Leading dissidents from the former Soviet Union have demanded an investigation into the BBC Russian Service, which they have accused of caving in to pressure to be less critical of President Vladimir Putin's regime.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 10:52 GMT
Russia has received official notification that Belarus has imposed a transit duty of $45 per ton on its oil exports but does not expect an escalating trade row to disrupt crude oil supplies to Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday, Jan. 4.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 11:55 GMT
An ancient Vishnu idol has been found during excavation in an old village in Russia's Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent view on the origin of ancient Russia.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:04 GMT
Unilateral sanctions against Iran are ineffective, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin has said.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:12 GMT
Japan and Russia are likely to consider settling their decades-old territorial row by dividing the disputed Kuril Islands off Hokkaido by land area rather than by number, Japanese diplomatic sources said.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:15 GMT
Two more people have tested positive for low levels of polonium 210, the radioactive poison that killed former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, British health authorities said on Wednesday.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:20 GMT
Five volunteers have been selected for a simulated Mars mission, expected to be launched in Russia late next year, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency said Friday.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:21 GMT
Russian senior lawmakers warn Iraq that the execution of Saddam Hussein may spark a civil war in the country and lead to the destabilization of the Middle East.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:24 GMT
Detectives investigating the murder of Alexander Litvin-enko are trying to trace a Russian businessman who flew to Britain at the same time as a consignment of deadly polonium-210 was allegedly smuggled into London.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:26 GMT
A four-seater Orion-12 private plane has crashed in Siberia's Tyumen region, killing 2 people.
// Jan. 04, 2007 - 18:33 GMT