- 22:05 15/06/2009
Russia will do everything possible for a modern political system to take root in Afghanistan, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai.
- 21:56 15/06/2009
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on Monday signed a decree dissolving parliament and setting early parliamentary elections for July 29, a spokesman said.
- 21:23 15/06/2009
A total of 39 Georgian opposition demonstrators were detained on Monday during a clash with police near the Interior Ministry, Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze said.
- 21:12 15/06/2009
Russian soprano Yekaterina Shcherbachenko has been named the BBC Singer of the World 2009 after winning the world's most prestigious operatic competition in Cardiff, the broadcaster said.
- 21:01 15/06/2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged on Monday that the will of the Iranian people expressed during Friday's presidential election be respected.
- 20:07 15/06/2009
The volume of Russian arms exports in 2009 will exceed $8 billion, the head of Russia's delegation to the International Paris Air Show said Monday.
- 19:54 15/06/2009
The UN Security Council should be cautious in imposing sanctions against North Korea in connection with the recent nuclear tests, the speaker of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament said on Monday.
- 18:57 15/06/2009
A group of seven countries on Monday formally submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution to extend the UN monitoring mission on the border between Georgia and Abkhazia.
- 18:32 15/06/2009
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday he welcomed the U.S. initiative to begin direct talks with Iran without any preconditions and on the basis of mutual respect.
- 18:04 15/06/2009
Russia would like to expand sales of such warplanes as the Su-34 throughout the world, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Chinese TV released on Monday.
- 17:47 15/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on Monday with a focus on regional security and efforts against the global financial crisis.
- 17:28 15/06/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Russia on Tuesday for a regional summit that began on Monday, a source at Iran's embassy in Moscow said.
- 16:50 15/06/2009
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich has bought the world's largest privately owned yacht for 300 million euros ($420 million), the Bild newspaper said.
- 16:29 15/06/2009
The BRIC format of the world's four leading emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China - should be expanded to include Indonesia, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a report on Monday.
- 16:20 15/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview released on Monday that governing in partnership with his predecessor, current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has proved effective.
- 15:56 15/06/2009
Russia urges the UN Security Council to extend the UN monitoring mission on the border between Georgia and Abkhazia, the Foreign Ministry said ahead of the expiry of its mandate on Monday evening.
- 15:41 15/06/2009
Iran's Supreme Leader has ordered an inquiry into allegations by defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi that the elections were rigged, the national television reported on Monday.
- 14:43 15/06/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has put off a trip to Russia for a regional summit starting on Monday, the first foreign visit after his disputed reelection, an official at Iran's embassy in Moscow said.
- 14:26 15/06/2009
The TNK-BP board of directors has approved a $377 million increase in organic investment in 2009, the Russian-British joint oil venture said on Monday.
