- 21:03 09/04/2009
Russian air-defense systems deployed in the Far East are capable of shooting down missiles of the type recently launched by North Korea, the Air Force chief of staff said on Thursday. 
- 20:27 09/04/2009
Russia will supply advanced S-400 air defense systems to Belarus under a recent agreement to create an integrated air defense network, a senior Air Force official said on Thursday.
- 19:56 09/04/2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Moscow on Thursday ahead of Friday meetings with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
- 18:22 09/04/2009
Russia posted a budget deficit of 50 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) or 0.1% of the country's gross domestic product in the first quarter, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Thursday.
- 18:12 09/04/2009
A monument to the late perestroika-era rock star Viktor Tsoi is to be erected in the singer's hometown of St. Petersburg, the local fontanka.ru news website said on Thursday.
- 16:53 09/04/2009
New UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea could embitter Pyongyang and push it to take inappropriate measures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
- 16:23 09/04/2009
- 16:02 09/04/2009
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday he would like to see dealings between Belarus and Russia become clearer and more transparent.
- 15:57 09/04/2009
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- 14:04 09/04/2009
Russian officials are unaware of any plans to hold popular French and Russian international air shows together, a deputy general director of Russia's Aviasalon company said on Thursday.
- 13:22 09/04/2009
- 13:08 09/04/2009
MTS will offer BlackBerry, a leading wireless platform, to individual Russian subscribers by late April, the president of Russia's largest mobile phone operator announced.
- 12:36 09/04/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he hoped the European Union and Romania would take measures to prevent the use of Romanian flags to undermine Moldova's sovereignty.
- 12:21 09/04/2009
Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday that there is no link between the international dispute over Iran's nuclear program, and Russia-U.S. differences on Washington's missile defense plans for Europe.
- 11:40 09/04/2009
Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday that since the meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama, bilateral dialogue has changed dramatically.
- 11:32 09/04/2009
- 11:30 09/04/2009
Georgian coast guards have released a cargo ship with a crew of 14 Russians on board, the Sovfracht maritime bulletin said on Thursday.
