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22:33 13/08/2008

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Russia's Lavrov slams Bush statement on S.Ossetia
22:30 13/08/2008
Russia's foreign minister criticized on Wednesday comments made by the U.S. president on fighting in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia as being based on unverified reports.
Russia slams Ukraine decree on Black Sea Fleet as anti-Russian
22:10 13/08/2008
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that a decree issued by the Ukrainian president requiring prior notification for naval movements of Russia's Black Sea Fleet is a 'new serious anti-Russian step.'
Four Russian naval ships return to Crimea from Abkhazia coast-2
21:31 13/08/2008
Four Russian ships have returned from waters off Abkhazia to their Black Sea Fleet base in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, a crewman said on Wednesday.
U.S. President Bush to send Rice to France, Georgia
20:54 13/08/2008
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that he planned to send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to France and then to Georgia.
Russian troops down Georgian drone over S. Ossetia
19:46 13/08/2008
Russian peacekeepers shot down a Georgian unmanned reconnaissance plane over the capital of breakaway South Ossetia on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry official said.
Russian peacekeepers remove weapons from Georgian arms depot
19:37 13/08/2008
Russian peacekeepers are removing equipment and weapons from an arms depot discovered near the Georgian town of Gori, close to the border with South Ossetia, a peacekeeping spokesman said on Wednesday.
Sailor says 4 Russian ships return to Crimea from Abkhazia coast
18:59 13/08/2008
Four Russian ships have returned from waters off Abkhazia to their Black Sea Fleet base in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, a crewman said Wednesday.
Russian gas producer Novatek posts 70% net profit growth in 1H08
18:33 13/08/2008
Russia had no choice but counterattack in S.Ossetia - Gorbachev
18:27 13/08/2008
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Russia had no choice but to launch a counterattack to Georgia's offensive in breakaway South Ossetia, but it is still possible to find a political solution to the crisis.
Russian pair takes Olympic silver in synchronized diving
18:04 13/08/2008
Russia's Dmitry Sautin and Yury Kunakov won silver on Wednesday in the men's synchronized 3m springboard at the Beijing Olympics.
Russia accuses Georgia of plotting armed attack against Abkhazia
17:51 13/08/2008
Georgia's criticism of the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to Abkhazia was slammed Wednesday by Moscow, which called Tbilisi's declaration that Russian troops were occupying its breakaway region an attempt to plot an armed attack against Abkhazia.
RusAl sues LUKoil for disruption of supplies
17:50 13/08/2008
U.S. to deport Russian national accused of $1.5 mln fraud
17:22 13/08/2008
Moscow says some 70 Russian soldiers killed in S.Ossetia
17:20 13/08/2008
A top Russian military official said on Wednesday that 74 Russian military personnel died during recent fighting with Georgian troops in breakaway South Ossetia.
Swiss prosecutors rule out diplomatic end to Qaddafi son case
17:03 13/08/2008
Iran's president says West backing down over nuclear program
17:02 13/08/2008
Iran has come out on top with the West over its controversial nuclear program, the Islamic Republic's president told local media on Wednesday.
S.Ossetia leader backs internationally mediated peace plan
16:33 13/08/2008
The leader of South Ossetia said Wednesday he supported a French-brokered plan to resolve the conflict that erupted when Georgia attempted to seize control of the breakaway region last Friday.
Russia takes silver in women's weightlifting in Beijing
16:15 13/08/2008
Russia's Oxana Slivenko won an Olympic silver medal at the Beijing games on Wednesday in the women's 69kg weightlifting event with host nation China taking yet another gold.
Russian power generator TGK-4 posts 23% net profit drop in 1H08
16:08 13/08/2008

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