- 21:31 19/03/2009
The Russian government will provide 50 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) to increase the charter capital of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday. 
- 20:45 19/03/2009
The Russian Navy will conduct at least three test launches of the new Bulava sea-based ballistic missile in 2009, a senior navy official said on Thursday.
- 20:00 19/03/2009
- 18:20 19/03/2009
Russia will not back away from its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in order to begin a dialogue on relations with Georgia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 17:55 19/03/2009
Russia's federal budget deficit will reach 3 trillion rubles ($88 billion) in 2009 amid the ongoing financial crisis, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
- 17:52 19/03/2009
There is scope for Russia and the United States to reach an agreement on missile defense, the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:48 19/03/2009
Russia will not interfere in the trial of an alleged Russian arms dealer arrested in Thailand, but will provide him with legal assistance, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 16:57 19/03/2009
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- 16:23 19/03/2009
The Russian Navy maintains a fleet of about 60 nuclear-powered and diesel-electric submarines, a senior Navy official said on Thursday.
- 15:48 19/03/2009
Lawmakers in south Russia's Chechnya have protested against plans voiced by European Parliament members to form a faction to discuss Chechen independence, and branded it a diversionary tactic to avoid addressing EU problems.
- 15:43 19/03/2009
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- 14:09 19/03/2009
The head of Russia's military intelligence (GRU) is to retain his post for two more years and will focus on internal reform, an unidentified intelligence official said on Thursday.
- 13:59 19/03/2009
The Russian Air Force has launched a four-day exercise near the city of Vorkuta, north of the Arctic Circle, a spokesman said on Thursday.
- 13:37 19/03/2009
Russia is to build the world's first sports arena on permafrost in its northeastern Siberian Republic of Yakutia by 2012, a spokesman for the republic said on Thursday.
- 13:30 19/03/2009
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), owned by Russian aluminum giant RusAl (65%) and Norway's Hydro Aluminum (35%), will suspend production from May 15 for at least 12 months, RusAl said on Thursday.
- 11:48 19/03/2009
