- 19:02 15/07/2009
Recent launches of Sineva ballistic missiles by the Russian Navy were part of routine procedures to check the safety and effectiveness of the country's nuclear arsenal, a military analyst said on Wednesday.
- 18:11 15/07/2009
Nabucco is not a serious rival to Russia's Nord Stream and South Stream gas pipeline projects, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said on Wednesday.
- 17:38 15/07/2009
The presidents of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan will discuss the Nagorny Karabakh peace process in Moscow on Saturday, a Russian presidential aide said on Wednesday.
- 17:23 15/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Munich to discuss bilateral trade, economic cooperation, and energy security, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
- 16:34 15/07/2009
Moscow authorities have no plans to resume trade at Moscow's Cherkizovsky market, closed in late June, Mayor Yury Luzhkov said on a regional TV channel.
- 16:07 15/07/2009
A recent mission involving launches of ballistic missiles from under ice proved the combat readiness of the naval component of Russia's nuclear triad, a high-ranking Navy source said Wednesday.
- 15:36 15/07/2009
Moscow authorities have offered alternative employment to gambling industry employees who were made jobless after a new law came into force on July 1, a labor official told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
- 14:27 15/07/2009
Russia's State Duma ratified on Wednesday a treaty to establish an anti-crisis fund within the Eurasian Economic Community.
- 14:22 15/07/2009
Russia has invited the leaders of post Soviet countries to attend a horse race on Saturday, instead of holding an informal CIS summit, a business daily reported on Wednesday.
- 13:44 15/07/2009
Russia's oil output (including gas condensate) increased 0.1%, year-on-year, in January-June 2009 to 242 million metric tons (1.77 billion barrels), the Federal Statistics Service Rosstat said on Wednesday.
- 13:33 15/07/2009
The United States was unable to detect the presence of Russian strategic submarines in the Arctic before they test-launched two ballistic missiles, a Russian intelligence source said on Wednesday.
- 11:49 15/07/2009
Russia's GDP fell an estimated 10.1% in January-June 2009, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Wednesday.
- 10:58 15/07/2009
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a $500 million long-term loan to Russian Railways (RZD), the top European lender said on Wednesday.
- 10:56 15/07/2009
Russia will raise its oil export duty from the current $212.6 to $222 per metric ton from August 1, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 10:36 15/07/2009
Two people were killed on Wednesday when militants opened fire on the car of a court bailiff in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local investigators said.
- 10:04 15/07/2009
The election to choose a new UNESCO head has entered its final phase and Russia has made it known that it will give $20 million to the UN cultural agency if its candidate wins, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday.
- 10:01 15/07/2009
Three people died after a fire broke out in a multistory apartment building in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, the regional emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.
- 08:55 15/07/2009
Two police officers and two servicemen were killed during a shootout with militants in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source said on Wednesday.
