- 23:39 21/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Turkmenistan on Monday to hold talks on cooperation in the fuel and energy sphere with his counterpart President Gurbaguly Berdymukhamedov.
- 23:09 21/12/2009
Problems in relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Russia have been resolved but the two churches' leaders cannot yet meet, a Russian Church representative said Monday.
- 22:27 21/12/2009
Middle East states should display political will to prevent nuclear weapon proliferation in the region, experts said Monday.
- 21:42 21/12/2009
Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has canceled the order to fire top Moscow investigator Anatoly Bagmet and instructed Alexander Bastrykin, Chaika's first deputy, to decide on Bagmet's further duties.
- 20:40 21/12/2009
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict cannot be resolved in the current political climate, a Russian expert said on Monday.
- 19:55 21/12/2009
A Russian soldier has crossed into Georgia and asked the South Caucasus country for political asylum, the Imedi TV channel reported Monday.
- 19:22 21/12/2009
If parties to the Mideast conflict are unable to agree among themselves, the international community should impose a collective solution, a Russian expert said on Monday.
- 17:52 21/12/2009
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, expected in about a year's time, will hardly stabilize the situation in the country, a former Russian prime minister said Monday.
- 17:14 21/12/2009
Russia opposes efforts to edge the UN Security Council out of the Middle East peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 16:56 21/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged on Monday Israelis and Palestinians to follow the roadmap of the Middle East peace settlement and give up unilateral actions.
- 16:04 21/12/2009
Any attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would have "horrible and unpredictable consequences," a former Russian prime minister said on Monday.
- 16:03 21/12/2009
Poor repairs to a generating unit contributed to the August tragedy at a Siberian hydropower plant, lawmakers said on Monday, citing a parliamentary commission's findings.
- 16:00 21/12/2009
RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below a month-by-month review of 2009 continues with February
- 15:49 21/12/2009
A Russian senator has called the reset in relations with the United States, in particular the countries' coordinated position on a new strategic arms reduction deal, one of the key results of the outgoing year.
- 15:23 21/12/2009
The international community should put pressure on Israel to resolve the Middle East conflict and prevent an "explosion" of tensions in the region, a Russian MP said on Monday.
- 14:09 21/12/2009
A Russian expert expressed hope on Monday that an international Middle East conference in Jordan would help promote inter-Palestinian unity.
- 13:57 21/12/2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Siberian tigress Mashenka will be given a ten-kilogram meat cake for New Year at her home in the Black Sea resort city of Gelendzhik.
- 13:45 21/12/2009
Moscow is set to expand dialogue with the Muslim world, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
- 13:18 21/12/2009
Traffic was paralyzed in Moscow on Monday as the capital saw its heaviest snowfall this winter.
