- 23:17 15/01/2009
Four people were killed, five injured, and one went missing as two Il-76 Candid airlifters collided on the runway of the airport in the capital of the southern Russian republic of Daghestan, police said Thursday. 
- 22:08 15/01/2009
Russia's prime minister proposed on Thursday that the European Union set up a consortium to buy from Russian energy giant Gazprom the gas Ukraine says is necessary to resume transit to Europe.
- 21:55 15/01/2009
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- 20:30 15/01/2009
Ukraine will restart Russian gas transit to Europe if Moscow provides 320 million cubic meters of gas a day and the necessary technical gas, President Viktor Yushchenko said on Thursday.
- 19:25 15/01/2009
Ukraine's president urged his Russian counterpart on Thursday to ensure gas transit to Europe by pumping 330 million cubic meters of gas into the Ukrainian transit system, his press service said.
- 19:03 15/01/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he hoped the United States would develop constructive relations with Moscow after president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20.
- 18:42 15/01/2009
The state will earmark 4 trillion rubles ($125 billion) for arms procurements by 2011, including 1 trillion rubles ($31 billion) in 2009, the Russian prime minister said on Thursday.
- 18:34 15/01/2009
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry urged on Thursday Russian energy giant Gazprom to sign a temporary agreement on the transit of gas to Europe.
- 18:17 15/01/2009
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- 18:02 15/01/2009
A Russian expedition led by a polar explorer and MP plans to arrive in the Antarctic on Saturday to inspect Russia's polar stations.
- 17:43 15/01/2009
Russia's ultra-nationalist LDPR party is to hold a rally in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow on Friday to protest the alleged stealing of Russian gas by its neighbor.
- 16:46 15/01/2009
The Ukrainian presidential representative believes a price of around $200 per 1,000 cubic meters for Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine would be economically justified.
- 16:31 15/01/2009
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will be co-opted into the TNK-BP board as an independent director, BP said on Thursday.
- 16:14 15/01/2009
- 16:07 15/01/2009
A summit to discuss the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine that have led to gas shortages for Europe will be held in Moscow on Saturday, the Russian president's press secretary said on Thursday.
- 15:23 15/01/2009
The protracted Russia-Ukraine gas conflict, which has badly hit European consumers, will force the EU to diversify its energy supplies, the Czech Republic's ambassador to Russia said on Thursday.
- 15:11 15/01/2009
The Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser has left the South African port of Cape Town after a three-day visit, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Thursday.
