- 21:11 23/04/2009
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay 577,000 euros ($755,000) in compensation to the relatives of nine people who disappeared in Chechnya in 2001 and 2004. 
- 20:47 23/04/2009
- 20:37 23/04/2009
Georgian opposition leaders said on Thursday protests demanding the president's resignation were entering their "active" phase, threatening to block Mikheil Saakashvili's movements in the capital.
- 20:37 23/04/2009
- 20:21 23/04/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama surpassed Russia's expectations for improvement in bilateral relations during his first 100 days in the office, Russian analysts said on Thursday.
- 20:20 23/04/2009
The Lost Continent, a pub in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, is refusing to serve clients who do not speak Estonian or English, Estonia's Postimees newspaper said on Thursday.
- 19:33 23/04/2009
- 18:40 23/04/2009
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday he hoped the new U.S. administration understood there was no future in using the "language of sanctions" to talk to Belarus.
- 18:36 23/04/2009
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called on the opposition on Thursday to end street protests in the capital and join efforts to tackle economic problems.
- 17:54 23/04/2009
Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by an annualized 9.5% in January-March 2009, an Economic Development Ministry official said on Thursday.
- 16:54 23/04/2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday the Group of Eight summit would be moved from La Maddalena Island to earthquake-hit L'Aquila, Italian media reported.
- 15:57 23/04/2009
Guatemala and Nicaragua have introduced a visa-free regime for Russian tourists, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 15:52 23/04/2009
The Russian government allocated $64 million in 2009 to part finance a joint project with India to develop a new military transport plane, a defense industry official said on Thursday.
- 15:51 23/04/2009
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that he makes all the decisions himself and his main adviser is his eldest son, Viktor.
- 15:42 23/04/2009
Georgia's tax authorities have demanded that opposition leader Nino Burdzhanadze, a former ally of the president, pay a $1 million fine for unpaid taxes on a luxury house granted by the president last year.
- 15:36 23/04/2009
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev will pay an official visit to Russia on April 26-28, the Russian government's press service said on Thursday.
- 15:18 23/04/2009
A group of FBI agents is in Moscow to hold talks on possible cooperation with their Russian colleagues in cases involving two suspected mafia leaders, a government daily said on Thursday.
- 14:36 23/04/2009
Russia is not expecting the resumption of six-nation negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after talks with his North Korean counterpart.
- 14:34 23/04/2009
South Korean auto giant Hyundai will start production at a new car plant in St. Petersburg in September 2010, the plant's general contractor said on Thursday.
