- 21:36 18/02/2009
The Russian Navy has handed over to Yemen 10 Somali pirates detained several days ago off the Horn of Africa, Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. 
- 20:27 18/02/2009
Russia regards threats by the Ukrainian authorities to expel its ambassador as another attempt to damage bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
- 19:47 18/02/2009
An opinion poll has shown that only 9% of Russians have complete trust in the police, an independent pollster, the Levada Center, said on its website on Wednesday.
- 18:46 18/02/2009
Zenit St. Petersburg captain Anatoly Tymoshchuk will join German club giants Bayern Munich from July 1, the Bundesliga club's chairman told Sport Bild on Wednesday.
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Russia regards threats by the Ukrainian authorities to expel its ambassador as another attempt to damage bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
- 15:28 18/02/2009
Gazprom is continuing to regard Europe as its main natural gas market in the mid term, the CEO of the Russian energy giant said on Wednesday.
- 15:17 18/02/2009
The wife of new Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin has denied that she is a "glamorous cow," the Fontanka news website said on Wednesday.
- 14:29 18/02/2009
Russia will deliver a fourth Tu-204 medium-haul airplane to Cuba in March, the United Aircraft Corporation said on Wednesday.
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The lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to retain Vladimir Lukin as Russia's official human rights ombudsman for another five years.
- 12:55 18/02/2009
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a claim against the Russian government filed by the liquidated oil firm Yukos is partially acceptable, a business paper reported on Wednesday.
- 12:33 18/02/2009
Zenit St. Petersburg face Germany's Stuttgart and CSKA Moscow take on England's Aston Villa in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 in the first games of the season for the Russian clubs.
- 12:00 18/02/2009
Russia unveiled its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Sakhalin on Wednesday opening up new energy markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 11:31 18/02/2009
The captain of a foreign ship, which sank with the loss of eight lives during a storm off Russia's Pacific Coast over the weekend, had ordered the crew to cross the Russian border fearing a trial, local prosecutors said.
