- 17:41 02/01/2009
Gazprom will receive a $1.5 billion payment from Ukraine for natural gas supplied in late 2008 on January 11, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Friday. 
- 16:33 02/01/2009
Russian natural gas was reaching Europe in full amounts on Friday a day after Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in a contract dispute and toughened its stance on prices.
- 15:42 02/01/2009
Russian diplomats completed on Friday the evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by massive Israeli airstrikes since Saturday.
- 15:09 02/01/2009
Deck-based aviation of Russia's heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will hold exercises in the Greek airspace in January, the Greek National Defense General Staff said on Friday.
- 14:24 02/01/2009
A naval mission of the European Union has thwarted the seizure of a Greek tanker by pirates off Somalia, the Greek merchant marine ministry said on Friday.
- 14:00 02/01/2009
Gazprom will supply natural gas to Ukraine at the European market price of $418 per 1,000 cu m in 2009, following Ukraine's rejection of a considerably lower price, the energy giant said.
- 13:21 02/01/2009
The national currency of Belarus will be devalued by almost 20% against the U.S. dollar from January 2 amid the ongoing global financial crisis, the ex-Soviet republic's National Bank said on Friday.
- 13:03 02/01/2009
A naval task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet led by the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer has joined a Russian frigate on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia, a source in the fleet's headquarters said Friday.
- 12:00 02/01/2009
The gas row between Russia and Ukraine has not led to any decrease in Russian natural gas supplies to Germany, the press secretary of the German gas company E.ON Ruhrgaz said on Friday.
- 11:36 02/01/2009
The first Russian family of three has left the Gaza Strip, which has been hit by massive Israeli airstrikes since Saturday.
