- 19:49 24/12/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday Ukraine must pay its natural gas debt to Russia in full or otherwise Kiev could face disruptions in supplies. 
- 19:27 24/12/2008
Gazprom is interested in developing Iran's oil and gas deposits, the Russian energy giant said on Wednesday.
- 19:22 24/12/2008
Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz are unlikely to agree a new gas contract before January 1, but Russian gas supplies to Europe will be unaffected, a spokesman for the Russian gas giant said Wednesday.
- 19:12 24/12/2008
- 19:12 24/12/2008
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is disappointed by the slow pace in decision-making by his Western colleagues amid the global financial crisis, the president said in an interview with leading Russian TV stations.
- 18:21 24/12/2008
- 18:03 24/12/2008
Russia and Serbia signed on Wednesday an oil and gas agreement during an official visit by Serbian President Boris Tadic to Moscow.
- 17:34 24/12/2008
A complex of Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs entered service on Wednesday with another missile regiment in central Russia, a Strategic Missile Forces spokesman said.
- 17:27 24/12/2008
- 16:59 24/12/2008
The press office at the U.S. embassy in Russia dismissed Russian claims on Wednesday that American mercenaries fought alongside Georgian troops in August during the military conflict in South Ossetia.
- 16:27 24/12/2008
Russia's Air Force has completed the deployment of personnel and hardware of a Russian helicopter group to Chad, an Air Force spokesman said Wednesday.
- 16:17 24/12/2008
- 16:00 24/12/2008
- 15:00 24/12/2008
Former U.S. world champion Evander Holyfield filed an appeal on Wednesday with the World Boxing Association protesting his points defeat to Russia's WBA Heavyweight World Champion Nikolai Valuev.
- 14:59 24/12/2008
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday that he is concerned that global warming is opening up the Northern Sea Route for the uncontrolled movement of foreign ships.
- 14:46 24/12/2008
- 13:34 24/12/2008
Russia is facing its first budget deficit for a decade in 2009, but will make up the shortfall with money from the Reserve Fund, a Kremlin aide announced on Wednesday.
- 12:17 24/12/2008
Russian companies will assist Nicaragua in building hydroelectric and geothermal plants in the Central American country, the president of the Nicaraguan Electricity Company (ENEL) has said.
- 12:11 24/12/2008
The Northern Fleet's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser will become the first Russian warship to dock in Cape Town when it visits South Africa on January 9-12, Russia's Navy said.
