- 22:30 02/03/2010
Russian businesses are barred from forming their own security departments under a law that came into force on Tuesday, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily said.
- 22:00 02/03/2010
The Russian government will consider a new plan to attract more foreign investment to the country's ailing auto industry on March 4, a respected business daily said on Tuesday.
- 21:17 02/03/2010
Israel has received no guarantees from Russia or China that they will support sanctions against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, as quoted by national media.
- 20:15 02/03/2010
A court near Moscow has jailed a man for six months for ordering his American Bulldog to bite people, court officials said on Tuesday.
- 18:58 02/03/2010
A three-month-old Scottish Fold cat was seized in south Russia's Krasnodar Territory over the debts of its owner, a court spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
- 18:07 02/03/2010
RIA Novosti has joined the world's largest financial information network, BT Radianz Shared Market Infrastructure, the news agency's director general said on Tuesday.
- 17:47 02/03/2010
An exhibition on the Soviet Union's fight against nationalist groups and Nazi collaborators during World War II will soon open in the Cultural Center of Federal Security Service (FSB), a source in the agency said on Tuesday.
- 17:30 02/03/2010
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to double production by 2012 from 2009 to 200 planes, the company said on Tuesday.
- 17:01 02/03/2010
Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov presented his diplomatic credentials to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday, the UNIAN news agency reported.
- 17:00 02/03/2010
Russia and Croatia signed on Tuesday an intergovernmental agreement on building and operating the Croatian segment of the South Stream gas pipeline intended to supply natural gas to Europe.
- 16:05 02/03/2010
India and Russia are negotiating a new contract on the delivery of 42 Su-30MKI to the Indian Air Force, an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing military sources.
- 15:40 02/03/2010
France has put aside some $1 billion to buy 14 Soyuz carrier rockets from Russia, French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said Tuesday.
- 15:28 02/03/2010
The Russian government will continue helping the jobless create their own businesses in 2010 and intends on maintaining the practice even after the economic crisis is over, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
- 15:03 02/03/2010
A Russian-Indian fifth-generation fighter jet could be developed by 2015-2016, a Russian defense industry official said on Tuesday.
- 14:53 02/03/2010
Posters of Joseph Stalin will be put up not only for this year's Victory Day parade in Moscow, but for other celebrations as well, the city's mayor, Yury Luzhkov, said on Tuesday.
- 14:04 02/03/2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Tuesday he intended to discuss gas issues with the Russian leadership during his upcoming visit to Moscow.
- 13:56 02/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday invited French businessmen to attend an economic forum in St. Petersburg in June.
- 13:54 02/03/2010
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov thanked France on Tuesday for bringing him notoriety with now-dropped accusations of involvement with prostitution.
- 13:01 02/03/2010
President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed a package of amendments to Russia's criminal and criminal procedure codes with the aim of making punishment for economic crimes more humane, a business paper reported Tuesday
