- 22:25 27/01/2009
Metropolitan Kirill has been elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church, becoming the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. 
- 21:50 27/01/2009
- 21:09 27/01/2009
The Ukrainian gas transportation system is a guarantee of Ukraine's energy independence and will remain in state hands, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchinov announced during a briefing on Tuesday.
- 20:57 27/01/2009
- 20:54 27/01/2009
Russia is ready to discuss the transit of non-lethal supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan at any time, but the alliance needs to resolve the issue with other transit states, Russia's NATO envoy said on Tuesday.
- 19:11 27/01/2009
The Kremlin will not reinstate direct popular elections for regional governors in Russia, deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov told journalists on Tuesday.
- 19:08 27/01/2009
The Russian and Indian navies have started joint naval exercises in the Arabian Sea off the Indian coast, an Indian military source said on Tuesday.
- 18:16 27/01/2009
A Russian NCO has been captured by Georgian special service personnel in South Ossetia, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 18:11 27/01/2009
- 17:49 27/01/2009
Russia has no right to make a unilateral decision on rearming its Black Sea Fleet, based in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said on Tuesday.
- 17:46 27/01/2009
Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Filaret has withdrawn his candidacy for the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, declaring his support for Metropolitan Kirill, the Moscow Patriarchy said Tuesday.
- 17:32 27/01/2009
- 17:32 27/01/2009
Russia's Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday a life sentence for former Yukos shareholder Leonid Nevzlin, sentenced to life in absentia for murder and attempted murder.
- 17:14 27/01/2009
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- 15:58 27/01/2009
Russia's Armed Forces will receive three new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the next 3 years to boost the reconnaissance and precision-strike capabilities of ground units, an industry official said on Tuesday.
- 15:51 27/01/2009
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- 15:40 27/01/2009
St. Petersburg is marking on Tuesday the 65- year anniversary since the end of a 900-day Nazi blockade, one of the most dreadful sieges in modern world history.
