- 21:32 09/01/2007
- 21:06 09/01/2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in Russia on an official visit January 21, the Kremlin press office said Tuesday. "The program of her visit includes top-level Russian-German talks," the Kremlin said.
- 20:12 09/01/2007
Iran will continue developing its nuclear program even if the UN Security Council adopts a tougher resolution on sanctions against the country, Tehran's top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday.
- 19:39 09/01/2007
Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft [RTS: TRNF] filed law suits Tuesday against Belarus, which Moscow accuses of tapping Europe-bound oil, the industry and energy minister said Tuesday.
- 18:54 09/01/2007
At least thirty people were killed and two injured Tuesday when a Moldovan-owned An-26 plane carrying Turkish workers crashed near the Iraqi capital, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- 18:03 09/01/2007
The captain of a United States nuclear submarine was probably to blame for a collision with a Japanese tanker in the Arabian Sea, a Russian naval expert said Tuesday.
- 17:31 09/01/2007
Russia's president ordered the government Tuesday to protect the interests of Western energy consumers amid an ongoing standoff with Belarus over oil transit to Europe. "Every effort must be made to protect the interests of Western consumers," Vladimir Putin told a Cabinet meeting.
- 17:09 09/01/2007
- 16:39 09/01/2007
Russia is planning to join a tender on supplying fighters for the Indian Air Force, the defense minister said Tuesday. India plans to buy 126 light fighters for its Air Force for about $4 billion.
- 16:22 09/01/2007
- 16:18 09/01/2007
Russia's economy will lose some $3.3 billion over natural gas agreements with Belarus, including $1.3 billion in losses for the state budget and $2 billion for Gazprom, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
- 13:25 09/01/2007
- 13:25 09/01/2007
The first reactor block of China's Tianwan nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia's nuclear export monopoly, became fully operational Tuesday.
- 11:46 09/01/2007
- 11:19 09/01/2007
Kazakhstan's president has advanced the candidacy of Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov to replace the resigned premier, a parliamentary official said Tuesday.
- 11:19 09/01/2007
Belarusian Vice Premier Andrei Kobyakov has arrived in Moscow for talks on oil transit across the territory of Russia's western neighbor, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- 11:10 09/01/2007
- 10:40 09/01/2007
Defendants in a criminal case on alleged bribery in the adoption of Russian children by foreigners have appealed their sentences, Russia's Supreme Court said Tuesday.
- 10:28 09/01/2007
The disruption of Russian crude supplies to Europe, including Slovakia, through Belarus do not jeopardize the EU nation's energy security, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.
