- 14:18 11/02/2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to pay two visits to Russia this year, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday. 
- 14:02 11/02/2009
A Proton-M rocket has successfully orbited two new Russian Express-series communications satellites, a Russian federal space agency official said on Wednesday.
- 13:55 11/02/2009
The Coca-Cola Company plans to invest $1.2 billion in developing its infrastructure in Russia in the next 3-5 years, the company's president for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus said on Wednesday.
- 13:53 11/02/2009
- 13:19 11/02/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama should seize the opportunity to improve ties with Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 12:56 11/02/2009
Russia will raise export duty on oil to $114-117 per metric ton from the current rate of $100.9 per ton following a stabilization of oil prices on world markets, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday.
- 12:47 11/02/2009
- 12:40 11/02/2009
An Indian delegation has visited the dock in Russia's Far East where the Nerpa nuclear submarine has been kept since a fatal accident on board last year, the dockyard's director said on Wednesday.
- 12:17 11/02/2009
The Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Air Force, Lt. Gen. Rail Rzayev, was shot dead on Wednesday, the country's Defense Ministry said.
- 12:17 11/02/2009
The European Union needs to review its energy relations with Russia and Ukraine in the wake of January's natural gas row between the two countries, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday.
- 11:52 11/02/2009
The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for two deadly explosions in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
- 11:45 11/02/2009
A senior EU foreign policy delegation will hold talks on European security issues in Moscow on Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- 11:00 11/02/2009
Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL signed on Wednesday a contract with New Delhi on fuel supplies to Indian nuclear power plants, a spokesman for the Indian Nuclear Energy Department said.
- 10:46 11/02/2009
The Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan has postponed a discussion on the closure of a U.S. base in the north of the country, the party's leader said on Wednesday.
- 10:37 11/02/2009
The centrist Kadima party led by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and the opposition right-wing Likud party have both claimed victory in Israel's early parliamentary polls.
