- 20:43 11/11/2009
The Arctic Sea cargo vessel left a Maltese port for Algeria on Wednesday to resume its route interrupted by hijackers in the Atlantic Ocean this summer, the operating company said.
- 20:09 11/11/2009
Russia's ambassador to the UN has received an envelope with white powder, the embassy's press secretary confirmed on Wednesday.
- 18:16 11/11/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann urged both their governments to expedite work on an agreement to build the Austrian section of a gas pipeline to southeast Europe
- 18:06 11/11/2009
Moscow will cut supplies if Kiev taps natural gas, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday, pledging that gas deliveries will be uninterrupted if transiting countries honor their commitments
- 17:43 11/11/2009
Russia has to fulfill its contract on the supply of S-300 defensive surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday.
- 17:29 11/11/2009
Business communities from Russia and Nigeria are intensifying cooperation in modernizing Nigeria’s agriculture and introducing modern technologies following recent talks, the Russian-Nigeria Business Council said.
- 17:23 11/11/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko believes Russia's Black Sea Fleet stationed on the Crimean Peninsula is leading to instability between the two countries' relations.
- 16:43 11/11/2009
The WWF has approved the relocation of several Russian Amur tigers to northeastern China to restore the wild animal's population, World Wildlife Fund Russian department director Igor Chestin said.
- 16:34 11/11/2009
Russia's parliament speaker said on Wednesday the Constitutional Court is likely to extend the moratorium on the death penalty that expires on January 1
- 15:19 11/11/2009
Five suspected militants have been killed and an Arab mercenary injured in a police operation in Chechnya, the North Caucasus republic's presidential press service said on Wednesday
- 13:59 11/11/2009
Russia and the United States have yet to overcome the stagnation in bilateral relations that began under the previous U.S. administration, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- 12:31 11/11/2009
Russia may raise oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend by $40 from December 1 to $271-273 per metric ton from the current $231.2 per ton, a Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.
- 11:12 11/11/2009
Two deaths from swine flu have been confirmed in Russia's Urals, the sanitary watchdog in the Chelyabinsk Region said on Wednesday.
- 09:50 11/11/2009
Gunmen have attacked traffic police in the Russian republic of Karachai-Circassia, injuring two officers and a passerby, local police said on Wednesday.
- 07:52 11/11/2009
A Russian woman, who lost her son in Chechnya in 2000, has filed a $1.5-million suit against Russia, Russian media said on Wednesday.
- 06:43 11/11/2009
Russia's emergencies minister, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in the Cuban capital Havana late on Tuesday to discuss cooperation with his Cuban colleagues.
- 03:41 11/11/2009
Russia and the South Ossetia are set to raise the issue of a possible Georgian attack on its former territories during the Geneva talks on situation in the Caucasus to begin on Wednesday.
- 02:28 11/11/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann on Wednesday to discuss Russian gas supplies to Europe, the Russian government's press service has said.
- 00:26 11/11/2009
