- 22:19 16/03/2010
In a rare expression of displeasure with the Belarusian leadership, the Russian prime minister suggested on Tuesday Minsk's failure to recognize two Georgian breakaway republics was amply compensated by its normalization of relations with the West.
- 21:01 16/03/2010
Russia will boost its drug control mission staff in Afghanistan, Russia's drug control chief said on Tuesday.
- 19:41 16/03/2010
The Russian pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be completed on time
- 19:31 16/03/2010
A gun found on a man who was shot dead by police in south Russia was used in the murder of a priest in Moscow last year
- 19:10 16/03/2010
The timeframe and venue for the signing of a new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction deal have yet to be determined, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday
- 18:18 16/03/2010
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on Tuesday confirmed the Central Asian republic's readiness to supply the required gas volumes to Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
- 16:54 16/03/2010
Major Russian youth organizations will hold a mass rally to announce their federal projects in downtown Moscow on March 31, the Young Russia movement leader said on Tuesday.
- 16:41 16/03/2010
Shipbuilders in Russia's republic of Tatarstan floated out a second frigate for the Vietnamese Navy on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Zelenodolsk shipyard said.
- 16:39 16/03/2010
A demonstration by Waffen-SS veterans, which took place on Tuesday in the Latvian capital, is a "challenge for humanity" and should not be neglected by the international community, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
- 14:58 16/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin did not plan to hold talks with Alexander Lukashenko during his visit to Belarus, the Russian government said on Tuesday, denying speculation the Belarusian president had gone to Venezuela to avoid a meeting.
- 14:34 16/03/2010
Russia's economy could grow by as much as 4-4.5% in 2010 compared with the government's forecast of 3-3.5%, an Economic Development Ministry official said on Tuesday.
- 14:15 16/03/2010
Russian dealers have sold some 7,000 cars as part of a new car scrapping program since it was launched a week ago, an Industry and Trade Ministry official said Tuesday.
- 14:01 16/03/2010
Russian businessman Georgy Krasnyansky is suing his former business partner at Eurocement Holding AG for a total of $600 million, with the latest $35-million claim registered with a Moscow Arbitration Court
- 13:38 16/03/2010
Police have closed around 200 drug dens across Russia since the start of March as part of efforts to combat rising drug use in the country, a Federal Drug Control Service spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 12:19 16/03/2010
Around 30 avalanches have come down on the Transcaucasian highway, cutting off the only direct road between Russia and South Ossetia, a spokeswoman for North Ossetia's emergencies ministry said on Tuesday.
- 12:12 16/03/2010
Nord Stream has secured 3.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in financing allowing it to start building a pipeline to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- 11:23 16/03/2010
Kiev is seeking to be the venue for the signing of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States, a respected Russian business daily reported on Tuesday.
- 10:50 16/03/2010
President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed a deputy Russian justice minister and appointed a new interior minister in the volatile North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia as part of his efforts to improve law enforcement in Russia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
- 10:41 16/03/2010
Russian specialists have helped 41 people affected by the Chilean earthquake since they arrived to the devastated country, a Russian emergencies ministry representative said on Tuesday.
