- 17:23 27/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow expects the UN Security Council to end the no-fly zone over Libya, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 14:25 26/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti)
Acting Libyan leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil has urged NATO to continue its operations in the country until at least the end of 2011.
- 18:18 25/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti)
NATO may not end its mission in Libya as early as planned, CNN quoted U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as saying on Tuesday.
- 19:03 24/10/2011 BRUSSELS, October 24 (RIA Novosti)
NATO is not planning to leave forces around Libya following the end of its military mission in the country, NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said on Monday.
- 05:34 22/10/2011 UNITED NATIONS, October 22 (RIA Novosti)
Russia introduced on Friday a draft UN resolution calling for an end to the no-fly zone over Libya, Russia's UN envoy to Vitaly Churkin said.
- 00:27 22/10/2011 BRUSSELS, October 22 (RIA Novosti)
NATO is planning to end its military operation in Libya on October 31, the alliance's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said on Friday.
- 16:23 17/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti)
UK Foreign Minister William Hague re-opened the British Embassy in Tripoli on Monday.
- 21:54 06/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar urged Libyans on Thursday to protest “in millions” against the country’s new authorities and NATO’s military intervention, international media reported, quoting Gaddafi’s audio message broadcast on Syrian television.
- 13:03 06/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
NATO’s assertions that its Libyan operation Unified Protector has saved the lives of countless civilians are wishful thinking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 17:25 05/10/2011 PARIS, October 5 (RIA Novosti)
France together with Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC) and other allies are working to prevent the spread of weapons from Libya to other countries in the region, a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 19:38 03/10/2011 BRUSSELS, October 3 (RIA Novosti)
NATO will soon complete its Libyan operation Unified Protector, the alliance's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday.
- 14:06 29/09/2011 PARIS, September 29 (RIA Novosti)
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the deposed Libyan leader, at the request of Libya's transitional authorities.
- 18:55 27/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti)
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday he was still in Libya and was ready to die a martyr's death.
- 15:00 27/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti)
Several European and Arab countries have violated the embargo on arms supplies to Libya introduced by the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 22:57 26/09/2011 NEW YORK, September 26 (RIA Novosti)
Libya hopes the UN Security Council will soon lift its sanctions imposed in March against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, the head of Libya's transitional government said on Monday
- 06:47 26/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 26 (RIA Novosti)
Britain's participation in the Libyan conflict settlement may cost the country 1.75 billion euros ($2.36bn), or seven times more than estimates say.
- 23:24 20/09/2011 WASHINGTON, September 20 (RIA Novosti)
The NATO-led operation in Libya will continue until the defeat of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
- 18:01 20/09/2011 CAIRO, September 20 (RIA Novosti)
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday that the opposition forces that now control most of the country would falter once NATO support ended.
- 16:28 19/09/2011 PARIS, September 19 (RIA Novosti)
France on Monday dismissed reports that Muammar Gaddafi loyalists had detained 17 Western nationals in Libya.
- 05:49 17/09/2011 UN, September 17 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow hails UN Security Council's intentions to discuss the issue of lifting a no-fly zone over Libya in the nearest future.
- 19:31 16/09/2011 Yelena Suponina for RIA Novosti
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron flew to Tripoli on Thursday, where they were greeted by cheering crowds as they agreed to carry on military operations for as long as is necessary to protect Libyans.
- 18:02 15/09/2011 PARIS, September 15 (RIA Novosti)
The United Kingdom and France agreed to continue NATO's military operation in Libya under a request from the country's National Transition Council, the council's chairman and head of international affairs Mahmoud Jibril said.
- 20:30 13/09/2011 BRUSSELS, September 13 (RIA Novosti)
NATO chief spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said on Tuesday it was too early to speak about extending the "Unified Protector" mission in Libya.
- 17:53 12/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti)
The UN Security Council may lift sanctions against Libya within 10 days, Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said on Monday.
- 12:12 11/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti)
Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior said Libya's deposed strongman Muammar Gaddafi would be welcomed "with open arms" in the small African country.
