- 22:01 06/06/2008
A recent gas leak in northeast China near the Russian border that killed three people contained phosgene, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday citing environmental experts. 
- 21:50 06/06/2008
Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) agreed to jointly build a unified pipeline system in Nigeria, the Russian company's press service said on Friday.
- 20:44 06/06/2008
- 20:15 06/06/2008
Chinese authorities said the chemical spill in northeast China near the Russian border that killed three people was no threat to the environment, a Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
- 19:54 06/06/2008
The state will not interfere in the conflict between Russian and British shareholders at joint oil venture TNK-BP, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said at a meeting with BP CEO Tony Hayward.
- 17:38 06/06/2008
Georgia's accession to NATO would cause a new spiral of confrontation in the Caucasus region, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday.
- 17:07 06/06/2008
Georgia will not meet Abkhazian demands to withdraw its troops from a disputed region on the border with the breakaway republic, a Georgian state minister said on Friday.
- 17:07 06/06/2008
Plans to raise the price of natural gas deliveries to Ukraine are still under discussion, Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz said on Friday.
- 16:23 06/06/2008
The presidents of Russia and Georgia said on Friday they wanted to tackle controversial issues that have plagued bilateral relations in recent years.
- 15:36 06/06/2008
Russia's Natural Resources Ministry has sent a protest note to China over a spillage from a chemical facility in northeast China, near the Russian border, which killed at least three people earlier on Friday.
- 15:05 06/06/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday that Kiev's plans to join NATO run counter to the bilateral treaty on friendship, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday.
- 14:24 06/06/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in early July.
- 14:18 06/06/2008
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived on Friday in Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, for discussions with the Abkhazian president on the resumption of peace talks with Tbilisi.
- 13:48 06/06/2008
The lower house of the Russian parliament ratified on Friday an intergovernmental agreement with Syria on settling the country's $3.6 billion Soviet-era debt to Russia.
- 13:16 06/06/2008
Ukraine's state nuclear power utility Energoatom has admitted that a small leak occurred at water-moderated reactor in the country's northwest on May 29, but said no radioactive materials were released.
- 12:02 06/06/2008
Russia could resume the construction of the Rogun hydropower station in Tajikistan, set to become the largest in Central Asia, the Kommersant business daily said on Friday.
- 11:29 06/06/2008
- 10:27 06/06/2008
Three people have died following a spillage from a chemical facility in northeast China, near the Russian border, the country's official Xinhua news agency reported.
- 09:58 06/06/2008
Pakistan's foreign minister will arrive in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, on an official visit on Friday, Afghan media reported.
