- 22:53 21/10/2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Russia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral investment projects, trade and economic relations and energy projects with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
- 20:41 21/10/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated on Wednesday the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his 60th birthday, a Kremlin spokesman said.
- 20:06 21/10/2009
Ukraine expects to sign a long-term contract for Russian nuclear fuel supplies before the end of the year, the country's deputy energy minister said on Wednesday.
- 19:43 21/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised Russian-Indian cooperation at a meeting with the country's foreign minister on Wednesday.
- 19:31 21/10/2009
Russia will sustain significant losses if it decides to tear up a contract to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, an unnamed defense industry official said on Wednesday.
- 18:06 21/10/2009
Poland is ready to take part in a reconfigured U.S. missile defense system, the Polish prime minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:04 21/10/2009
Russia's Federal Customs Service said on Wednesday it was ready to sign a deal with the Bank of New York to settle its $22.5 billion money laundering suit against the U.S.-based banking giant.
- 17:53 21/10/2009
Talks between Iran and three world powers on Tehran's nuclear program ended on Wednesday and a draft deal has been submitted to the sides for approval by Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog head said.
- 16:47 21/10/2009
Six people were sentenced to death in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday on charges of connections to organized crime, state news agency Xinhua reported.
- 16:32 21/10/2009
Women in Kuwait have won the right to receive passports without the permission of their husbands, national media reported on Wednesday.
- 15:48 21/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that government corporations operating in competitive industries in Russia could be transformed into joint stock companies.
- 15:11 21/10/2009
VTB Group, Russia's largest banking group, announced on Wednesday a net loss of 31.5 billion rubles ($1.07 billion) in January-June 2009.
- 14:02 21/10/2009
President Hamid Karzai's nearest rival, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, has urged Afghan authorities to provide sufficient security to ensure a high turnout during the run-off vote set for November 7.
- 13:55 21/10/2009
The lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament approved on Wednesday a draft budget for 2010-212, with a deficit expected at 4.1% of GDP next year.
- 13:17 21/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host a meeting with Russian business leaders on Wednesday, to discuss a strategy to pull the economy out of the ongoing crisis, the business website BFM.ru reported.
- 12:25 21/10/2009
The death toll from Wednesday morning's train collision in north India has risen to 21, the Times of India reported.
- 12:12 21/10/2009
Russia's Communist Party, which earlier walked out of the lower house of parliament in protest against alleged election violations, demanded on Wednesday that the country's election chief resign.
- 11:54 21/10/2009
The Russian government may introduce measures to oblige companies to invest in energy efficiency and other technology projects, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
- 11:25 21/10/2009
A court in Panama has ordered for a Russian-crewed cargo ship stranded off the country's coast since April to be impounded, an International Transport Workers' Federation official said on Wednesday.
