Kazakhstan has decided to quit a unified energy system of Central Asian states, leaving its southern neighbor Kyrgyzstan short of electricity, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz energy ministry said on Thursday.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 06:22 GMT
Russia is planning to launch on Thursday a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on a Zenith carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency said.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 06:43 GMT
Russian energy giant Gazprom could cut gas deliveries to Ukraine from March 8 if Naftogaz does not pay for supplies received in February, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 07:18 GMT
Denmark's foreign minister begins a Russian visit on Thursday to discuss NATO enlargement and a proposed pan-European security pact, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 07:36 GMT
The best samba schools vied for victory at the famous Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 08:08 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due to meet with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic in Moscow on Thursday, the presidential press service said.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 08:18 GMT
U.S. Patriot air defense systems will be placed in Poland regardless of the prospects of the deployment of a U.S. missile defense base in the country, the Polish foreign minister said.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 08:23 GMT
A delegation from the upper house of Russia's parliament led by speaker Sergei Mironov begins on Thursday a two-day official visit to Sweden.
// Feb. 26, 2009 - 08:36 GMT