Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits Moscow on Saturday for talks with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin's press service said.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 07:57 GMT

Ordinary Russians will be not be greatly affected by the current global financial crisis, Russia's Deputy Finance Minister has said.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 08:38 GMT

Young Russians are less concerned than their counterparts in other countries about climate change, according to a new United Nations survey.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 08:51 GMT

Clocks across Russia will be set back an hour at 3:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, but there will be no change for astronauts on the ISS, Russian Mission Control said on Saturday.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 09:23 GMT

Around 400 police are to provide security for a “Day of the People's Fury” opposition rally in Moscow on Saturday, a police representative said.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 09:44 GMT

Talks between the EU and Russia on a new cooperation agreement can only be revived once Moscow fulfills its obligations in the Caucasus, the head of a European Parliament delegation said in Moscow on Saturday.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 10:43 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened talks with his Belarus counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, on Saturday by saying that the two leaders would discuss a joint position to the global financial crisis.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 10:59 GMT

Capital inflow to Russia for the first nine months of 2008 was around $800 million, a top Central Bank official said on Saturday.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 11:18 GMT

Aid pledged to Georgia at a recent international donors meeting should go to all of the country, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the leader of a European Parliament delegation said in Moscow on Saturday.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 12:49 GMT

The Russian Central Bank has no plans to widen the ruble's trading corridor against the dollar/euro basket, a top Central Bank official said on Saturday.

// Oct. 25, 2008 - 13:12 GMT