Guatemala's vice-president has said the Central American country is interested in buying Russian military hardware in exchange for food.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 09:45 GMT

Russia has successfully launched a Proton-K heavy carrier rocket with a military satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Space Forces spokesman said Saturday.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 10:40 GMT

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said Saturday that during his working visit to Moscow on Friday he invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to visit Armenia.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 10:53 GMT

Three policemen were wounded as a UAZ police vehicle came under fire on Saturday in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, police said.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 11:05 GMT

Russia's Proton-K heavy carrier rocket launched from the Baikonur space center earlier Saturday has successfully orbited a Russian military satellite, a Space Forces spokesman said.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 11:36 GMT

The keel-laying ceremony for India's Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) took place Saturday, the country's Defense Ministry said.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 11:52 GMT

An anti-presidential rally has been held in the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Saturday.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 12:32 GMT

The Moscow branch of the recently-formed Pravoye Delo (Right Cause) pro-Kremlin, right-wing party opened Saturday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 13:37 GMT

A Russian businessman has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court accusing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of failing to act properly, a leading Russian business daily reported Saturday.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 16:02 GMT

Russia's new regulations regarding mandatory liability insurance for motor vehicles, which is also known under its Russian acronym of OSAGO, will come into effect March 1.

// Feb. 28, 2009 - 17:16 GMT