- 19:00 20/09/2008
- 18:57 20/09/2008
- 18:11 20/09/2008
The European Union could restart in October talks on a comprehensive cooperation treaty with Russia suspended over the country's conflict with Georgia, France's prime minister said on Saturday.
- 17:49 20/09/2008
Abkhazia and South Ossetia will decide on Russian troops' further deployment on their territories, Russia's prime minister said on Saturday.
- 17:16 20/09/2008
NATO defense ministers considered at a meeting in London the creation of a rapid-response force to be sent into a country that feels threatened by Russia, the Los Angeles Times said.
- 16:48 20/09/2008
Russia's space agency and French satellite launch firm Arianespace signed a contract on Saturday to launch 10 Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space center in French Guiana.
- 15:48 20/09/2008
Russia's prime minister said on Saturday the country still wants to join the WTO and step up economic ties with the EU, backtracking on the statement made amid strains with the West over the Georgia conflict.
- 14:44 20/09/2008
- 14:27 20/09/2008
Political squabbles between Russia and the United States should not affect their trade, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday.
- 14:21 20/09/2008
- 13:30 20/09/2008
Russia is opposed to any new United Nations measures against Iran over its disputed nuclear program for now, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
- 13:06 20/09/2008
NATO defense ministers considered at a meeting in London the creation of a rapid-response force to be sent into a country that feels threatened by Russia, the Los Angeles Times said.
- 12:46 20/09/2008
A mutual visa free regime came into force between Russia and Israel on Saturday. Israel has long sought to cancel visa requirements for Russia seeking to double tourist flows from the country to 400,000 annually in the next two years.
- 12:21 20/09/2008
A Russian carrier rocket Proton-M, launched early on Saturday, has successfully orbited Canada's Nimiq-4 telecommunications satellite, a spokesman for the rocket's producer said.
