- 19:04 18/03/2009
- 18:29 18/03/2009
Russia is proposing that discussions into the possibility of creating a new world reserve currency are initiated at the upcoming G20 summit in London, a government source said on Wednesday.
- 18:19 18/03/2009
- 17:51 18/03/2009
- 16:50 18/03/2009
- 16:36 18/03/2009
Russia is highly likely to agree to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine from the contracted 40 billion cubic meters to 33 billion cubic meters in 2009, the Ukrainian fuel and energy minister said on Wednesday.
- 16:21 18/03/2009
Russian-Chinese military exercises dubbed Peace Mission 2009 will be held in the summer in northeastern China, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
- 16:14 18/03/2009
The mayor of Kiev exercised in front of journalists on Wednesday to demonstrate his fitness as he faces a psychiatric examination ordered by Ukraine's parliament in response to some of his policies.
- 16:00 18/03/2009
Iran has not yet received any S-300 air defense systems under a 2007 contract and the deal depends on the leadership in Moscow, a Russian military exports source said on Wednesday.
- 15:51 18/03/2009
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Wednesday in Kabul that the military alliance's forces in Afghanistan need to be beefed up ahead of presidential and provincial polls slated for August.
- 15:50 18/03/2009
The European Space Agency (ESA) has plans to orbit three research satellites in 2009 using Russian carrier rockets, ESA Director Jean Jacques Dordain said on Wednesday.
- 15:05 18/03/2009
Russia hopes for the swift restoration of the rule of law in Madagascar after opposition leader Andry Rajoelina took power following military intervention, the Foreign Ministry said
- 14:56 18/03/2009
Gazprom's natural gas exports to countries other than former Soviet republics declined by 16 billion cubic meters to 24 billion cubic meters from January 1 to March 15, a business paper reported
- 14:01 18/03/2009
A newly discovered asteroid will fly past Earth on Wednesday at little more than twice the altitude of a geosynchronous telecom satellite, the Spaceweather prediction center reported on its website.
- 13:14 18/03/2009
- 13:13 18/03/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signed on Wednesday an agreement on visa-free travel with Argentina.
- 13:00 18/03/2009
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter and sexually abusing her for over two decades, has pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, Austrian radio reported on Wednesday.
- 12:24 18/03/2009
During a joint NATO-led operation with the Afghan army, 29 members of the radical Taliban movement were killed and another 12 injured, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 11:42 18/03/2009
Russia could become a major partner of Cuba in the oil sector, a spokesman for the Cuban Ministry of Basic Industry said on Wednesday.