- 15:02 09/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti)
Interpol on Friday issued arrest warrants for deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.
- 19:17 08/09/2011 BENGHAZI, September 8 (RIA Novosti)
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will face trial on charges of crimes against humanity if he is captured alive, the head of the country's National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Thursday.
- 13:47 07/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti)
China has reiterated it has tight control over arms exports after disclosures that Chinese state companies offered to sell weapons to deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in violation of UN sanctions.
- 18:02 05/09/2011 BRUSSELS, September 5 (RIA Novosti)
NATO's mission in Libya could be concluded soon, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday.
- 15:54 05/09/2011 BEIJING, September 5 (RIA Novosti)
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied that any Chinese companies signed deals to deliver arms to Muammar Gaddafi's government.
- 18:12 04/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) is ready to send its representatives to Moscow to hold talks on economic issues, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.
- 23:52 03/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti)
Italy is planning to release 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) of Libya's assets and transfer it to the rebel government, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Saturday.
- 17:43 02/09/2011 CAIRO, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
The Algerian authorities have decided to move members of toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's family to the capital, Algiers, over safety concerns, the Egyptian website Al-Ahram said on Friday.
- 16:23 02/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will protect the interests of its national companies in Libya under the country’s new leadership, a Kremlin source said on Friday.
- 11:57 02/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
Britain is against the execution of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, but his fate should be decided by the Libyan people, the Evening Standard quoted Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell as saying.
- 23:45 01/09/2011 PARIS, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Participants of a conference on the reconstruction of Libya approved on Thursday the continuation of NATO air operations until the threat posed by Muammar Gaddafi is extinguished, French President Nicholas Sarkozy said.
- 20:05 01/09/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
News from the frontlines in Libya is gradually giving way to news about who is releasing frozen Libyan assets, who will get them, and how they will be used. Britain will unfreeze one billion pounds and the UN, $1.5 billion.
- 12:10 01/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
France will release 1.5 billion euros of Libya's assets in French banks and give them to the rebels, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday.
- 11:33 01/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has recognized the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) as the only legitimate power in the country, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 11:27 01/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow will insist that future UN resolutions on peacekeeping and peacekeeping operations in any country will have no ambiguity regarding the use of force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 16:49 31/08/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
The Libyan rebels on Tuesday presented an ultimatum to Sirte, the home city of Muammar Gaddafi which is bound to fall in a matter of days. The "hunt for Gaddafi" may be over by tomorrow. He may be dead, but if he is still alive and has not yet fled the country, he will be found and tried.
- 14:10 31/08/2011 BEIJING, August 31 (RIA Novosti)
China and Russia will send its envoys to the international conference of "friends of Libya," which will take place in Paris on September 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Russian presidential envoy to Africa said on Wednesday.
- 23:34 30/08/2011 TRIPOLI, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) is to inspect all international contracts concluded under Muammar Gaddafi, the TNC’s transport and communications minister told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
- 22:23 30/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
An estimated 50,000 people have perished in the Libyan uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, a military commander with the country's ruling transitional council said on Tuesday.
- 17:37 30/08/2011 BRUSSELS, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
The NATO operation in Libya is still necessary and will continue as long as threats to civilians remain, NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu said on Tuesday.
- 22:30 29/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti)
The Algerian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi had arrived in Algeria, Al Arabiya said.
- 19:47 29/08/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Babich
Among the key issues that will emerge once the war in Libya inevitably ends will be the political future of the Western backers of the intervention in Libya, primarily, the French President Nicholas Sarkozy and his advisors.
- 13:32 29/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti)
NATO has revealed its member countries may have troops on the ground in Libya.
- 13:31 29/08/2011 CAIRO, August 29 (RIA Novosti)
A high-profile Egyptian delegation will arrive in Libya to discuss ways to assist the riot-torn country with its National Transitional Council, Egyptian media reported on Monday.
- 23:10 28/08/2011 TRIPOLI, August 28 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has urged electrical industry employees to return to work as the country is disrupted by the power outages.
