- 22:29 31/03/2009
The European Union and Ukraine must work with Russia in modernizing the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline network, the German chancellor said on Tuesday. 
- 21:58 31/03/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that his country intends to build new dialogue with NATO.
- 21:48 31/03/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that global financial institutions need to be reformed to meet modern challenges, and that a new international currency system should be developed.
- 19:47 31/03/2009
Four key Russian generals have been discharged from the Armed Forces, but will continue working in the Defense Ministry as 'civil servants,' the General Staff said on Tuesday.
- 18:41 31/03/2009
Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee decided at its meeting on Tuesday to end the counterterrorist operation in Chechnya, the North Caucasus republic's president said.
- 18:09 31/03/2009
Russia's consolidated budget surplus rose 3.9% year-on-year in January 2009 to 582.9 billion rubles ($17 billion), the state statistics service said on Tuesday, citing Federal Treasury data.
- 16:50 31/03/2009
- 16:43 31/03/2009
Russia is to supply Iraq with 22 Mi-171 Hip transport helicopters, a spokesman for the Helicopters of Russia holding said on Tuesday.
- 16:27 31/03/2009
- 16:23 31/03/2009
A Moscow court rejected on Tuesday jailed ex-tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request that state oil company Rosneft be removed from a list of complainants in the second trial against him.
- 15:36 31/03/2009
At least seven people have been arrested in Dubai in connection with the murder of Sulim Yamadayev, Russia's Consulate General told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
- 15:30 31/03/2009
A 105-day experiment to simulate a flight to Mars started on Tuesday at the Institute of Medical and Biological Studies in Moscow.
- 15:10 31/03/2009
- 14:44 31/03/2009
A seven-year-old boy accidently killed himself with a knife while pretending to be "a maniac" during a game with his friends in southern Russia's Rostov Region, investigators said on Tuesday.
- 14:41 31/03/2009
The special envoy for the leader of Sudan will arrive in Moscow on a two-day visit on April 2 to discuss President Omar al-Bashir's arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, as well as Sudanese-Russian relations.
- 14:00 31/03/2009
About 9,000 personnel, 110 military vehicles and 70 aircraft will take part in a military procession on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 64th Victory Day, a senior military official said on Tuesday.
- 13:53 31/03/2009
Gazprom has asked the European Union to delve into the causes of January's gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine that left millions of EU consumers short of gas, a company executive said Tuesday.
- 13:32 31/03/2009
A planned round of negotiations on a new Russia-EU bilateral cooperation agreement will be held in Moscow on April 3, European Commission Moscow office chief Marc Franco said on Tuesday.
- 13:24 31/03/2009
Gazprom has lowered its 2009 gas export forecast from 170 billion to 140 billion cubic meters with an average price of $260 per 1,000 cubic meters, the company's deputy chairman said on Tuesday.
