- 22:01 01/10/2008
NATO bases in Ukraine and Georgia, if deployed, would threaten Russia's strategic military and economic infrastructure, the Russian Security Council secretary said. 
- 21:37 01/10/2008
Russia will fulfill its commitments under a peace plan for the Georgian conflict developed by the Russian and French presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy, in time, Medvedev said Wednesday.
- 21:09 01/10/2008
The Russian Navy said Wednesday that no force would be used against pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship off the Somali coast last week, a Navy spokesman said.
- 21:04 01/10/2008
Iran's envoy to the IAEA said Wednesday his country would continue its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, expecting the agency to work within its jurisdiction.
- 20:21 01/10/2008
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday that the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia signed in May 1997 had been extended for 10 years.
- 19:55 01/10/2008
The Russian warship Neustrashimy may use force against pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship off the Somali coast last week, a senior Navy official said Wednesday.
- 19:42 01/10/2008
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday her party would accept every condition of its partners to form a new coalition amid growing fears over the dissolution of Ukraine's parliament.
- 19:16 01/10/2008
The United States failed to take adequate steps in response to the global financial crisis, the Russian prime minister said Wednesday.
- 18:07 01/10/2008
The president of Somalia has allowed Russia to fight pirates in Somali territorial waters and on land, offering Russia strategic advantages, the country's ambassador to Moscow said Wednesday.
- 17:46 01/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in St. Petersburg to discuss the situation in the Caucasus and other key issues, a Kremlin source said Wednesday.
- 17:27 01/10/2008
Russia's government will provide up to 175 billion rubles ($6.8 billion) in extra funds in 2009 to support the domestic financial market against the backdrop of the global slump, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:27 01/10/2008
Russian warships, currently on a long-range sortie that will bring them to the Caribbean in November, will enter the Mediterranean Sea on October 5 and make several port calls in the region, the Navy said on Wednesday.
- 17:10 01/10/2008
A senior Georgian Interior Ministry official said on Wednesday that a Russian unmanned plane fell into Georgian territory on Tuesday while conducting a reconnaissance flight.
- 16:46 01/10/2008
Somalia will soon recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the two Georgian breakaway regions recently recognized by Russia, the Somali ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.
- 16:34 01/10/2008
Several countries have shown an interest in purchasing Russia's advanced Iskander-E short-range ballistic missile systems, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
- 16:17 01/10/2008
The Czech parliament may begin discussions on the ratification of a Czech-U.S. missile defense treaty in November, the speaker of the lower house of parliament said on Wednesday.
- 15:36 01/10/2008
Russia's top court ruled on Wednesday "to exonerate" the country's last tsar and his family, executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, as victims of political repression.
- 15:35 01/10/2008
- 15:03 01/10/2008
South and North Korea will hold military talks this week for the first time since the South's new president took office in February, Yonhap news agency cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying on Wednesday.
