- 20:35 08/07/2009
A giant Soviet-era statue is due to be back in its platform this year in Moscow after a long-delayed restoration process, the capital's mayor said on Wednesday.
- 20:11 08/07/2009
Georgia's Interior Ministry accused Russia on Wednesday of increasing the number of reconnaissance missions conducted by spy drones over its territory.
- 18:30 08/07/2009
The leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations began their summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila on Wednesday with a working lunch.
- 18:20 08/07/2009
Four militants have been killed and several detained in a special operation in the south Russian republic of Ingushetia, near the border with Chechnya, the Chechen president said Wednesday.
- 18:12 08/07/2009
A bottling plant opened by U.S. soft drink giant PepsiCo outside Moscow on Wednesday is expected to reach full capacity in three to four years, the company's top executive said.
- 17:40 08/07/2009
Russia urges North Korea to immediately return to the six-nation talks on its nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 17:23 08/07/2009
A third task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will arrive in late July in the Gulf of Aden to ensure security in the pirate-infested waters, a Navy official said on Wednesday.
- 17:06 08/07/2009
The leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations began their summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila on Wednesday with a working lunch.
- 16:48 08/07/2009
Russia marked Day of Married Love and Family Happiness on Wednesday, an official holiday which coincides with Peter and Fevronia Day, the Orthodox patron saints of married couples.
- 16:32 08/07/2009
India is satisfied with the performance of Russian Su-30MKI fighters, despite a crash in April, and plans to double the number in service with the air force by 2015, the defense minister said on Wednesday.
- 16:08 08/07/2009
Washington has frozen its missile defense plans for Europe and could subsequently review them, a senior Russian MP said on Wednesday, commenting on the U.S.-Russian presidential summit in Moscow.
- 15:25 08/07/2009
A new round of strategic arms reduction talks between Russia and the United States could begin as early as next week, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.
- 14:48 08/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Italy on Wednesday to attend a Group of Eight summit in the earthquake-stricken city of L'Aquila.
- 13:33 08/07/2009
Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot announced on Wednesday that its net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards declined 88%, year-on-year, in 2008 to $37 million.
- 12:34 08/07/2009
Russia's Evraz Group S.A. metals giant plans to issue Eurobonds worth $600 million with maturity in 2014 and place American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) for new shares worth $300 million, the company said on Wednesday.
- 12:09 08/07/2009
Four people were found dead in a car riddled with bullets on a road outside the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday morning, a local police source said.
- 11:56 08/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama has completed his visit to Russia and left for Italy to attend the Group of Eight summit in the city of L'Aquila.
- 11:19 08/07/2009
The number of people injured in Tuesday's bomb attack in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya has been adjusted to nine, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
- 11:03 08/07/2009
The police have arrested 10 protesters attempting to hold pickets in support of jailed ex-Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky in central Moscow, a local police spokesman said on Wednesday.
