The ongoing dispute between Russian and British shareholders of oil company TNK-BP could lead to the company being bought up by a Russian state giant, most likely Gazprom but possibly Rosneft, analysts said.
// May. 28, 2008 - 05:38 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend on Wednesday a ministerial meeting of the five states bordering on the Arctic Ocean, to be held in Ilulissat, western Greenland.
// May. 28, 2008 - 05:53 GMT
Ali Larijani, a former head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, has been elected speaker of the country's parliament, the IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
// May. 28, 2008 - 07:09 GMT
The winners of the Russian Defense Ministry's auction to sell two military properties in Moscow are structures close to billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, business daily Vedomosti reported on Wednesday.
// May. 28, 2008 - 07:54 GMT
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia cannot extradite to Columbia an Israeli national accused by Bogota of conspiracy in terrorism, the defendant's lawyer said on Wednesday.
// May. 28, 2008 - 08:28 GMT
The Russian government has decided not to extend prohibitive duty rates on grain exports, Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev said on Wednesday.
// May. 28, 2008 - 09:03 GMT