- 16:49 11/02/2009
Russia attaches great importance to U.S. intentions for direct talks with Iran and believes they could unlock the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
- 16:36 11/02/2009
Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in service with the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) could be launched within a minute if Russia's security is threatened, the SMF commander has said.
- 15:37 11/02/2009
The global financial crisis has slashed the total wealth of Russia's top ten billionaires by 66% to $75.9 billion in the last 12 months, a leading Russian financial magazine said on Wednesday.
- 15:07 11/02/2009
- 15:03 11/02/2009
Russia's foreign minister reiterated on Wednesday that Moscow would be forced to position missiles on the EU border if U.S. missile defense components were deployed in Central Europe.
- 14:30 11/02/2009
Russia will deliver the first of 80 Mi-171 transport helicopters to India under a recent contract in 2010, an official from Russia's state arms exporter said on Wednesday.
- 14:18 11/02/2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to pay two visits to Russia this year, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
- 14:02 11/02/2009
A Proton-M rocket has successfully orbited two new Russian Express-series communications satellites, a Russian federal space agency official said on Wednesday.
- 13:55 11/02/2009
The Coca-Cola Company plans to invest $1.2 billion in developing its infrastructure in Russia in the next 3-5 years, the company's president for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus said on Wednesday.
- 12:56 11/02/2009
Russia will raise export duty on oil to $114-117 per metric ton from the current rate of $100.9 per ton following a stabilization of oil prices on world markets, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday.
- 12:47 11/02/2009
- 12:40 11/02/2009
An Indian delegation has visited the dock in Russia's Far East where the Nerpa nuclear submarine has been kept since a fatal accident on board last year, the dockyard's director said on Wednesday.
- 12:17 11/02/2009
The European Union needs to review its energy relations with Russia and Ukraine in the wake of January's natural gas row between the two countries, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday.
- 11:45 11/02/2009
A senior EU foreign policy delegation will hold talks on European security issues in Moscow on Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- 11:00 11/02/2009
Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL signed on Wednesday a contract with New Delhi on fuel supplies to Indian nuclear power plants, a spokesman for the Indian Nuclear Energy Department said.
- 10:13 11/02/2009
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink is set to combine running the Russian national side with managing Chelsea FC until the end of the season.
- 09:13 11/02/2009
Two Russian military personnel were killed and one wounded after a dispute turned violent in the early hours of Wednesday in the southern Achkhoi-Martan district Chechnya, a police source said.
- 09:11 11/02/2009
A Proton-M rocket bearing two new Russian Express-series communications satellites was launched early on Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
