- 22:51 06/02/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sacked a senior health official for public criticism of a draft law introducing state regulation of pharmaceutical pricing, the government said on Saturday.
- 21:51 06/02/2010
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Saturday urged Iran to address international concerns about its disputed nuclear program.
- 20:26 06/02/2010
Washington's continued efforts to build a missile defense shield in Europe have complicated nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia, Russia's deputy prime minister said on Saturday.
- 18:51 06/02/2010
Washington's continued efforts to build a missile defense shield in Europe have complicated nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia, Russia's deputy prime minister said on Saturday.
- 17:55 06/02/2010
Russia and NATO reaffirmed plans to step up cooperation following a freeze in relations, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
- 17:02 06/02/2010
Ukraine's foreign minister said on Saturday the ex-Soviet state is not "at war" with Russia over natural gas supplies and transits to Europe.
- 16:36 06/02/2010
Moscow highlighted the need to carry out an assessment of missile threats jointly with both Washington and Europe in response to U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements in Romania.
- 14:37 06/02/2010
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented on Saturday the country's concept of a European security treaty at an international conference in Munich.
- 14:19 06/02/2010
A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), seized on Saturday a boat with seven pirates on board during an operation to thwart an attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a Russian Navy spokesman said.
- 12:42 06/02/2010
Moscow's mayor reiterated on Saturday that court rulings on the demolition of houses in a disputed village on the banks of the Moskva River were legal and expressed hope that the country's top prosecutors would confirm that.
- 11:46 06/02/2010
Following hours of talks a group of Russian citizens representing a CIS election monitoring group was allowed to enter Ukraine after being stopped on the ex-Soviet nation's border, a mission deputy chief said.
- 10:04 06/02/2010
Ukraine's border control service stopped on Saturday a group of CIS observers from Russia, a deputy mission chief said.
- 06:20 06/02/2010
A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), took part in an operation to thwart a pirate attack on Slovenia's Ariella cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.
- 04:42 06/02/2010
The president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, will visit Russia on Saturday, on the first such visit in the history of bilateral relations.
- 02:31 06/02/2010
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov will focus on weapons of mass destruction during his Saturday speech at the 46th Munich Security Conference.
- 01:35 06/02/2010
A rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will pay a visit to Moscow next week to study the implementation of Strasbourg Court rulings.
