The presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia will meet on Saturday for trilateral talks on the basic principles of a settlement for the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, a Russian presidential adviser said.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 06:54 GMT
Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov said on Saturday he is ready to face Ramzan Kadyrov in court over his accusation that the Chechen president was behind the killing of activist Natalya Estemirova.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 07:31 GMT
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced on Saturday he will run for a second term in elections scheduled for January 2010.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 08:18 GMT
Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile will enter service with the Navy despite a series of failed test-launches, the first deputy chief of the Navy General Staff said on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 09:30 GMT
The remains of five Armenian citizens who died when an airliner crashed in Iran this week were flown to Yerevan on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 09:34 GMT
At least five large groups of pirates, totaling over 5,000 people, are operating in the Gulf of Aden, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff said on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 10:24 GMT
The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia is back on his feet after last month's assassination attempt and has discussed security operations with his counterpart in neighboring Chechnya.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 11:14 GMT
Russia's Black Sea Fleet should have at least two main bases, in Sevastopol and Novorossiisk, the first deputy chief of the Navy General Staff said on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 11:26 GMT
The number of Russians who have contracted swine flu has risen to 10 after medics in southwestern Siberia diagnosed a 14-year-old girl with the A/H1N1 virus, local authorities said on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 12:28 GMT
Three more Russians may have contracted swine flu while traveling abroad, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Saturday.
// Jul. 18, 2009 - 12:54 GMT