Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday, in order to discuss the Bosnian settlement and bilateral relations between Russia and the Balkan state with its top officials.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 00:51 GMT
Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj said the country is ready to cooperate with Russia in all spheres and called for Moscow to develop economic ties with Sarajevo.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 01:47 GMT
Police in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East have seized more than one metric tonne of poached red caviar and about 100 kg (220 pounds) of crab meat.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 03:49 GMT
Police in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East have seized more than one metric tone of poached red caviar and about 100 kg (220 pounds) of crab meat.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 03:49 GMT
The Belarusian parliament is to consider next week the recognition of the two former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 04:42 GMT
A famous painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, called Krass und Mild (Dramatic and Mild), was sold for $9.4 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 05:52 GMT
Eight people were killed when a car and minibus collided in the southern Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Thursday, a spokesman for the regional emergencies service said.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 06:27 GMT
Russia has reiterated its proposal to the United States to sign a bilateral extradition agreement, the Russian justice minister said.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 07:00 GMT
According to witnesses and state media, Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons and fired tear gas. Amateur footage emerged from Iran on Wednesday, purporting to show opposition supporters demonstrating in a central square of the capital, chanting their own slogans against the government crackdown on the opposition which followed the presidential election turmoil.
// Nov. 05, 2009 - 07:31 GMT