- 21:56 01/04/2009
Relations between Russia and the United States have a "new quality," with each side ready to give heed to the other's positions, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. 
- 21:49 01/04/2009
Russia and Britain are set to improve relations despite persisting differences, Russia's ambassador to London said on Wednesday after a meeting between the Russian president and British prime minister.
- 21:34 01/04/2009
- 20:19 01/04/2009
Russian authorities will take quick action in bringing the counterterrorist operation in Chechnya to an end, the North Caucasus republic's president said on Wednesday.
- 19:15 01/04/2009
Investigators in St. Petersburg opened a criminal case on Wednesday into the explosion that ripped a hole in a Vladimir Lenin statue in Russia's second city, police said.
- 19:07 01/04/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed on a bilateral agenda at their first meeting in London on Wednesday, and said they were ready to "reset" bilateral relations.
- 19:01 01/04/2009
- 18:40 01/04/2009
Russia and the United States are concerned by the possible launch of a North Korean ballistic missile, and urge the country to show restraint, the two presidents said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
- 17:31 01/04/2009
An outspoken Russian political analyst, known for his apocalyptic predictions on the U.S., has said global events suggest that a new alliance could form in Eurasia, with Vladimir Putin at its helm.
- 17:12 01/04/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama are still in disagreement on the placement of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe, the presidents said on Wednesday.
- 16:54 01/04/2009
- 16:51 01/04/2009
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed on Wednesday that Sulim Yamadayev, a former Chechen military commander, was buried in Dubai two days ago.
- 16:42 01/04/2009
Russia's Superjet 100 medium-haul airliner completed its first long-distance test flight on Wednesday.
- 15:43 01/04/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev met for the first time on Wednesday in London where they are expected to announce the restart of talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
- 15:03 01/04/2009
Russia's Superjet 100 medium-haul airliner completed its first long-distance test flight on Wednesday.
- 14:45 01/04/2009
Gazprom will increase gas supplies to Turkey via the Blue Stream pipeline to compensate for shortages caused by a pipeline rupture in the Transdnestr region on Wednesday, the gas monopoly said.
- 14:40 01/04/2009
- 14:25 01/04/2009
A statue of Vladimir Lenin near the Finlyandsky railway station in St. Petersburg was badly damaged in an explosion on Wednesday, a local police spokesman said.
- 13:09 01/04/2009
Russia marks on Wednesday the 200th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Gogol, author of some of the most original and memorable literature in the Russian language.
