- 21:51 07/10/2009
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on Wednesday to provide assistance in training and equipping the Afghan Army.
- 21:08 07/10/2009
Russian police and interior troops have killed or detained some 750 militants in the North Caucasus region, including Chechnya, in 2009, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 19:59 07/10/2009
A rally was held in central Moscow on Wednesday in memory of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead by an unknown killer three years ago.
- 19:50 07/10/2009
Russian Airborne Troops commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov has received an official warning following a probe into his involvement in illegal activities, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 19:08 07/10/2009
The Russian captain of a cargo vessel stranded in the United Arab Emirates has asked local authorities to impound his ship.
- 18:31 07/10/2009
Russia's hydropower company RusHydro announced on Wednesday it had completed the cleanup of debris at a Siberian hydropower plant severely damaged during a recent accident.
- 18:30 07/10/2009
Russia's prime minister highlighted the declining interest in reading and inadequate book supplies to the provinces as key problems facing national literature at a meeting with writers on Wednesday.
- 18:07 07/10/2009
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday that Russia has five ongoing contracts with Libya in the sphere of military cooperation.
- 17:13 07/10/2009
Hydropower company RusHydro will raise loans worth 7 billion rubles ($230 million) in 2010 to restore a Siberian hydropower plant severely damaged during a recent accident, the company's acting CEO said Wednesday.
- 16:13 07/10/2009
The new U.S. missile shield plans present no risks for Russia, and favorable conditions are now emerging for bilateral dialogue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- 16:07 07/10/2009
Russia welcomes North Korea's recent announcement that it is willing to return to the six-nation talks on ending its nuclear weapons program, Moscow's envoy to the talks said on Wednesday.
- 15:57 07/10/2009
A lawyer acting for the family of the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya denied on Wednesday reports that new suspects have emerged in the 2006 murder case.
- 15:34 07/10/2009
Russia's federal drug control service will provide the U.S. with data on Afghan drugs, and expects reciprocal steps from U.S. colleagues, the head of the service said on Wednesday.
- 14:34 07/10/2009
Three frigates being built at the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad for the Indian navy have been named by the Indian president, a shipyard spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 14:33 07/10/2009
A senator representing Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya in the upper house of parliament has resigned, the Federation Council announced on Wednesday.
- 13:41 07/10/2009
Russia has reached an agreement with Turkmenistan on resuming natural gas supplies from the Central Asian country, the press secretary of the Russian president said on Wednesday.
- 13:02 07/10/2009
Czech President Vaclav Klaus will visit Russia on October 14 for talks with his Russian counterpart focusing on energy and trade, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
- 11:55 07/10/2009
Gazprom confirmed on Wednesday that Ukraine had paid for Russian natural gas deliveries to the country for September.
- 10:45 07/10/2009
Russia's emergencies ministry has put farms in Russia's southern Rostov Region under quarantine following confirmation of an outbreak of swine fever, the ministry said in a statement.
