Five killed in drink driving smash in Urals

// May. 26, 2008 - 04:45 GMT


Daghestan's finance official escapes assassination attempt

// May. 26, 2008 - 05:22 GMT


Russia's Dima Bilan wins 2008 Eurovision Song Contest

Russia's Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating 24 contestants to claim his country's first win in the event with his heartfelt ballad “Believe.”

// May. 26, 2008 - 05:29 GMT


RUXX investment index set to open 0.51% down

// May. 26, 2008 - 05:40 GMT


Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.4%

// May. 26, 2008 - 05:47 GMT


U.S. Phoenix probe lands on Mars

NASA's Phoenix space probe successfully touched down on Mars as part of a 90-day mission examining whether the red planet's subterranean ice could have once sustained life.

// May. 26, 2008 - 06:05 GMT


Russia's inner Cabinet holds first meeting

Russia's new government body, comprising 15 key cabinet members, chaired by the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, will hold its first meeting on Monday.

// May. 26, 2008 - 06:36 GMT


Rescuers continue search for missing miners in Ukraine blast

// May. 26, 2008 - 06:39 GMT


Baltika brewery expands into Siberia, opens $200 mln plant

// May. 26, 2008 - 06:58 GMT


G8 ministers urge 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized countries backed a resolution to set global targets to cut greenhouse emissions by up to half by 2050.

// May. 26, 2008 - 07:21 GMT