- 21:58 19/02/2009
Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a presidential proposal to close a U.S. airbase used to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan since 2001.
- 21:56 19/02/2009
The captain of a Chinese cargo ship, which sank off Russia's Pacific Coast on Sunday killing eight crewmembers, is to blame for the tragedy, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 21:27 19/02/2009
NATO will continue to expand, but will not ignore the concerns expressed by Russia on this issue, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said at a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Thursday.
- 21:00 19/02/2009
Moscow is not ruling out that Washington may go further than its missile defense plans for Central Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 20:51 19/02/2009
Russia is proposing that all permanent UN Security Council members take part in nuclear disarmament talks between Moscow and Washington, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 19:43 19/02/2009
Superjet International has opened a North American sales and customer support office in Washington DC, a company representative said on Thursday.
- 19:29 19/02/2009
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- 18:50 19/02/2009
Ukraine's opposition party submitted a draft bill on Thursday demanding the foreign minister resign over threats to expel Russia's envoy, which strained relations with Moscow just weeks after a gas row.
- 18:01 19/02/2009
- 17:55 19/02/2009
People rallying in Simferopol on Thursday on the 55th anniversary of the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine threw eggs at a portrait of a Soviet leader who orchestrated the change.
- 17:42 19/02/2009
The scandalously famous Madonna will give a concert in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg, concert organizers said on Thursday.
- 17:41 19/02/2009
Kenya looks to continue military cooperation with Ukraine despite the recent hijacking of a cargo ship with 33 tanks on board, the head of a Ukrainian arms exporting company said on Thursday.
- 16:58 19/02/2009
Warsaw hopes the U.S. will continue its plans under the new administration to deploy missile shield elements in Poland, the country's defense minister said on Thursday.
- 16:58 19/02/2009
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Russia will export nuclear materials, technology and equipment to India for use in nuclear power plants as long as they are under the guarantee of the international nuclear watchdog (IAEA), the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
- 16:38 19/02/2009
A train carrying non-lethal supplies for the U.S. military in Afghanistan has left a cargo terminal at the Latvian port of Riga for transit through Russia, a source in the port administration said on Thursday.
- 16:34 19/02/2009
Beijing urged Russia on Thursday to conduct a probe into the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship off Russia's Pacific Coast over the weekend that killed eight crewmembers, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
- 15:57 19/02/2009
Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a presidential proposal to close a U.S. airbase used to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan since 2001.
