- 22:46 07/12/2006
There is no conflict between Russia and Georgia, but the South Caucasus country's leadership is damaging bilateral relations, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in an interview with a Mexican media mogul. 
- 22:29 07/12/2006
- 21:31 07/12/2006
A KGB defector refuted Thursday allegations relating to the Italian prime minister made by Mario Scaramella, an Italian security consultant and contact of late former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
- 20:32 07/12/2006
Russia has exported weapons and military hardware to Latin American countries worth over $1 billion during 2006, Russia's state weapons export monopoly said Thursday.
- 20:30 07/12/2006
- 20:15 07/12/2006
Ukraine's president exceeded his constitutional powers when he signed a decree ordering his appointee, the foreign minister, to remain in office despite being sacked by parliament, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.
- 18:39 07/12/2006
Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko, killed by poisoning in London last month, was laid to rest in a London cemetery Thursday.
- 18:12 07/12/2006
- 18:10 07/12/2006
Five Russian companies and the chemistry faculty of Moscow State University hold licenses to deal with substances containing polonium-210, the national nuclear watchdog said Thursday.
- 18:01 07/12/2006
- 17:39 07/12/2006
Russia may receive some $6 billion on sales of weapons and military hardware in 2006, the president said Thursday.
- 16:38 07/12/2006
Russia's top prosecutors launched Thursday a criminal investigation into the poisoning of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko, and into a related murder attempt on a Russian businessman.
- 16:20 07/12/2006
Russia's defense minister said Thursday he is confident that the appointment of a new United States defense secretary will not affect relations between the two countries' defense agencies.
- 16:14 07/12/2006
The questioning of a key witness in the Alexander Litvinenko murder probe has been postponed for technical reasons, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
- 15:37 07/12/2006
- 15:25 07/12/2006
The Russian diplomat said, "I can say that we have never interrupted our contacts with representatives of the movements, which were elected [legitimately], be it in the Palestinian National Authority or in Lebanon."
- 15:23 07/12/2006
Kyrgyzstan's president will personally oversee an official inquiry into the killing of a Kyrgyz national by a U.S. airman in the capital Bishkek, the Central Asian republic's state secretary said Thursday.
- 15:00 07/12/2006
Russia's defense minister warned Thursday that Ukraine's accession to NATO would strain bilateral relations with Russia.
- 14:46 07/12/2006
