- 21:50 20/05/2009
Corruption in Russia needs to be made "improper" and public opinion should contribute to this way of thinking, the Russian president said in his regular video blog on the Kremlin website.
- 21:24 20/05/2009
The Russian prime minister urged the authorities on Wednesday to try and find areas in the budget that could be cut to allow pensions to be increased, as well as carrying out pension reforms in 2010.
- 21:07 20/05/2009
Russia has not yet decided whether to allocate Ukraine a $5 billion loan to help its economy overcome the global recession, a deputy Russian finance minister said on Wednesday.
- 20:09 20/05/2009
Russia plans to raise the issue of western support for the policies of the Georgian president during the Russia-EU summit on May 21-22 in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
- 20:06 20/05/2009
- 20:02 20/05/2009
Cooperation between Russia and the EU on tackling the global economic crisis will be a key issue on the agenda of the Russia-EU summit starting on Thursday, a Russian presidential aide said.
- 19:20 20/05/2009
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- 18:13 20/05/2009
ussia is satisfied with the results of the first round of discussions with the United States on a new strategic arms reduction treaty, a diplomatic source close to the talks said on Wednesday.
- 17:51 20/05/2009
The Moscow City Court has postponed the hearing of an appeal by jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev against a second set of criminal charges against them.
- 17:38 20/05/2009
Russia's Admiral Panteleyev destroyer is escorting a convoy comprising five Russian and foreign merchant vessels through the Gulf of Aden, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 16:56 20/05/2009
A top Russian senator said difficulties in addressing energy issues will dominate the Russia-EU summit which opens in the Far East city of Khabarovsk on Thursday.
- 16:35 20/05/2009
Ukraine will allow Russia to continue using the facilities on the Crimean Peninsula for naval pilot training, the Ukrainian defense minister has said.
- 16:29 20/05/2009
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- 15:35 20/05/2009
Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky, best known in the West for his work with director Andrei Tarkovsky, died on Wednesday morning in a Moscow hospital at the age of 65.
- 15:30 20/05/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that a new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty must be based on the principle of equal security for both countries.
- 15:23 20/05/2009
