- 21:04 26/06/2009
Total and Shell have made it onto the shortlist of participants in the Yamal liquefied gas project in northwest Siberia, a Gazprom deputy CEO said on Friday.
- 20:58 26/06/2009
The quartet of Middle East peace negotiators on Friday confirmed its support for a Moscow peace conference later this year.
- 20:55 26/06/2009
Russia plans to increase investment in mining, construction and space communications projects in Angola, a joint statement by the two countries' presidents said following talks.
- 19:43 26/06/2009
Gazprom has sent Belarus a letter demanding it pay $244 million in gas debts, and warning that supplies could be cut if the sum is not cleared, the Russian energy giant's CEO said on Friday.
- 19:38 26/06/2009
Serbian President Boris Tadic says he is waiting for an explanation from Bulgaria as to why former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku, detained on an Interpol wanted list, has been released, Belgrade media reported.
- 19:37 26/06/2009
The cause of the death of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson may not be known for weeks, investigators said on Friday.
- 18:56 26/06/2009
A farmer from south Russia could become the owner of U.S. pop star Britney Spears' $7.9- million mansion in California, a real estate agent involved in the sale said on Friday.
- 18:41 26/06/2009
Ukraine in June bought just a third of the gas stipulated in contracts - 1.1 billion cubic meters instead of 3.4 billion - but will face no penalties, the Gazprom CEO said on Friday.
- 17:33 26/06/2009
Belarus believes it should join the World Trade Organization along with Kazakhstan and Russia, a first deputy prime minister said in parliament Friday.
- 17:00 26/06/2009
Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial countries meeting in Italy on Friday expressed concern about Iran's nuclear program and stressed the need to continue dialogue.
- 16:43 26/06/2009
At least 12 people have been killed in floods in southern Czech Republic, European media reported on Friday.
- 16:25 26/06/2009
Gas contracts with Ukraine will not be revised, despite the Ukrainian president's demands, the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom said at an annual meeting of shareholders on Friday.
- 16:19 26/06/2009
Some 57 people were hurt on Friday when two suburban trains collided near the Spanish capital during the morning rush hour, national TV reported.
- 15:00 26/06/2009
A Russian-U.S. military cooperation agreement will be signed during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in early July, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff said on Friday.
- 14:40 26/06/2009
G8 foreign ministers have condemned North Korea's May 25 nuclear test as a threat to regional security.
- 14:28 26/06/2009
Russia will fulfill its obligations on schedule to supply three Project 11356 frigates to India by 2012, a shipbuilding industry official said on Friday.
- 14:26 26/06/2009
The Group of Eight leading industrialized countries deplored on Friday the post-election violence in Iran and called on the authorities in the country to resolve the conflict by dialogue.
- 14:11 26/06/2009
Gazprom plans to occupy 10% of the British energy market by 2011, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday at the Russian energy giant's annual shareholders' meeting.
- 13:41 26/06/2009
Russia will participate in an expected tender to supply diesel-electric submarines to the Indian navy, the Russian state arms exporter said on Friday.
