- 21:53 17/12/2009
The World Wildlife Foundation has welcomed a Russian climate doctrine signed by the president earlier on Thursday.
- 20:34 17/12/2009
At least 23 people were wounded when a suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a traffic police station in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local investigators said on Thursday.
- 20:27 17/12/2009
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers that carried out a routine patrol flight over the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans were shadowed by 'regular' NATO fighters, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- 19:18 17/12/2009
Moscow welcomes the decision by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to extend the tenure of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas until elections can be held, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
- 19:05 17/12/2009
Police have killed four militants in a special operation in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday.
- 18:43 17/12/2009
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to spend around 24 billion rubles ($790 million) on drills and exercises involving all braches of service, the chief of the General Staff said on Thursday.
- 18:10 17/12/2009
Russia remains on schedule in fulfilling its commitments under the chemical weapons convention, and has met the end-of-year deadline for reducing its stockpiles by 45% from the 1990s level, a government official said.
- 17:27 17/12/2009
A leading Russian economist remembers Yegor Gaidar, a prominent Russian reformist who died on Wednesday, as a central figure in Russian history, comparable to tsarist reformists.
- 17:18 17/12/2009
There is no evidence alleged Russian gun-runner Viktor Bout was linked to an illicit arms plane seized in Bangkok en route from North Korea, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.
- 16:48 17/12/2009
A court in Dubai rejected on Thursday a request of lawyers acting on behalf of suspects in the Yamadayev murder trial that the Chechen president be summoned for testimony.
- 16:36 17/12/2009
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed hope on Thursday that the alliance and Russia would establish a joint missile defense system by 2020.
- 16:25 17/12/2009
Leonid Tyagachyov was reelected president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for the second time on Thursday, making this his third consecutive term in office.
- 15:53 17/12/2009
Leonid Tyagachyov was reelected president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for the second time on Thursday, making this his third consecutive term in office.
- 15:34 17/12/2009
A Russian warship has escorted a commercial ship in distress through the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somali, a Navy spokesman said on Thursday.
- 15:24 17/12/2009
At least 18 people were wounded in a suicide car bomb blast at a traffic police station in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local investigators said on Thursday.
- 15:12 17/12/2009
Relatives of a Russian opposition activist shot dead in October were killed when a car exploded in the republic of Ingushetia, a police official said on Thursday.
- 15:08 17/12/2009
The S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) is designed to intercept and effectively engage airborne targets, including stealth aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, at ranges of up to 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) and speeds of up to 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per second.
- 14:44 17/12/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a working visit to Egypt on December 20-21 for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
- 14:24 17/12/2009
Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, will be buried in Moscow on Saturday, his former aide said.
