- 22:01 06/02/2009
- 21:57 06/02/2009
The prospective U.S. missile defense shield in Central Europe targets Russia's nuclear deterrent, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Friday.
- 21:37 06/02/2009
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who heads a liberal opposition political party, has predicted mass protests in Russia this summer amid the current financial crisis.
- 20:25 06/02/2009
Russia is asking international observers to continue monitoring gas transit via Ukraine until at least the end of March, the Russian prime minister said on Friday.
- 19:31 06/02/2009
- 19:03 06/02/2009
Patriarch Kirill, the new head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will continue to present his weekly television program, a senior Russian Orthodox Church bishop said Friday.
- 18:46 06/02/2009
- 18:26 06/02/2009
The South Ossetian interior minister rejected on Friday Georgian accusations Russia had carried out anti-terrorism operations in the separatist republic's capital.
- 18:03 06/02/2009
- 17:57 06/02/2009
- 17:26 06/02/2009
Russia will allow transit of non-lethal supplies for U.S. troops in Afghanistan as soon as Washington provides Moscow with detailed information on the cargo, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 16:46 06/02/2009
- 16:36 06/02/2009
Russia's Omsk engine design and production bureau has started large-scale production of engines for missiles deployed on the Iskander-M tactical missile systems, a senior company official said on Friday.
- 15:50 06/02/2009
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov dismissed on Friday media reports that his country had received a set of new proposals from Washington concerning the closure of a U.S. airbase on its territory.
- 15:30 06/02/2009
Andrei Arshavin received on Friday a U.K. work visa and will fly into London later in the day, the Russian daily Sport Express said.
- 15:26 06/02/2009
Investigators in the southern Russian city of Taganrog have compiled a list of suspects in the 2007 murder of two girls comprising 12,000 names, the head of the city's investigation department said on Wednesday.
- 15:10 06/02/2009
The Russian missile frigate Neustrashimy, which took part in the anti-pirate operations in the Gulf of Aden, will return to its home port of Baltiysk on Saturday, a regional spokesman said on Friday.
- 14:45 06/02/2009
Russia's prime minister has approved a draft agreement with Venezuela to jointly establish a bank to finance bilateral energy and other projects.
- 14:39 06/02/2009
At least 200 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, or 70% of the total in service with the Russian Air Force, are too old to take to the skies, a Russian business daily said on Friday citing military experts.
