- 21:29 24/03/2008
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the Russian parliament's recent statement on the recognition of Georgia's breakaway republics was direct interference in the country's internal affairs. 
- 21:28 24/03/2008
- 21:00 24/03/2008
Russia expects the Greek and Turkish Cypriots to restart peace talks under the aegis of the UN, the Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said on Monday.
- 19:52 24/03/2008
- 19:51 24/03/2008
Russian companies are prepared to become more closely involved in the reconstruction and modernization of Iraq's economy, primarily in the energy and oil and gas sectors, the Russian president said on Monday.
- 19:50 24/03/2008
Russia backs the move toward Palestinian unity made by Fatah and Hamas, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
- 19:17 24/03/2008
- 19:03 24/03/2008
The Armed Forces of the unrecognized Georgian republic of Abkhazia began planned military exercises on Monday with up to 4,000 soldiers participating.
- 17:44 24/03/2008
Belgrade has presented the UN with a proposal for the segregation of Kosovo into ethnic Serb and Albanian enclaves, national media said on Monday.
- 17:03 24/03/2008
- 16:47 24/03/2008
- 16:24 24/03/2008
Russia will provide humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Serb areas of Kosovo in line with a request from the Serbian government, outgoing president Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
- 15:32 24/03/2008
- 15:03 24/03/2008
Russia's banks and monetary authorities will boost loans to the economy by 35-40% year-on-year in 2008 to ensure 7% GDP growth this year, the finance minister said on Monday.
- 14:43 24/03/2008
The flame for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, was lit in the small southwestern Greek town of Olympia on Monday.
- 14:01 24/03/2008
Deliveries of the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 medium-range passenger aircraft have been postponed indefinitely over test delays, the head of the United Aircraft Building Corporation said on Monday.
- 13:30 24/03/2008
- 12:51 24/03/2008
Russia's gross domestic product is expected to grow by around 7% in 2008, the World Bank said on Monday.
- 12:42 24/03/2008
Iran has lodged a bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that comprises Russia, China and four ex-Soviet Central Asian states, the country's foreign minister said on Monday.
