- 22:04 11/03/2009
Russia will spend 1.6 trillion rubles ($45.6 billion) of its reserve funds to balance its budget in the first half of 2009, the government website said on Wednesday. 
- 21:41 11/03/2009
- 21:16 11/03/2009
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Wednesday urged priests to reach out to society, especially to young people.
- 20:47 11/03/2009
- 20:35 11/03/2009
Prosecutors in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk have brought charges against a college lecturer who reportedly threatened to fail students who held religious beliefs.
- 20:12 11/03/2009
Georgia has pulled out of the 2009 Eurovision song contest, due to be held in Moscow, the head of the country's national competition said on Wednesday.
- 19:40 11/03/2009
Russia will build Molniya class missile boats for Libya under a new contract, a source in the defense industry said on Wednesday.
- 19:39 11/03/2009
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday called on Russia to abolish the death penalty, and a Greek MP said Russia's refusal to do so was "stupid."
- 18:46 11/03/2009
- 18:32 11/03/2009
The defense team acting for the Yukos founder and his business partner plan to summon Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to testify in a new trial of their clients, one of the lawyers said on Wednesday.
- 17:49 11/03/2009
Russia has delivered almost half the food aid pledged to Afghanistan under a new humanitarian program, an economic and trade advisor to the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
- 17:32 11/03/2009
The defense team acting for the Yukos founder and his business partner plan to summon Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to testify in a new trial of their clients, one of the lawyers said on Wednesday.
- 17:15 11/03/2009
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- 16:34 11/03/2009
Ukraine has asked Russia for a $5 billion loan to pay for natural gas deliveries, Ukraine's acting finance minister said on Wednesday.
- 16:31 11/03/2009
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers expressed concern over rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and called on all sides to refrain from dangerous actions, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 15:28 11/03/2009
Norway's coast guard detained a Russian trawler early Wednesday on suspicion of illegal fishing, Norwegian agency NTB reported.
- 15:15 11/03/2009
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