- 21:49 22/01/2010
A U.S. security spokesman assured reporters on Friday that Moscow and Washington had overcome their "historical" differences.
- 20:50 22/01/2010
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a January 25-28 visit to the country.
- 19:07 22/01/2010
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin admitted on Friday that the economic growth achieved in the country during the past decade of boom was impossible to maintain.
- 18:58 22/01/2010
Russia is looking to sign a series of contracts for the delivery of fighter jets and air-defense systems to Libya, a defense industry official said on Friday.
- 18:48 22/01/2010
The president of Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiyev, said he would not seek a fifth presidential term and would step down in March.
- 18:37 22/01/2010
Russia's lower house of parliament, State Duma, adopted in the first reading on Friday a government bill extending a ban on human cloning.
- 17:22 22/01/2010
A court on Friday ordered the arrest of a Russian police officer who posted online video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption, a court officer said.
- 17:19 22/01/2010
The long-serving president of the Russian republic of Tatarstan said Friday he had no plans to seek another term of office after his tenure ends in March.
- 16:12 22/01/2010
Russia's powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said on Friday totalitarianism and Ukrainian-style political chaos are equally unacceptable for Russia.
- 16:04 22/01/2010
Russia's Ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, who was appointed last August but remained in Russia in protest against Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's anti-Russian policies, will arrive in Kiev on January 25, Russia's charge d'affaires in Kiev said on Friday.
- 14:58 22/01/2010
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday he was not alarmed by increasing U.S. military presence in quake-hit Haiti.
- 14:06 22/01/2010
Russian and Belarusian police have arrested all the members of the so-called "International" criminal group, a Russian Interior Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
- 13:56 22/01/2010
Russia will continue contacts with radical Palestinian group Hamas as part of efforts to revive Middle East talks, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 13:34 22/01/2010
Russia needs a flexible multi-party system on both federal and regional levels to match its bold modernization plans, President Dmitry Medvedev instructed top officials on Friday.
- 13:19 22/01/2010
Russia and the United States will not lecture each other at talks in Washington next week, a senior Kremlin aide said in a newspaper interview published on Friday.
- 13:13 22/01/2010
Russia and the United States will resume talks on a new strategic arms deal at the start of February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 13:09 22/01/2010
Russia is ready to help Poland organize events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviet Union, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 12:56 22/01/2010
Russia's missile-defense proposals, including the joint use of the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan, are still on the table, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 12:24 22/01/2010
A total of 1,465,917 cars were sold in Russia last year, barely half the 2008 figure
