// Sep. 03, 2008 - 05:10 GMT

Russia's president has said the country is ready to repair damaged relations with the United States despite Washington's support for the regime in Georgia.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 05:22 GMT

Russia will meet all its commitments to supply natural gas to European Union member states, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the news channel Euronews.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 06:04 GMT

A prominent journalist in the south Russian republic of Daghestan died on Wednesday after being attacked by gunmen the previous day, a police official said.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 06:10 GMT

Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry will send humanitarian aid on Wednesday to three Georgian villages near the border with South Ossetia, devastated by the recent conflict, a ministry spokesman said.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 06:24 GMT

One worker was killed and six injured after a gas blast at an open-pit coalmine in Khakasia, a Russian republic in south Siberia, a local emergencies official said on Wednesday.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 06:59 GMT

The consular department at Russia's embassy in Georgia will shut down on Wednesday following Tbilisi's formal announcement that it is to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, the embassy's press attache said.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 07:32 GMT

The first café has opened in Tskhinvali. When people find the time for a quiet chat, it means life is getting back to normal.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 07:37 GMT

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's party officially pulled out of the ruling pro-Western coalition on Wednesday amid a government dispute over presidential powers and the Georgia-Russia conflict.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 08:21 GMT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Poland on September 11 for talks with his counterpart and the country's prime minister, Polish television said on Wednesday.

// Sep. 03, 2008 - 08:21 GMT