- 19:54 16/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday described as a mistake the attempts to detect "foul play" in Russia's proposals for a new European security treaty.
- 19:47 16/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed as "primitive" a theory implicating Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.
- 18:59 16/07/2009
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ordered Russia to pay 50,000 euros ($70,200) in compensation to the relatives of a Chechen who was abducted in 2003.
- 18:26 16/07/2009
Russia is not jealous of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a joint news conference after talks with the German leader on Thursday.
- 17:36 16/07/2009
A farewell ceremony was held in the Chechen capital of Grozny on Thursday for murdered human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.
- 16:57 16/07/2009
Fifteen gunmen were killed and two detained in a special operation on the border between Russia's North Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, a deputy interior minister said on Thursday.
- 16:53 16/07/2009
Russia's first ever museum dedicated to life in the Soviet Union opened in the West Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Thursday.
- 15:41 16/07/2009
The Volga-Dnepr Group, Russia's largest heavy air freight carrier, is planning to take part in the transit of U.S. military supplies to Afghanistan, the company said on Thursday.
- 12:39 16/07/2009
troytransgaz, a major Russian engineering company, is holding talks with Rosneft on selling its 50% stake in a joint venture developing oil and gas fields in Algeria, a business paper reported on Thursday.
- 12:14 16/07/2009
A police officer was killed and another injured in an attack in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino Balkaria on Thursday morning, a local police source said.
- 12:11 16/07/2009
Police officers killed three militants during a shootout in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the local interior ministry said.
- 11:48 16/07/2009
Russia and Germany will sign a credit agreement worth 500 million euros ($706 mln) to finance joint projects after talks between the countries' leaders on Thursday, a Kremlin aide said.
- 10:27 16/07/2009
The White House has expressed sadness over the abduction and murder of Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova in the North Caucasus, and called on the Russian government to bring the killers to justice.
