- 21:59 17/06/2009
Three people have been rescued from the rubble of a building which collapsed in central Moscow on Wednesday and at least three others are still trapped, an emergencies official said.
- 20:14 17/06/2009
Russia's Gazprom has demanded that Belarusian state company Beltransgaz pay off its $231 million debt for natural gas supplies by June 23, the Russian embassy in Minsk said on Wednesday.
- 19:27 17/06/2009
One militant has been killed and another five detained in a counter terrorist operation that started on June 13 in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, the Federal Security Service said
- 19:19 17/06/2009
Russia's president submitted on Wednesday a bill to simplify registration and other rules for non-profit organizations, the Kremlin said.
- 17:55 17/06/2009
Russia has sent a formal extradition request to the U.K. for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wanted in Russia on kidnapping and extortion charges, the top prosecutor's office said
- 17:24 17/06/2009
he presidential election campaign in Iran was "absolutely democratic," a Russian analyst who observed the disputed June 12 polls has said.
- 17:03 17/06/2009
China's President Hu Jintao met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss bilateral economic contacts and energy cooperation.
- 16:11 17/06/2009
Belarus has agreed that it will stop deliveries of powdered milk to Russia until October, Russia's agriculture minister said on Wednesday.
- 15:58 17/06/2009
Prosecutors in Moscow have launched procedures to have a Russian tycoon wanted on kidnapping and extortion charges extradited from Britain, a Russian daily said
- 15:25 17/06/2009
Russia's Black Sea Fleet will not take part in any joint naval exercises involving Georgian warships, a senior Russian military official said on Wednesday.
- 15:25 17/06/2009
Two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol flight over the Arctic, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 15:20 17/06/2009
Russian scientists using two mini-submarines to research Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake, will alternate using the craft to spend more time underwater, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 14:29 17/06/2009
The Russian Defense Ministry has received three strategic missiles, 20 combat aircraft, 20 tanks, three spacecraft and other military hardware since the beginning of the year under government defense contract, a senior military official said on Wednesday.
- 14:19 17/06/2009
Russian energy giant Gazprom expects exports of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin II project in the Far East to reach 5 million metric tons this year, a deputy CEO said on Wednesday.
- 13:50 17/06/2009
Russia will not start natural gas deliveries to China in 2011 as planned, because the parties have yet to agree on the price, a senior Gazprom executive said on Wednesday.
- 12:20 17/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due to visit Egypt on June 23-24 at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, the presidential press service said
- 11:40 17/06/2009
Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will begin a visit to Russia, Israel's second-largest tourism partner, on Wednesday.
- 10:47 17/06/2009
Russia's military is planning to cut the number of troops deployed at military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.
- 10:16 17/06/2009
Moscow and Minsk have reached a compromise on Russian imports of Belarusian dairy products, Russia's agriculture minister said.
