- 22:15 08/10/2009
A Ukrainian vice premier confirmed on Thursday that the Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers could meet in November on the sidelines of an intergovernmental economic session.
- 22:05 08/10/2009
A Moscow court began hearings on Thursday on a libel suit filed by Joseph Stalin's grandson against a newspaper over an article claiming the Soviet dictator ordered the killings of thousands of people.
- 20:50 08/10/2009
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will conduct a series of exercises on October 9-17 in the Ivanovo Region, the forces' press service said on Thursday.
- 20:42 08/10/2009
Italian auto giant Fiat plans to launch production of off-roaders in Russia, the company's executive director said on Thursday.
- 20:12 08/10/2009
Ukraine may use its right under the current contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas imports in 2010, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday.
- 20:08 08/10/2009
Customs officers in south Russia's Dagestan have seized 197 kg (about 435 lbs) of heroin from a citizen of Belarus attempting to smuggle the drugs into Russia in his car, a customs service spokesman said on Thursday.
- 19:20 08/10/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Moscow on October 12-14.
- 17:57 08/10/2009
Russia believes that a new strategic arms reduction deal with the U.S. should be signed before cuts in tactical nuclear weapons are discussed, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 17:27 08/10/2009
Russia believes direct contacts between North Korea and the United States could provide a breakthrough in multilateral negotiations on ending the North's nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said.
- 17:14 08/10/2009
The Russian government will provide around 5 billion rubles ($170 million) in aid for state-controlled defense industry corporation Oboronprom and titanium producer Vsmpo-Avisma, the prime minister said on Thursday.
- 17:13 08/10/2009
Russian prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that the Arctic Sea cargo vessel, at the centre of a mysterious hijacking case in July, is currently anchored off Gibraltar.
- 15:47 08/10/2009
Russian rescue teams have completed their emergency and medical aid missions on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which was recently hit by a series of powerful earthquakes.
- 15:45 08/10/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on Thursday an order allocating 24.45 billion rubles ($820 million) from the federal budget to the anti-crisis fund of the post-Soviet economic bloc EurAsEC.
- 14:59 08/10/2009
A Chechen businessman embroiled in a custody dispute with the daughter of a Soviet-era pop icon could take a seat in the upper house of the Russian parliament, a respected business daily said on Thursday.
- 14:54 08/10/2009
The former technical director of Russia's now defunct electricity monopoly, who was named among officials responsible for a disaster at a recent Siberian power plant accident, brushed aside on Thursday his role in the disaster.
- 13:11 08/10/2009
A Kremlin aide said on Thursday it could be advantageous to switch to non-dollar oil payments, but that he had not heard of any discussions on the issue.
- 13:04 08/10/2009
Russia's new military doctrine will contain some changes to the situations that could trigger the use of nuclear weapons or preventive strikes against potential foes, the secretary of Russia's Security Council said on Thursday.
- 12:29 08/10/2009
Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil is ready to participate in the West Qurna-1 oil project in Iraq on Baghdad's terms, CEO Vagit Alekperov said on Thursday.
- 12:11 08/10/2009
British minister for energy and climate change Ed Miliband unexpectedly discovered a long-lost Russian relative during his recent visit to Moscow, British media reports have said.
