- 15:49 28/10/2008
Russia's foreign minister warned Georgia on Tuesday that its possible refusal to attend Geneva talks along with South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives would threaten regional security. 
- 15:43 28/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Russia's state-run arms exporter are shortsighted, and will not have any negative impact on Russia.
- 15:23 28/10/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Tuesday that Russia and China gradually switch over to national currency payments in bilateral trade, expected to total $50 billion in 2008.
- 15:16 28/10/2008
More than 11,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and move to higher ground in the northern part of Sulawesi, Indonesian media reported Tuesday.
- 14:46 28/10/2008
During his upcoming visit to the Netherlands on October 30, Russia's foreign minister will give priority to trade and economic ties between the two countries, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 14:45 28/10/2008
The rail monopoly, Russian Railways (RZD), warned that its net profits for 2008 are expected to be 50% less than predicted due to the ongoing global financial crisis, RZD CEO Vladimir Yakunin said on Tuesday.
- 14:42 28/10/2008
The Russian Central Election Commission is not sending any observers to monitor the U.S. presidential election scheduled for November 4, the top election official said on Tuesday.
- 14:25 28/10/2008
- 14:05 28/10/2008
Russian Fashion Week opened in Moscow on Tuesday, with organizers promising the spring-summer 2009 collections would shine through the "gloomy" outlook of the global financial crisis.
- 13:59 28/10/2008
The 4th Iran Kish Air Show-2008 opened on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- 13:35 28/10/2008
- 12:58 28/10/2008
Iran's envoy to the UN told its General Assembly on Tuesday that his country would not give in to UN Security Council demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
- 12:54 28/10/2008
Kazakhstan has postponed the start of production at a major Caspian Sea oil field from 2011 to 2013, the country's energy and mineral resources minister said on Tuesday.
- 12:41 28/10/2008
North Korea warned on Tuesday that it would carry out military strikes against the South if activists continue to send propaganda leaflets criticizing the regime and "slandering" leader Kim Jong-il.
- 11:46 28/10/2008
Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has withdrawn its lawsuit against a presidential decree dissolving parliament and calling early parliamentary elections, a spokesman for the bloc said on Tuesday.
- 11:06 28/10/2008
The European Union could resume in November talks on a new cooperation pact with Russia, temporarily put on hold last month over Russia's military operation in Georgia, the French foreign minister has said.
- 10:34 28/10/2008
Sudan will deploy security officers to protect foreign oil workers following the killing of five Chinese nationals on Monday, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
- 09:57 28/10/2008
A missile frigate from Russia's Baltic Fleet has started patrolling waters in the Gulf of Aden to protect Russian ships and crews from pirate attacks, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 09:37 28/10/2008
An independent international investigation into the August conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia will be led by an expert from Switzerland, the French foreign minister has said.
