hoped the incoming U.S. administration would help advance Russian-American dialogue.
- 19:15 12/12/2008
Georgia wants good relations with Russia, President Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday while commenting on the Georgian Orthodox Church leader's visit to Moscow.
- 18:31 12/12/2008
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- 17:34 12/12/2008
Russia has averted a crisis in its banking system by setting aside up to 9 trillion rubles ($325 billion) to bolster the sector, the Russian prime minster said Friday.
- 16:43 12/12/2008
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- 15:55 12/12/2008
- 15:54 12/12/2008
A town in Russia's Far East was rocked on Friday by what local media say may have been copy-cat riots by gangs of youths imitating recent disturbances in Greece.
- 15:47 12/12/2008
NATO fighters have trailed two Russian strategic bombers on a patrol mission over the North Sea, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Friday.
- 15:46 12/12/2008
Russia's president, who in November initiated constitutional changes to the presidential and parliamentary terms, said Friday that further amendments could be made to the Constitution.
- 15:38 12/12/2008
A missile frigate from Russia's Northern Fleet is continuing its duty to protect commercial ships from Somali pirate attacks near the Horn of Africa, a Navy spokesman said on Friday.
- 15:15 12/12/2008
- 15:06 12/12/2008
An economic recession has begun in Russia, where GDP growth is expected to fall below the 6.8% forecast this year, a deputy economics minister said on Friday.
- 15:03 12/12/2008
Russia's Topol-M ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty on schedule despite the current global financial crisis, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said on Friday.
- 14:56 12/12/2008
A visit by Russian warships to Nicaragua, due to start on Friday, has no political element, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said on Friday.
- 13:55 12/12/2008
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is to visit Russia on December 18-19, the Kremlin press service announced on Friday.