- 14:56 28/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan embattled strongman Muammar Gaddafi is ready to begin talks to transfer power, his spokesman has said on Sunday, world media reported.
- 22:03 27/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti)
Algeria denied on Saturday reports that a convoy of vehicles from Libya possibly carrying Muammar Gaddafi had crossed the country's border.
- 19:15 27/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti)
A convoy of six armored Mercedes cars have crossed from Libya into Algeria, possibly carrying Muammar Gaddafi and his sons, Arab news agencies reported on Saturday.
- 17:12 26/08/2011 PARIS, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
France plans to provide Libya with humanitarian assistance worth two billion euros ($2.9 bln), French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Friday.
- 15:48 26/08/2011 PARIS, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
A UN spokesman on Friday warned the Libyan rebels who have taken control of most of the country's territory against causing any bodily harm to fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- 03:00 26/08/2011 UNITED NATIONS, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets to provide humanitarian aid to cash-strapped opposition forces fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi's regime, a source at UN headquarters said.
- 17:16 25/08/2011 PARIS, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
France and its partners at the UN Security Council are working to draft a resolution to unfreeze Libyan assets blocked by UN sanctions, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Thursday.
- 17:15 25/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Foreign Ministry denied on Thursday that it has received an invitation from France to take part in an international conference of "friends of Libya," which will take place in Paris on September 1.
- 14:52 25/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
The League of Arab States recognized Libya's Transitional Council on Thursday and is ready to grant it membership of the organization, regional media quoted Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Araby as saying.
- 13:56 25/08/2011 KHARTOUM, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Sudan has recognized the National Transitional Council of Libya as the North African state's sole legitimate government, a Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 12:55 25/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has said NATO is providing intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Libyan rebels hunting Col Muammar Gaddafi.
- 05:17 25/08/2011 ROME, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
NATO does not plan to send troops to Libya for peacekeeping operations after the fall of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Italy's daily Corriera della Sera reported, citing a NATO official.
- 03:27 25/08/2011 ROME, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Four Italian journalists, abducted on Wednesday in Libya, are being kept in apartments in the southern suburbs of Tripoli, Italy's Consul in Benghazi Guido De Sanctis said.
- 22:07 24/08/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
Lies and deception have always been a weapon in military conflicts. The strange story of Libyan rebels' unsuccessful attempt to take the capital, Tripoli, by storm offers a striking example of deliberate misrepresentations in war.
- 20:57 24/08/2011 WASHINGTON, August 24 (RIA Novsoti)
All foreign journalists have left a hotel in Tripoli after being trapped in the building for several days, CNN television reported on Wednesday.
- 19:09 24/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels on Wednesday offered amnesty, as well as a $1.3-million reward for anyone who captures or kills Muammar Gaddafi, the Transitional National Council head said, according to international media reports.
- 16:38 24/08/2011 CAIRO, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi loyalists are keeping 35 foreign journalists inside a hotel in downtown Tripoli, Al Arabiya television said on Wednesday.
- 15:13 24/08/2011 CAIRO, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
The United States, France and Britain have asked Libya's neighbors to beef up security on their borders to prevent the possible smuggling out of weapons, Algerian paper al-Habar said.
- 15:10 24/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) will honor all business contracts signed with foreign companies during the reign of Muammar Gaddafi, the BBC reported on Wednesday, citing the TNC's London-based spokesperson.
- 22:06 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
Fresh clashes between the rebel troops and security forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi erupted on Sunday on the outskirts of Tripoli, killing 376 people and injuring more than a thousand, CNN reported citing the Libyan government.
- 20:57 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebel troops have captured a major military base that defends Tripoli, as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday, world media reported.
- 18:46 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
A presenter on state-run Libyan TV channel al-Libiyah has appeared on screen with a gun saying she is ready to become a martyr and to defend her channel against rebel forces, Al Jazeera TV channel reported on Sunday.
- 13:56 14/08/2011 BRUSSELS, August 14 (RIA Novosti)
NATO planes involved in operation Unified Protector in Libya have made 110 sorties over the last twenty-four hours, destroying two tanks, one anti-aircraft gun and several military vehicles of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, the NATO press office said on Sunday.
