- 21:25 26/03/2009
The recent Ukraine-EU natural gas pipeline declaration does not make any sense and looks like a deal signed by "a deaf man and a blind man," the Russian ambassador in Ukraine said Thursday. 
- 20:18 26/03/2009
Two Russian nationals are on board the Greek and Norwegian vessels seized by pirates off Somalia, the Greek Mercantile Marine Ministry and Norwegian Shipowners' Association said on Thursday.
- 19:17 26/03/2009
Russia's Foreign Ministry reacted on Thursday to a brewing dispute with the EU over a new natural gas agreement with Ukraine, saying the decision to exclude Russia from the talks was an "unfriendly act."
- 19:13 26/03/2009
The French father of a 3-year-old girl kidnapped in France last Friday has received emails from his former wife saying that the woman is in Russia, a French newspaper said on Thursday.
- 18:34 26/03/2009
Moscow hopes that the current political situation in the Czech Republic will not affect the planned Russia-EU summit in May, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 18:11 26/03/2009
- 18:09 26/03/2009
Russia is not aware of any plans for U.S. and Iranian diplomats to meet in Moscow on the sidelines of an ongoing conference on Afghanistan, but it is ready to help arrange such a meeting, the Foreign Ministry said.
- 17:27 26/03/2009
Russia hopes to increase international effectiveness in assisting the Afghan government in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
- 17:18 26/03/2009
The construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline will start in 2010, the Greek development minister said after a meeting with the president of Russia's state pipeline operator, Transneft.
- 17:13 26/03/2009
The Finnish President Tarja Halonen will pay a visit to Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg on March 29, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 16:34 26/03/2009
A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman told state media that if rocket launches in the country "are criticized" either by the UN Security Council or collectively, then this would be viewed as a "hostile act."
- 16:34 26/03/2009
The mayor of Kiev, whose mental competency has been questioned over recent policies and extravagant remarks, said on Thursday he would run for president of Ukraine.
- 15:25 26/03/2009
A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket carrying the 19th Expedition crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off on Thursday from the Baikonur space center, a Russian Mission Control spokesman said.
- 15:06 26/03/2009
Russia is preparing a request for Georgia to extradite a Russian soldier who fled his military unit in South Ossetia in January, but has not yet filed the order, a military investigator said on Thursday.
- 14:48 26/03/2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned North Korea that the firing of a missile of any kind would be a "provocative act" that could harm the six-party negotiations on the country's denuclearization.
- 14:40 26/03/2009
Kyrgyzstan is not considering the possibility of U.S. troops returning to the Manas airbase in the north of the country, the Kyrgyz foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 14:23 26/03/2009
Taiwan is looking to buy U.S. "fifth-generation'' fighter jets featuring stealth and vertical takeoff capabilities, a Chinese daily reported on Thursday.
- 14:02 26/03/2009
- 13:34 26/03/2009
