- 22:52 09/12/2009
President Viktor Yushchenko renewed on Wednesday his appeal for a "drastic review" of a 10-year natural gas contract with Russia, which ended the ex-Soviet states' latest pricing and debt row.
- 21:48 09/12/2009
A Russian scientist warned on Wednesday that Western Europe and Russia's northwest are among the regions likely to be hard-hit by rising sea levels due to climate change.
- 19:19 09/12/2009
Three gunmen were killed on Wednesday in a shootout with police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Karachai-Circassia, a local police spokesman said.
- 19:03 09/12/2009
Russian patrol boats will begin guarding the maritime border of the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia in December, the Russian Federal Security Service said on Wednesday.
- 18:31 09/12/2009
Ukraine's national energy firm Naftogaz gave further assurances on Wednesday that no new gas crisis with Russia is looming, as it has been paying for supplies on schedule.
- 18:28 09/12/2009
Russia's initiative on forming a new pan-European security architecture is not aimed against other existing security organizations including NATO, a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:40 09/12/2009
The Russian Navy is continuing discussions on whether to purchase a French warship, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 16:32 09/12/2009
Media should cooperate in the information space to avoid "silly and absurd stereotypes," the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel told a 2009 media forum in Moscow on Wednesday.
- 16:21 09/12/2009
A Russian expert confirmed on Wednesday that Europe was facing certain problems with migrants who he said were not always ready to meet European cultural requirements.
- 16:09 09/12/2009
Moscow and the Vatican have exchanged notes formalizing the establishment of full diplomatic relations, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 15:42 09/12/2009
The death toll from Saturday's nightclub fire in the Russian Urals city of Perm has reached 125, the regional administration said.
- 14:55 09/12/2009
Fire fighters in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg were forced to douse chocolate fondue, which resulted after a reservoir combusted at one of the city's confectionary production plants on Wednesday, the local emergencies services said.
- 14:53 09/12/2009
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 3.9% to 5.218 trillion rubles ($174 bln) in November, the Central Bank reported on Wednesday.
- 14:31 09/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he hoped a time would come when Russia and Georgia would end mutual visa requirements.
- 14:10 09/12/2009
Russia's budget deficit rose to 4.9% of GDP in January-November 2009 from 4.7% in September-October, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday.
- 14:00 09/12/2009
Political developments in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are a priority for Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- 13:50 09/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged on Wednesday the maintenance of a permanent unbiased dialogue between European and Asian media outlets
- 13:33 09/12/2009
The Fourth European and Asian media forum should boost media dialogue and innovation, RIA Novosti's editor-in-chief said during the event's opening on Wednesday
- 13:27 09/12/2009
Europe will have enough gas this winter provided Ukraine observes the agreements it has signed, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
