- 21:54 16/02/2009
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ukraine signed an agreement on Monday for a 135 million euro ($174 million) grant as part of the international Chernobyl cleanup effort. 
- 20:52 16/02/2009
The Russian foreign minister and the new U.S. secretary of state could hold their first meeting on March 6, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday confirming earlier reports.
- 20:50 16/02/2009
State defense contracts will not be subject to cuts this year despite the ongoing financial crisis, Russia's deputy defense minister said on Monday.
- 20:22 16/02/2009
Iran expects to receive the backing of Russia, which holds the presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in its bid for full membership of the organization, Iran's foreign minister said on Monday.
- 20:18 16/02/2009
- 18:20 16/02/2009
The Russian government may buy up to 16 million metric tons (117 million barrels) of surplus oil inventories from oil companies to ease oversupply problems, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Monday.
- 18:07 16/02/2009
Russian arms producers will display some of their latest models at an international defense exhibition to be held in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Service for Military Cooperation said on Monday.
- 17:34 16/02/2009
- 17:14 16/02/2009
The Russian and Bolivian presidents pledged stronger ties with a focus on cooperation in natural gas production and transportation following their talks in the Kremlin on Monday.
- 16:41 16/02/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed decrees to replace four governors and name their replacements, the Kremlin said on Monday.
- 16:19 16/02/2009
- 16:13 16/02/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Moscow was planning to supply a large number of helicopters to Bolivia.
- 16:05 16/02/2009
A group of Russian camels that was held up at the Russian-Ukrainian border for two weeks and finally allowed to transit Ukraine has been held up again, this time at the Moldovan-Romanian border.
- 15:50 16/02/2009
The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia is seeking to restart regular security meetings on issues concerning its Gali District with representatives from Tbilisi, the republic's foreign minister said on Monday.
- 15:49 16/02/2009
- 15:30 16/02/2009
Russia's crude production in January declined 0.8% year-on-year to 41 million metric tons (300.5 million barrels), while natural gas output fell 10.5% to 55.2 billon cubic meters, the Federal Statistics Service said on Monday.
- 15:25 16/02/2009
Heavy snowfalls in Moscow and the surrounding Moscow Region caused more than 6,000 traffic accidents over the weekend, which resulted in 24 deaths, local traffic police said on Monday.
- 15:04 16/02/2009
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke the world indoors record twice in a single day at a Pole Vault Stars meeting in Ukraine's Donetsk on Sunday, first clearing 4.97 meters and then 5.0 meters.
- 15:00 16/02/2009
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will pay an official visit to Russia as head of an Italian business delegation in early April, the country's foreign minister said on Monday.
