- 21:56 03/02/2009
Kyrgyzstan will demand the closure of a U.S. military base on its territory, used to support antiterrorism operations in neighboring Afghanistan, the Central Asian state's president said on Tuesday. 
- 21:32 03/02/2009
- 21:32 03/02/2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Russian banks on Tuesday against using state funds for currency speculation, reminding bankers that state assistance to the financial system was not charity.
- 20:50 03/02/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev spoke at a congress of ethnic Georgians living in Russia on Tuesday, telling delegates that Moscow sought friendly ties with the Caucasus state.
- 20:41 03/02/2009
Arsenal announced on Tuesday that Andrei Arshavin had signed with the English Premier League club, ending a torturous transfer saga that started last summer.
- 19:42 03/02/2009
- 18:57 03/02/2009
The leader of a Russian ultranationalist party hit out at Andrei Arshavin on Tuesday over the player's plans to join English side Arsenal.
- 18:34 03/02/2009
A Mi-24 Hind combat helicopter crashed on Tuesday in the Saratov Region in Russia's Volga Federal District, killing the crew, a spokesman for the Russian Air Force said.
- 18:33 03/02/2009
- 18:03 03/02/2009
Moscow and Minsk signed on Tuesday an agreement on the joint protection of the Russia-Belarus Union State's airspace and the creation of an integrated regional air defense network.
- 17:42 03/02/2009
- 17:35 03/02/2009
Andrei Arshavin's move to Arsenal may not go ahead due to the deal being completed after the closure of Monday's transfer window, the English FA's director of communications said on Tuesday.
- 16:26 03/02/2009
Russia's WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev has opened a professional boxing school in his hometown of St. Petersburg, the boxer's website said on Tuesday.
- 16:11 03/02/2009
A Mi-24 Hind combat helicopter crashed on Tuesday in the Saratov Region in Russia's Volga Federal District, killing the crew, a spokesman for the Russian Air Force said.
- 16:01 03/02/2009
- 15:42 03/02/2009
Russia and Belarus will step up efforts to create a customs union and a common economic space, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 15:24 03/02/2009
- 14:32 03/02/2009
The European parliament wants Russia to join the Nabucco pipeline project, planned to pump gas from Central Asia to Europe, a European diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
- 14:25 03/02/2009
