- 21:25 27/05/2009
Russia and NATO have agreed to transform the Russia-NATO Council into an effective working body ready to examine issues of global security, Russia's envoy to NATO said on Wednesday.
- 20:49 27/05/2009
Russia's final $500 million tranche of a $2 billion loan to Belarus will be under discussion at a session of the ministers council in Minsk on Thursday, a Belarusian deputy premier said on Wednesday.
- 20:21 27/05/2009
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- 20:06 27/05/2009
Rosatom has hundreds of billions of dollars worth of foreign orders for the construction of nuclear power plants (NPP) and reactors over the next 10 years, the head of Russia's state-run nuclear power corporation said on Wednesday.
- 19:33 27/05/2009
- 18:13 27/05/2009
The newly-appointed commander of Russia's Airborne Troops, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said on Wednesday his personnel remained the core of the Russian army, but modern equipment was needed.
- 17:46 27/05/2009
Russia and Cuba have agreed to renew their cooperation in nuclear research with Cuba's Nuclear Energy Agency, head of Rosatom Sergei Kiriyenko said on Wednesday.
- 17:20 27/05/2009
Law enforcement officers in Russia's North Caucasus republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya have killed 12 militants in the course of special operations since May 16, Ingush police said
- 17:06 27/05/2009
Dynamo Moscow have withdrawn a complaint filed with the Russian football authorities over "unacceptable and insulting" comments made by CSKA Moscow's Nigerian striker Ouwo Moussa Maazou
- 16:23 27/05/2009
A leading U.S. analyst has said the NATO-Russia Council is the perfect forum for talks on Arctic security.
- 15:53 27/05/2009
Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council must take action to prevent North Korea from further nuclear activities, but should seek dialogue and avoid futile punishments.
- 15:51 27/05/2009
A Russian Soyuz-FG booster rocket, carrying a Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft, successfully lifted off from the Baikonur space center en route to the International Space Station, Mission Control said on Wednesday.
- 15:47 27/05/2009
Russian arms exports are expected to increase by $700-$800 mln in 2009 despite the global credit crunch, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
- 14:26 27/05/2009
Russia, which has the world's second-largest uranium reserves and ranks fifth for output, is seeking to improve its position in this area, the executive director of nuclear power company Atomenergoprom said on Wednesday.
- 13:13 27/05/2009
Former Old Trafford star Andrei Kanchelskis has said Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson is the world's best coach, irrespective of the result of Wednesday night's Champions League final.
- 13:12 27/05/2009
Russia plans to spend $10 billion from its international reserves to buy IMF bonds to support countries hit hardest by the global economic crisis, the finance minister said on Wednesday.
- 13:07 27/05/2009
The Soyuz TMA-15 launch vehicle is set to take off on Wednesday on a mission to deliver three astronauts to the International Space Center (ISS), increasing the total number to six for the first time.
- 12:56 27/05/2009
Irina Belenkaya, the Russian woman involved in a custody battle with her estranged French husband over their daughter, was handed over to French police in Hungary on Wednesday and put on a plane to France, her lawyer said.
