- 21:54 26/02/2009
Russia and NATO are pleased with the pace that relations are progressing within the Russia-NATO Council, frozen after last August's war with Georgia, the Russian envoy to NATO said on Thursday. 
- 20:38 26/02/2009
Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz has asked Russia's Gazprom to reduce natural gas supplies to the country from the contracted 40 billion cu m to 33 billion this year, a presidential energy aide said on Thursday.
- 20:29 26/02/2009
Russia's new Voronezh-type radar site in the southern town of Armavir was put on combat duty on Thursday, the head of the Moscow-based Military Forecast Center said.
- 19:28 26/02/2009
Statements made last week by an OSCE representative on the murder trial of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya have damaged the organization's reputation, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 18:50 26/02/2009
A former Russian presidential aide known for his criticism of current Kremlin policy has hit out at the U.S. administration's intention to "reset" ties with Moscow.
- 18:35 26/02/2009
Russia responded calmly on Thursday after the U.S. State Department released a critical human rights report, with the foreign minister acknowledging that the country has problems in the sphere.
- 17:21 26/02/2009
Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz has asked Russia's Gazprom to reduce gas supplies to the country from the contracted 40 billion cu m to 33 billion in 2009, a presidential aide said on Thursday.
- 17:00 26/02/2009
The future placement of U.S. Patriot air defense systems in Poland is another reason for Russia to maintain its moratorium on a major arms reductions treaty in Europe, a Russian analyst said on Thursday.
- 16:58 26/02/2009
- 16:52 26/02/2009
Russian banks will grant 56 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) in loans to defense industry firms, Russia's finance minister said on Thursday.
- 15:55 26/02/2009
McDonald's, the world's largest fast food chain, intends to invest at least $120 million in opening about 40 restaurants in Russia in 2009, the company's president for Russia and Eastern Europe said on Thursday.
- 15:52 26/02/2009
- 15:16 26/02/2009
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Thursday ordered Russia to pay 10,000 euros ($12,800) to a Russian judge in connection with a violation of the freedom of expression.
- 14:51 26/02/2009
Capital flight from Russia reached some $40 billion in January, although the flow of money out of the country has now ground to a virtual halt, the finance minister said on Thursday.
- 14:29 26/02/2009
The Russian Embassy in Egypt is studying documentation concerning a dispute over Russian dolphins that the owner says are being held in Egypt illegally, a Russian diplomat said on Thursday.
- 12:53 26/02/2009
CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg see second leg UEFA Cup action on Thursday evening, with the Muscovites hosting England's Aston Villa and Dick Advocaat's men traveling to Stuttgart, Germany.
- 12:53 26/02/2009
The president of Yemen said his country plans to buy a number of MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and other military equipment from Russia, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
- 12:32 26/02/2009
One of the people injured when a gas canister exploded on Thursday on a train in southern Russia's Rostov Region has died in hospital, bringing the death toll in the blast to two, a local police source said.
- 12:28 26/02/2009
Russia has paid in full a more than $53 million contribution to various structures of the United Nations, Russia's permanent UN mission said.
