- 20:03 28/03/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences over the death of Soviet hero Arnold Meri accused of genocide in Estonia who died of lung cancer Friday and decorated him posthumously with a Medal of Honor, the Kremlin said Saturday. 
- 17:59 28/03/2009
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko dismissed reports on Saturday that the country had taken on a begging role in negotiations with other countries and international organizations amid the current financial crisis.
- 15:57 28/03/2009
Japanese companies are willing to take part in modernizing Ukraine's aging gas supply system, the country's prime minister told journalists on her return to Kiev.
- 15:42 28/03/2009
Russia is continuing its analysis of human remains, believed to be that of a bomber pilot shot down in August over Georgia, a deputy chief of Russia's General Staff said on Saturday.
- 15:34 28/03/2009
The launch of a missile by North Korea would complicate peace and stability in northeast Asia, the UN secretary general said Saturday.
- 15:13 28/03/2009
The joints efforts of participants at an international conference on Afghanistan in Moscow will help restore peace in the country, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday.
- 14:18 28/03/2009
Moscow has postponed indefinitely planned Russia-Ukraine intergovernmental talks after Ukraine signed a deal with the EU on modernizing the country's aging gas supply system, a source in the Kremlin said on Saturday.
- 13:13 28/03/2009
Tajik border guards detained four men carrying 43 kg (94 lbs) of cannabis on Saturday morning, a spokesman for the country's border service told RIA Novosti.
- 12:45 28/03/2009
Japan dispatched two destroyers from their base in the Nagasaki Prefecture to the Sea of Japan on Saturday prior to a planned missile launch by North Korea, the country's defense ministry announced.
- 12:07 28/03/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. counterpart Barack Obama will issue joint declarations on bilateral relations and strategic arms reduction at their upcoming meeting in London, a presidential aide said on Saturday.
