- 21:44 14/05/2009
The Russian foreign minister has made a protest to his Finnish counterpart after a Russian boy was illegally taken out of Russia by his Finnish father, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
- 20:52 14/05/2009
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia on Thursday to pay 104,000 euros ($141,000) in compensation to the relatives of two people who were abducted or killed in Chechnya.
- 20:40 14/05/2009
- 20:13 14/05/2009
Russia and Abkhazia will sign an agreement on the deployment of a Russian military base in the former Georgian republic within the next two weeks, the Abkhaz president said on Thursday.
- 19:41 14/05/2009
- 19:15 14/05/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez approved on Thursday a list of books for schools to educate young people on socialist ideology, local media said.
- 17:58 14/05/2009
Russia will continue to assist South Ossetia in all areas, including military assistance if required, the chief of the Russian presidential administration said Thursday.
- 17:27 14/05/2009
Russia will only supply advanced Iskander and S-400 missile systems to Belarus if the country's leadership approves the deal, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.
- 17:23 14/05/2009
- 16:48 14/05/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a decree approving a project to transit Caspian oil to Europe bypassing Russia, the presidential website said on Thursday.
- 16:38 14/05/2009
A Georgian opposition leader denied on Thursday President Mikheil Saakashvili's allegation that opposition members were receiving funding from Russia.
- 16:30 14/05/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to "surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran," an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.
- 16:10 14/05/2009
- 16:00 14/05/2009
The World Health Organization said on Thursday 33 countries have confirmed a total of 6,497 cases of swine flu, including 65 deaths.
- 14:33 14/05/2009
Venezuela's government plans to nationalize a major private bank, Banco de Venezuela, a subsidiary of Spanish banking group Santander, on May 22, local media cited the country's president as saying.
- 14:16 14/05/2009
The Israeli Air Force is currently using Soviet-designed MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters for pilot training, the country's Channel 2 reported on Thursday.
- 12:54 14/05/2009
Russia will supply 12 Su-30MK2 Flanker multi-role fighters to Vietnam under a contract worth more than $500 million, a Russian business daily reported on Thursday.
- 12:23 14/05/2009
- 12:04 14/05/2009
