- 21:26 03/09/2009
A Russian cab driver admitted spying for Georgia during his trial at a Supreme Court in Russia's southern republic of North Ossetia, a source in the court said on Thursday.
- 20:45 03/09/2009
Gazprom's board approved on Thursday a 17% cut in the gas giant's 2009 investment program and a $6.8 bln increase in borrowing this year.
- 18:39 03/09/2009
Gazprom expects Ukraine to increase gas transit fees by up to 58% in 2010, a spokesman for the Russian energy giant said on Thursday.
- 18:24 03/09/2009
The lack of a genuine threat from Russia makes it far harder for NATO to decide on its polices than during the Cold War, a Moscow-based analyst said on Thursday.
- 18:09 03/09/2009
A British court has issued an arrest warrant for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wanted in Russia on kidnapping and extortion charges, a spokeswoman for the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
- 18:00 03/09/2009
Rescuers have found a body among the debris of an underground multi-story car park in Moscow, which collapsed during construction work on Thursday morning, an investigator said.
- 17:55 03/09/2009
A new round of talks on a nuclear arms reduction deal between Russia and the U.S. will take place in Geneva on September 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:53 03/09/2009
Russia and Saudi Arabia are holding talks on military-technical cooperation, which may include sales of military equipment to the Arab country, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:44 03/09/2009
Russia's budget deficit amounted to 5.9% of GDP in the first eight months of the year, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Thursday.
- 16:38 03/09/2009
Iran's controversial nuclear program will be discussed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on September 15, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 16:32 03/09/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Georgia's attempts to seize ships off the Abkhazian coast could lead to new armed conflicts.
- 16:01 03/09/2009
Over 5,000 people attended a service on Thursday in Russia's North Caucasus town of Beslan to remember those who were killed in a school siege five years ago.
- 15:46 03/09/2009
The Arctic Sea cargo ship that was missing for more than two weeks before being freed from hijackers is preparing to enter the Mediterranean Sea, a Russian military source said on Thursday.
- 15:32 03/09/2009
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday that Kiev would raise Russian natural gas transit fees by 65-70% in 2010, depending on oil prices.
- 15:11 03/09/2009
A new deal on the funds Russia needs to finish a refit of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier for India will be signed in mid-October, the head of the state technology corporation said on Thursday.
- 14:55 03/09/2009
Russia and the U.S. are making headway on work to have a new nuclear arms reduction deal in place by the time the current treaty expires on December 5, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 14:41 03/09/2009
Russia's Supreme Court has ruled legal the annulment of a not guilty verdict in the case of the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a defense lawyer said on Thursday.
- 14:13 03/09/2009
Russia and Syria are in talks on the delivery of at least eight MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors under a contract signed two years ago, a Russian business daily said on Thursday, citing an industry official.
- 14:00 03/09/2009
Bilateral trade between Russia and India will hit $10 billion in 2010, Indian President Pratibha Patil said on Thursday.
