- 21:37 16/10/2009
Russia calls on Israel and Iran to normalize relations and believes this is possible, the Russian foreign minister said Friday.
- 21:22 16/10/2009
Russian state-controlled banks are set to cut lending rates to 8-12%, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday.
- 20:57 16/10/2009
A Moscow court on Friday remanded in custody two more suspects in the Arctic Sea ship seizure case, with custody of all the eight suspects now extended.
- 20:17 16/10/2009
A Moscow court sentenced on Friday a Serbian national who sold Russian classified military information to the U.S. during the 1990s to eight years in prison.
- 19:43 16/10/2009
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will launch their Customs Union on January 1, 2010, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 19:41 16/10/2009
Ukraine's newly appointed foreign minister, Petro Poroshenko, will pay a visit to Russia on October 23, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency said on Friday.
- 19:27 16/10/2009
Four militants, including one woman, were killed during a special operation in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Friday, police said.
- 18:42 16/10/2009
Russia is ready to wipe the slate clean in its relations with the United Kingdom, the foreign minister said on Friday.
- 18:12 16/10/2009
Swine fever, which has hit Russia's southern Rostov Region and the Republic of Kalmykia, could spread to three neighboring regions if no measures are taken, Russia's top veterinary inspector said on Friday.
- 17:52 16/10/2009
There was confusion on Friday concerning the fate of a group of Russian tourists thought to be missing in northwestern China.
- 17:03 16/10/2009
Russia wants more information on U.S. plans for an alternative missile defense system to be deployed by 2018, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 16:33 16/10/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the sultan of Brunei opened their meeting on Friday with a discussion of energy cooperation.
- 16:19 16/10/2009
Two Russian-produced swine flu vaccines have undergone the first stage of clinical trials and are to be registered by Russia's health watchdog Roszdravnadzor.
- 16:19 16/10/2009
The leaders of five ex-Soviet states attended on Friday the final stage of a rapid reaction force exercise in Kazakhstan.
- 16:11 16/10/2009
The Amur tiger population in Russia's Primorye Territory has decreased by 40% over the past 12 years, the head the Wildlife Conservation Society's Russian branch said on Friday.
- 16:04 16/10/2009
Russia's parliamentary speaker urged a consensus on Friday among parties in the State Duma after protests over the October 11 regional elections dominated by pro-Kremlin United Russia.
- 15:55 16/10/2009
The Nerpa nuclear attack submarine will enter service with Russia's Pacific Fleet in December 2009 and will then be leased out to the Indian Navy, a high-ranking fleet official said on Friday.
- 14:53 16/10/2009
Novolipetsk Steel (NKMK) said on Friday crude steel production was up 11% in the third quarter, quarter-on-quarter, to 2.9 million tons.
- 14:29 16/10/2009
A number of people were detained in central Moscow on Friday during a protest over Sunday's regional elections.
