- 20:02 01/07/2009
The latest round of Geneva discussions on the situation in the Caucasus was productive, and the next round will take place on September 17, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 20:02 01/07/2009
The world's first monument to chocolate, depicting a bronze fairy holding a bar of chocolate, was unveiled in Central Russia's Vladimir Region on Wednesday.
- 19:48 01/07/2009
Russia and the U.S. are looking to make a breakthrough in security issues, a senior Russian senator said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the RIA Novosti-hosted Valdai Discussion Club.
- 18:29 01/07/2009
The Baltic Pipeline System (BTS)-2, designed to pump oil from western Russia's Bryansk Region to the Leningrad Region, will start operating in late 2011, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:28 01/07/2009
Russia's Reserve Fund declined 5.5% to 2.957 trillion rubles ($94.52 billion) while the National Prosperity Fund grew 1% to 2.814 trillion rubles ($89.93 billion) in June, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 17:10 01/07/2009
The renowned Russian folk singer Lyudmila Zykina died of heart failure in Moscow on Wednesday at the age of 80, her spokesperson said.
- 15:53 01/07/2009
Casinos in Moscow and across Russia succumbed to overwhelming odds and closed down in accordance with the government's Wednesday deadline.
- 15:25 01/07/2009
Russia must not cut the number of its nuclear warheads to a few hundred under a new strategic arms deal with the U.S., as it needs to maintain superiority over developing countries' nuclear arsenals, a Russian analyst said.
- 15:20 01/07/2009
Russian news agency RIA Novosti believes that investing in training programs which improve staff skills is the most effective anti-crisis program for media outlets, the agency’s editor-in-chief said
- 15:07 01/07/2009
A Russian woman has decided to name her newborn son after Michael Jackson, the Life.Ru news portal reported on Wednesday.
- 14:49 01/07/2009
Russia and the United States need to update their approach to bilateral relations and consider pooling their efforts in various parts of the world, a Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.
- 13:35 01/07/2009
Global automakers General Motors and Ford on Wednesday suspended production at their car plants in Russia over weak demand for vehicles, the companies said.
- 13:31 01/07/2009
PGNiG expects to increase Russian natural gas imports by 2-3 billion cubic meters to 10-11 bcm annually from 2010, a senior official at the Polish energy company said on Wednesday.
- 13:07 01/07/2009
A bank robber has been arrested by Russian police who found him hiding out in the Urals with 230 million rubles ($7.3 million) in stolen cash, local police said on Wednesday.
- 12:54 01/07/2009
Russia and the United States have made more significant progress in the preparation of a new strategic arms reduction treaty than the sides expected, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 12:32 01/07/2009
The average price of Russian oil in the first six months of 2009 was less than half what it was for the same period a year ago, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.
- 10:29 01/07/2009
The Russian Pacific Fleet's Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and Irkut tanker returned on Wednesday to their base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.
- 10:10 01/07/2009
A Ford factory near Russia's second city of St. Petersburg said on Wednesday it was halting production for six business days until July 9.
- 09:31 01/07/2009
A Proton-M carrier rocket put into orbit on Wednesday a U.S. telecommunications satellite, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
