- 23:00 11/09/2009
The head of Russia's Orthodox Church said on Friday that Russia needed nuclear weapons.
- 21:00 11/09/2009
A Guinean court has overturned a deal by United Co. Rusal, the world's biggest aluminum producer, to buy the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex, drawing an angry reaction from Moscow.
- 20:14 11/09/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a favorable impression of U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration, a leading U.S. academic said Friday.
- 19:24 11/09/2009
The vector of Russian interest is switching from Europe and the United States to Asia, a Canadian analyst said after a meeting with the Russian premier on Friday.
- 18:18 11/09/2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia was ready to cooperate with the West in developing new weapon systems.
- 17:31 11/09/2009
The global credit crunch has not affected Russia's socio-economic development plans.
- 17:20 11/09/2009
Russia plans to hold an international tender for the purchase of a helicopter carrier, involving France, Spain and the Netherlands, the country's Navy chief said on Friday.
- 17:16 11/09/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and President Dmitry Medvedev would come to an agreement before the 2012 presidential polls and would not compete with each other.
- 17:06 11/09/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed on Friday concern over Canada's refusal to grant a visa to the head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee.
- 16:38 11/09/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday he and President Dmitry Medvedev would come to an agreement before the 2012 presidential polls and would not compete with each other.
- 16:02 11/09/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conveyed a message of condolences on Friday to the United States on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
- 15:40 11/09/2009
Russia's prime minister welcomed on Friday a deal to buy a majority stake in Opel by Canadian parts supplier Magna and Russia's Sberbank as a "good market choice".
- 15:27 11/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government on Friday to prepare draft laws on his package of measures to counter alcohol abuse.
- 15:17 11/09/2009
The presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan met on Friday on the sidelines of a regional forum in the Urals city of Orenburg dominated by bilateral energy projects.
- 15:09 11/09/2009
Russia's Defense Ministry will not transfer production of Bulava ballistic missiles to a different plant.
- 11:28 11/09/2009
At least 30 people including a baby were injured when a bus overturned in Russia's Urals in the early hours of Friday, local rescuers said.
- 10:58 11/09/2009
A fund set up to help those who lost their relatives in last month's tragedy at a Siberian hydropower plant has received 16 million rubles ($520,000) in donations, the plant owner said on Friday.
- 10:24 11/09/2009
Nicaragua and the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia have signed an agreement on establishing diplomatic relations, Nicaraguan media reported.
- 07:55 11/09/2009
The Westminster court in London has released businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wanted in Russia on kidnapping and extortion charges, on a 100,000 euro ($145,500) bail, Russia's Kommersant daily said
