- 21:10 05/01/2009
Gazprom will reduce its delivery of gas to Ukraine by 65.3 million cubic meters - the volume that has been stolen, the Russian energy giant's CEO said on Monday. 
- 20:15 05/01/2009
- 19:53 05/01/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, with both leaders stressing the need for an immediate ceasefire, the Kremlin said.
- 18:30 05/01/2009
A transport plane working with an international expedition has crashed in the Antarctic, although all four people on board survived, a Russian polar explorer said on Monday.
- 17:38 05/01/2009
Russian gas supplies to the Czech Republic, earlier affected by the Russian-Ukraine gas dispute, are back to normal, Martin Chalupsky, RWE Transgas spokesman, said on Monday.
- 16:19 05/01/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law on Monday an extension to the deadline for Soviet citizens living legally in Russia to apply for fast-tracked citizenship, the Kremlin press service said.
- 15:40 05/01/2009
Ukraine's Naftogaz refused a request by Gazprom to pump an additional 15 million cubic meters of Russian gas to European consumers, the Russian energy giant's press service said on Monday.
- 15:34 05/01/2009
- 14:53 05/01/2009
A naval task force from Russia's Northern Fleet began on Monday an informal visit to Turkey, a Navy spokesman said.
- 13:27 05/01/2009
The EU urged both Moscow and Kiev to fulfill their commitments on gas supplies and transit to Europe ahead of an extraordinary meeting of EU envoys on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine gas dispute in Brussels on Monday.
- 13:19 05/01/2009
The first Women's Tennis Association rankings of 2009 showed on Monday an unchanged top 10 still dominated by Russian players.
- 11:58 05/01/2009
Russia's special envoy to the Middle East met with the Israeli foreign minister in Jerusalem to urge an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip, where the death toll has increased to over 500, the foreign ministry said.
- 10:48 05/01/2009
- 10:35 05/01/2009
Three people died in separates fires in Moscow on Monday morning as deaths from apartment fires in the capital rose to at least 16 over the New Year holiday period, the emergencies ministry said.
