- 21:26 29/07/2009
Moscow asked Ukraine on Wednesday to recall two senior diplomats from Russia, following a similar request from the Ukrainian side, the Foreign Ministry said.
- 21:00 29/07/2009
Russia's antimonopoly agency has found state oil producer Rosneft to have broken antitrust laws in forcing up petrochemical prices, an agency spokesman said on Thursday.
- 19:15 29/07/2009
A Moscow court turned down a compensation claim filed by a man injured by an off-duty police officer who went on a shooting spree, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom on Wednesday.
- 17:42 29/07/2009
The deployment of a Russian military base in southern Kyrgyzstan has been coordinated with Kyrgyz authorities, an aide to the Russian president said on Wednesday.
- 17:13 29/07/2009
Russian paratroopers will receive new weaponry and equipment in 2009 to increase their effectiveness in light of the recent conflict with Georgia, the Airborne Troops commander said on Wednesday.
- 17:11 29/07/2009
Russia objects to a recent statement from a senior Belarusian official, apparently recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia as falling under Georgia's legal system, a Kremlin official said on Wednesday.
- 16:57 29/07/2009
Russia's Progress M-67 cargo spacecraft successfully docked on Wednesday with the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said.
- 16:30 29/07/2009
Russian investigators have detained a suspect in the attempted murder of Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, an investigative committee spokesman said.
- 15:34 29/07/2009
Russia will raise its oil export duty from the current $212.6 to $222 per metric ton from August 1, in line with a government resolution published on Wednesday.
- 15:02 29/07/2009
Moscow will grant a $150 million loan for two years to Cuba to finance deliveries of Russian construction and agricultural machinery and equipment.
- 14:47 29/07/2009
Russia's largest gold producer, Polyus Gold, said its gold output declined 14.4%, in January-June 2009, year-on-year, to 14.9 metric tons (479,000 troy ounces)
- 13:53 29/07/2009
Russia's Finance Ministry has submitted a draft budget for 2010-2012 to the government for consideration, a ministry source said on Wednesday.
- 13:49 29/07/2009
Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, said on Wednesday that an attempt on his life had been made.
- 11:34 29/07/2009
Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft said on Wednesday its net profit under Russian Accounting Standards had declined almost 50% in January-June 2009, year-on-year, to 81.32 billion rubles ($2.6 bln).
- 10:33 29/07/2009
Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Tbilisi's actions prove Georgia's administration is only thinking about creating military and political hysteria.
- 09:57 29/07/2009
A Russian crime boss who has kept a low profile since his 2005 acquittal by the Russian Supreme Court over a 1992 murder has been wounded in a shooting in Moscow.
- 09:38 29/07/2009
Russia and Nicaragua are to introduce visa-free travel for their citizens under an agreement signed during Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin's visit to the Central American country.
