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Russia, Venezuela in talks on diesel submarines - arms exporter -1
05/07/2007 11:44 Russia and Venezuela are preparing a contract for the delivery of Russian-made diesel submarines to the Latin American country, the head of Russia's state-run arms exporter said Thursday.
The West vs. the Rest?
29/06/2007 18:53
Chavez urges Russia to expand business presence in Venezuela
29/06/2007 13:25 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he would like to see Russian business expand its presence in his country, especially in the oil and gas sector.
Chavez to meet Lukashenko in Minsk
29/06/2007 09:07 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel from Russia to Minsk Friday, for talks with his Belarusian ally, Alexander Lukashenko.
Putin hails newly opened Bolivar center as he meets Chavez in Moscow
28/06/2007 22:20 Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the opening of a Simon Bolivar cultural center in Moscow as he ushered Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez into his dacha Thursday for talks expected to focus on economic and defense cooperation.
Venezuela opposed to U.S. missile shield in Europe - Chavez
28/06/2007 14:03 Venezuela supports Russia's opposition to the deployment of a U.S missile shield in Europe, President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
Putin, Chavez to discuss trade, economic cooperation in Moscow -1
28/06/2007 09:54 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Thursday focusing on bilateral trade and economic relations, on the first day of his working visit to Russia, a Kremlin source said.
Venezuelan president arriving in Moscow
27/06/2007 13:12 Russian experts said contracts on supplies of new armaments to Venezuela could be signed during the visit, and that Venezuela could buy up to nine Project 636 Kilo-class diesel submarines.
Exxon, Conoco barred from oil business in Venezuela
27/06/2007 13:03 Venezuela's energy minister said Wednesday the major U.S. oil companies Exxon-Mobil and Conoco-Phillips had been banned from producing oil in the Latin American country.
U.S. is the third wheel in Russian-Venezuelan negotiations
25/06/2007 18:22
Venezuelan president to visit Iran July 1-3
20/06/2007 14:11 During his visit, the president of one of the most influential Latin American countries will consider the implementation of previous agreements, issues of bilateral cooperation, and also plans to sign new deals.
Venezuela to buy Russian submarines, air defense systems - source
18/06/2007 11:16 Venezuela is planning to procure up to 10 modern diesel submarines and several Tor-M1 air defense missile complexes from Russia, a source at a Russian think tank said Monday.
Venezuelan leader to visit Russia as part of Eurasian tour
18/06/2007 10:29 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was looking forward to his trip to Russia as part of a grand Eurasian tour later this month.
Venezuelan leader to visit Russia June 28-30 - embassy-1
15/06/2007 16:56 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Russia on June 28-30, the Latin American country's embassy in Moscow said Friday.
U.S. mulls energy intelligence over Russia, Venezuela policies
14/06/2007 21:27 The United States Senate will consider a bill expanding intelligence-gathering efforts as a way of improving energy security, including in view of the "unpredictability" of Russia and Venezuela, the chamber's secretariat said Thursday.
Venezuela mulls purchase of Russian submarines - source
14/06/2007 13:14 Venezuela is close to striking a deal with Russia on the procurement of several diesel submarines for its Navy, a source in the Russian shipbuilding industry said Thursday.

Putin says Russia-U.S. relations warmer, but urges changes Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that relations between Russia and the United States have become warmer, but urged fundamental changes.	Russia set to launch Proton-M rocket with U.S. telecoms satellite A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 will be launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
Life in ruins: Chile after the earthquake The people of the town of Cobquecura in Chile leave their destroyed houses, take their families and go to live in the mountains. An earthquake took place there on March 16: four strong quakes measuring 6.6 and 6.7 were registered.	OPEC: history, structure, functions OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, id an international organization uniting most of the world's petroleum exporting countries

		21/03/2010 Fire at the business center in northern Moscow
		18/03/2010 The Honor Guard Battalion starts preparing for the Victory Parade

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