- 19:16 16/06/2009
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has released a disc of Russian love songs in memory of the 10th anniversary of his wife's death, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper said on Tuesday.
- 19:11 16/06/2009
Russian oil output fell by 0.1% year-on-year to 202 million tons (1.48 billion bbl) in the first five months of 2009, the country's statistics service said on Tuesday.
- 17:54 16/06/2009
The leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries backed on Tuesday Russia's proposal on using national currencies in mutual settlements and introducing a common currency for the group.
- 17:54 16/06/2009
More energetic efforts by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in implementing joint economic and energy projects will strengthen security in Central Asia
- 17:48 16/06/2009
Russia's newest frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, has completed sea trials and the official testing procedure will be over in a few days, a spokesman for the Yantar shipyard said on Tuesday.
- 17:44 16/06/2009
There is no official information to confirm reports that St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko will be the next Russian ambassador to Ukraine, her press secretary said on Tuesday.
- 16:56 16/06/2009
Georgia's destructive position was responsible for the withdrawal of the UN mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, the chairman of the Russian lower house's international committee said Tuesday.
- 16:30 16/06/2009
Russian and Chinese business representatives signed about 40 contracts worth $3 billion at a business forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
- 16:24 16/06/2009
The leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries strongly backed efforts to agree a new Russia-U.S. arms control treaty in a declaration at the end of their two-day summit on Tuesday.
- 16:19 16/06/2009
Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a third task force later this month to protect shipping routes from Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet commander said on Tuesday.
- 16:18 16/06/2009
Russia's president, hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Urals, said on Tuesday that the group considers recent threats made by North Korea to be unacceptable.
- 16:05 16/06/2009
Around 500,000 Russians die annually of alcohol abuse, the Russian Public Chamber said in a report on Tuesday.
- 15:33 16/06/2009
Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Avialeasing announced on Tuesday that they had signed a $715 million contract for the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliners in 2011-2013.
- 15:33 16/06/2009
Iran's controversial president said on Tuesday that ongoing regional conflicts and the global economic crisis proved that the current unipolar world dominated by the United States is not viable.
- 15:04 16/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved draft changes to an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the lease of a Russian Air Force base in the Central Asian republic, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
- 13:50 16/06/2009
Russia's president has issued instructions for military cooperation deals to be negotiated with the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
- 13:24 16/06/2009
The leaders of India and Pakistan met on Tuesday in Russia's Yekaterinburg for their first talks since last November's terrorist attack in Mumbai.
- 12:55 16/06/2009
Gazprom plans to produce 507 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010 but could boost output to 600 billion cu m if necessary, a deputy board chairman said on Tuesday.
- 12:20 16/06/2009
A commission to investigate the May 10 pipeline blast in Moscow has found that seven people bore responsibility for the accident, the chief of Moscow's gas distributor said