- 09:57 12/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday gave his backing to a UN Security Council resolution which authorized international military action in Libya.
- 03:26 12/08/2011 UNITED NATIONS, August 12 (RIA Novosti)
There can be no military solution to the Libyan crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement circulated by his press service.
- 06:05 06/08/2011 BUENOS-AIRES, August 6 (RIA Novosti)
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez sent a letter to his Libyan counterpart Muammar Gaddafi, in which he expressed support to his "brother-in-arms" and wished him victory.
- 16:15 05/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan authorities dismissed on Friday reports that Muammar Gaddafi's younger son Khamis was killed in a NATO airstrike, Reuters reported.
- 12:36 05/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels said on Friday that Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis was killed during an overnight NATO airstrike on a military command center in the western Libyan town of Zliten, the Al Arabiya website reported.
- 04:44 05/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
NATO has underestimated the ability of Muammar Gaddafi's regime to offer resistance to rebel forces assisted by NATO-led air campaign, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said.
- 12:47 04/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti)
The Libyan government is forging an alliance with radical Islamist elements among the Libyan rebels to drive out their more liberal-minded confederates, The New York Times quoted Muammar Gaddafi's son as saying.
- 17:10 30/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 30 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sworn to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday.
- 07:33 27/07/2011 UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (RIA Novosti)
Opposing sides in the Libyan conflict are far from reaching a political compromise but they say ready to discuss the possible solutions with the United Nations, UN special envoy to Libya Abdul Al Khatib said.
- 10:06 26/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 26 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian Emergencies Ministry aircraft will deliver humanitarian aid to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, a ministry spokesman said.
- 05:47 26/07/2011 NEW YORK, July 26 (RIA Novosti)
UN's special envoy to Libya Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib met with members of the Libyan rebel government on Monday in search of a political solution to the five-months-long civil conflict in the African state.
- 11:59 25/07/2011 Yelena Suponina, Moscow News political commentator, for RIA Novosti
A chance to end the conflict in Libya appeared following talks in Moscow with Muammar Gaddafi's envoy, Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi.
- 13:04 19/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Libyan counterpart, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, in Moscow, the Russian ministry said.
- 16:35 17/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has no plans to supply arms to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Russia's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Sunday.
- 10:54 16/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has rejected the recognition by 40 countries and other world powers of the rebel Transitional National Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
- 19:40 15/07/2011 ANKARA, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
More than 30 nations that have recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's government declared on Friday that Muammar Gaddafi's regime had lost its legitimacy.
- 17:07 15/07/2011
According to a recent New York Times article, Human Rights Watch released materials citing cases of gross abuse by anti-Gadhafi rebels in a mountainous area located in the western part of Libya.
- 12:45 15/07/2011 BRUSSELS, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on the alliance’s members to send more aircraft to deliver surgical strikes on Libyan targets, Western media said on Friday.
- 07:55 15/07/2011 ANKARA, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
The Libya Contact Group will hold its fourth meeting in Istanbul on Friday to discuss ways to politically settle the Libyan crisis, including on the basis of a Turkey-drafted road map.
- 05:10 15/07/2011 WASHINGTON, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton will visit Turkey, Greece and India on July 15-19.
- 06:29 14/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
The Libyan regime has threatened to attack rebels with surface-to-surface missiles if they manage to take control of Tripoli.
- 02:54 14/07/2011 WASHINGTON, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's days in power are "numbered," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Washington on Wednesday.
- 21:48 13/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not attend the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group scheduled for July 15 in Istanbul, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 10:12 12/07/2011 WASHINGTON, July 12 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will support Russia's crisis mediation efforts in Libya provided embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi steps down, President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Monday.
- 01:48 09/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday threatened Europe with retaliation for a NATO-led military campaign, saying he will send hundreds of soldiers to launch attacks there.
- 17:36 06/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti)
NATO should remain impartial in the Libyan conflict, Russia's envoy to the military alliance, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Wednesday.
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