- 22:13 19/09/2009
Russia has withdrawn its candidate for a new director general of UNESCO, the chairman of the UN organization's Executive Board said
- 20:41 19/09/2009
A senior Russian military official confirmed on Saturday that the country's Defense Ministry was currently in talks with France to buy a Mistral class amphibious assault ship
- 20:03 19/09/2009
Georgian authorities dropped criminal charges on Saturday against RIA Novosti's Tbilisi bureau chief Besik Pipia, the journalist himself and his lawyer Levan Buadze announced.
- 19:27 19/09/2009
Tehran's attempts to deny the Holocaust are inadmissible and do not contribute to the establishment of an effective international dialogue on Iran, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
- 18:45 19/09/2009
The 2009 inflation forecast has been revised in Russia to 11%-12% from 11.6%-12% on the back of hopes that inflation will slow in the country, the economics minister said on Saturday.
- 17:59 19/09/2009
Ukraine's former premier, Viktor Yanukovych, who now heads an opposition party, proposed on Saturday finishing the construction of a missile cruiser stalled for almost 15 years now jointly with Russia.
- 17:24 19/09/2009
Investigators have not found any 'compromising' cargo on board the Arctic Sea vessel, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Saturday.
- 14:06 19/09/2009
The Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday that Russia is set to scrap plans to deploy missiles near Poland after the U.S. shelved its nuclear missile shield plans for Europe.
- 13:40 19/09/2009
Russia could delay a 80% increase in timber export duties until 2011 or even reduce the tariffs, the economics minister, Elvira Nabiullina, said on Saturday.
- 13:09 19/09/2009
Russian and Indian shareholders in a $260 million titanium project have announced a split amid mutual accusations of contract violations, but will continue building a factory in east India each on their own, the Russian partner said on Saturday.
- 10:18 19/09/2009
Russia's Sberbank CEO reaffirmed on Saturday that the state bank's deal with Austrian-Canadian parts supplier Magna to buy a stake in Opel was about car technology exports to Russia.
- 07:58 19/09/2009
Spain has again refused to accept the Arctic Sea vessel in the port of Las Palmas
- 04:39 19/09/2009
The U.S. Navy coastguard cutter Sycamore completed its three-day visit to Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok and headed home Saturday
- 02:46 19/09/2009
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on its website it is urging Georgia's authorities to drop criminal charges against RIA Novosti's Tbilisi bureau chief Besik Pipia.
