- 23:33 19/11/2009
Ukraine will fulfill its obligations on the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said after talks with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
- 23:01 19/11/2009
Moscow will stick to its commitments on the abolishment of the death penalty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 21:36 19/11/2009
A message on gas transit posted on Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's website contains elements of political blackmail, a Russian presidential aide said Thursday.
- 21:04 19/11/2009
Moscow supports the plan of action outlined by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his inauguration speech, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 20:11 19/11/2009
The Council of Europe welcomed on Thursday a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court to extend a moratorium on capital punishment.
- 19:53 19/11/2009
Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive of the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP on Thursday, the TNK-BP board of directors said.
- 19:48 19/11/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Ukraine's Crimea ahead of talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko.
- 18:20 19/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Thursday for global measures to be taken to improve road safety
- 16:32 19/11/2009
A Russian naval task force led by the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer will resume an anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa later this month, the Navy said on Thursday.
- 16:04 19/11/2009
The director of the Central Asian branch of Russia's leading rights organization, Memorial, said its human rights activist Bakhrom Hamroev was deported from Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.
- 14:37 19/11/2009
Russia is planning to supply 116 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine in 2010, the Russian government has said.
- 14:12 19/11/2009
Russia's Central Bank said on Thursday it is ready to buy 30 metric tons (965,000 troy ounces) of gold at market prices from the country's precious metals depositary Gokhran by the end of the year.
- 13:13 19/11/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has asked Russia to amend the existing natural gas supply contract as soon as possible, to avoid problems with gas transit to Europe.
- 13:04 19/11/2009
A meeting of the Russia-NATO Council's foreign ministers will be held on December 4 in Brussels, a NATO spokesman said on Thursday.
- 12:50 19/11/2009
Russia's Constitutional Court prolonged on Thursday a moratorium on the death penalty, which was due to expire on January 1, until it is banned completely.
- 11:41 19/11/2009
Russia's international reserves comprising gold, foreign exchange and a range of other assets increased by $7.8 billion to $441.7 billion in the week of November 6-13, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
- 11:31 19/11/2009
Russia's Constitutional Court prolonged on Thursday a moratorium on the death penalty, which was due to expire on January 1, until it is banned completely.
- 11:28 19/11/2009
Russia steelmaker Severstal reported on Thursday a net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards of $66 million in July-September 2009, compared with a $290 million loss in the second quarter.
- 10:21 19/11/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met with newly elected Afghan President Hammid Karzai ahead of his inauguration, which is to take place in Kabul on Thursday.
