A Proton-M carrier rocket was launched early on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with the aim of orbiting an Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, a spokesman for Russia's space agency said.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 05:50 GMT
Russia has temporarily closed its borders with Azerbaijan and Georgia to all foreigners with the exception of CIS nationals, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 06:12 GMT
The Russian and Belarusian presidents are due to meet in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday to discuss bilateral and international relations, a Kremlin source said.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 06:27 GMT
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva won gold in the women's pole vault at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Monday, repeating her feat of four years ago in Athens and setting a new world record.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 07:13 GMT
NATO foreign ministers are to discuss the military alliance's response to the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia at an emergency session in Brussels on Tuesday.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 07:23 GMT
Russia and Georgia have carried out a prisoner exchange near Georgia's capital Tbilisi, a day after a similar deal failed to go ahead, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 19, 2008 - 08:32 GMT