On June 15–17, 2009, Yekaterinburg in the Ural Federal District will host the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and a BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) summit.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 04:50 GMT
Militants set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on police officers in the south Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the early hours of Thursday, injuring one officer, a police source said.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 04:57 GMT
A French nuclear-powered submarine has arrived in the area of the Atlantic where an Air France plane crashed last week, and is searching for the flight recorders, the Brazilian Air Force said.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 05:31 GMT
An Aeroflot flight was forced to carry out an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, West Siberia, early on Thursday due to a cracked windscreen, a local transport police spokesperson said.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 06:24 GMT
Russia's international reserves grew $8.4 billion to $409.5 billion in the week ending June 5, the Central Bank said
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 06:53 GMT
BRIC countries may become leaders of the world economy if they overcome their cultural hurdles, says Yevgeny Yasin, a leading Russian economist, former Minister of the Economy and currently head of research at the Higher School of Economics.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 06:59 GMT
U.S. President Barack Obama has expressed shock and sadness over Wednesday's shooting at the Washington Holocaust Memorial Museum, in which a neo-Nazi fatally injured a guard.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 07:00 GMT
The summits of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) no longer produce a regional or global sensation.
// Jun. 11, 2009 - 07:02 GMT