- 21:11 19/05/2009
Georgia's foreign minister claimed on Tuesday that the UN Secretary General's draft report on the situation in the Caucasus region had been amended due to pressure from Russia.
- 20:59 19/05/2009
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced the head of a construction firm to 10 years in prison for defrauding home buyers of a total of $38 million in the Russian capital alone.
- 20:31 19/05/2009
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, will break new ground this month by attending mass gatherings with young people at sports arenas in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- 19:10 19/05/2009
Russia will propose including the South Stream gas pipeline to pump natural gas from Russia to the Balkans and onto Europe in a list of EU priority projects, a Gazprom deputy CEO said Tuesday.
- 19:01 19/05/2009
A candidate for mayor in the southern Russian city of Kislovodsk, who was wounded in an assassination attempt earlier on Tuesday, is in stable condition, a doctor at the local hospital said.
- 18:51 19/05/2009
The Russian authorities should help resolve the dispute between the Alfa Group, VimpelCom and Norway's Telenor, which holds 29.9% in VimpelCom, the Russian prime minister said on Tuesday.
- 18:00 19/05/2009
There are no problems with the sale of Tor-M2 and Buk-M2 air defense systems to Belarus, with only technical issues under discussion, the head of the Russian state-run arms exporter said on Tuesday.
- 17:31 19/05/2009
A missile shield planned by the U.S. to protect Europe from a possible Iranian attack would be ineffective against the kinds of missiles Iran could deploy, according to a study by U.S. and Russian experts.
- 17:15 19/05/2009
Georgia's foreign minister claimed on Tuesday that the UN Secretary General's draft report on the situation in the Caucasus region had been amended due to pressure from Russia.
- 16:19 19/05/2009
Russia wants to resume natural gas imports from Turkmenistan under existing contracts, a Gazprom deputy CEO said on Tuesday.
- 16:13 19/05/2009
Russian football authorities are counting on national team manager Guus Hiddink to help them in their 2018 World Cup bid.
- 15:33 19/05/2009
Pirates seized by the Russian Navy will be transferred to a third party, the first deputy defense minister said on Tuesday.
- 15:24 19/05/2009
With unemployment in Russia rising sharply amid the global economic crisis, the Russian Orthodox Church is celebrating the day of St. Job, who lost everything but was ultimately rewarded for his faith.
- 15:17 19/05/2009
Norway's prime minister told Russia's president on Tuesday that the countries have shared interests in the natural gas sphere, and should work together to boost their market share in Europe.
- 15:09 19/05/2009
Without new supply routes from Russia, Europe will struggle to receive the additional 80-100 billion cubic meters of gas it will need by 2020, a top official at Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday.
- 14:06 19/05/2009
- 13:46 19/05/2009
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has said his country needs to strengthen its economic relationship with neighboring Russia.
- 13:44 19/05/2009
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov announced on Tuesday that the republic had no plans to grant an amnesty for militants in the region.
- 13:41 19/05/2009
