16:36
PUTIN PLANS VISIT TO GREAT BRITAIN
Deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, Sergei Prikhodko, told journalists on Saturday that Vladimir Putin planned to visit Great Britain. More detail...

01:48
UKRAINIAN, RUSSIAN NAVIES TO COMMAND SEVASTOPOL ROADS TOGETHER
Beginning July 21, representatives of the Ukrainian Navy and Russia's Black Sea Fleet will jointly be carrying out duties at the command post of the roads office in Sevastopol, Crimea. That is the decision adopted by the defence ministries of Ukraine and Russia. More detail...

01:24
SINO-UKRAINIAN CONTACTS TO GET ON NEW LEVEL: PRESIDENT JIANG
The starting millennium will get Sino-Ukrainian relations on a thoroughly new level, China's President Jiang Zemin says in a press statement circulated as he was arriving in Kiev's Borispol airport late this afternoon. More detail...

01:22
PUTIN, WTO PRESIDENT PUT OFF CONFERENCE
President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Michael Moore, World Trade Organisation president, put off their conference for a bit. As the schedule initially had it, the event was to start on the European Vision ship, 8 p.m. sharp. More detail...

14:39
HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION MEETS WITH YUGOSLAVIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
Chief of the Russian president's administration Alexander Voloshin and a delegation of the Yugoslavian Vece headed by parliamentary speaker Srdja Bozovic have met in Moscow to exchange opinions on Russian-Yugoslavian cooperation. More detail...

14:27
RUSSIAN PM AND VIETNAMESE VICE PREMIER DISCUSS TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and Vietnamese Vice Premier Nguyen Manh Cam have met in Moscow to discuss trade and economic cooperation and sum up the results of the recent Moscow-based session of a Russian-Vietnamese commission on cooperation in trade, economy, science and technologies. More detail...

11:03
PUTIN PRAISED
President Vladimir Putin has been praised in western media reports of the interview he conceded to the 500 journalists in the Kremlin, in particular the spirit of openness which continues to surprise those who do not know Russia. More detail...

03:32
MAKIKO TANAKA SENDS MESSAGE TO IGOR IVANOV IN THE WAKE OF JAPANESE AEROPLANE CRASH NEAR SAKHALIN
Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka has sent an oral message to her Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov in the wake of a Japanese light aeroplane crash near Sakhalin. More detail...

03:23
RUSSIA, ITALY: FOREIGN MINISTERS POINT OUT CONTACTS PROGRESS
Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Renato Rugierro, his Italian counterpart, before leaving for Moscow. It was the first time they met in person. More detail...

02:59
G8 FOREIGN MINISTERS MAKE STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST
The G8 Ministers of Foreign Affairs met in Rome to prepare an upcoming summit in Genoa. They adopted a statement on Mideastern developments, reports the Genoa-based summit press centre. More detail...

02:42
TOUGH MEASURES IN THE CARDS FOR KOSOVO ISSUE, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL AIDE SAYS
Igor Sergeyev, strategic stability aide to the Russian President, feels more decisive measures will likely be taken to tackle the Kosovo issue. According to Sergeyev, the US Administration is currently rethinking its views on taking a tougher stance on the implementation of UN Resolution 1244 on Kosovo rather than getting tougher on the Albanians. More detail...

02:35
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER BACK FROM ITALY
Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, is back to Moscow from Rome, where he was taking part in a G8 foreign-ministerial conference. More detail...

14:57
SUSPECTS CALLED FOR QUESTIONING IN LEBANON RUSSIAN EMBASSY ATTACK
The Lebanese newspaper, Ak-Kifah al-Arabi, has reported that Bilal al-Saadi, who stands accused of involvement in the January 3rd, 2000 attack on the Russian embassy in Lebanon, will be questioned by investigators on Thursday. More detail...

14:21
RUSSIAN FILM GROUP FINISHED SHOOTING LEBANESE PART OF THE MOVIE "UNDER THE SIGN OF CEDAR"
The Russian film group of the Friendship Association "Russia-Lebanon" completed the shoot in Lebanon for a film about the history of relations between the two countries. More detail...

12:00
THE PARTICIPATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN IN G-8 SUMMITS HAS BROUGHT RUSSIA TO A MORE WORTHY PLACE AMONG THE LEADING INDUSTRIAL NATIONS
The participation of President the Reformer Vladimir Putin in the summits of the Group of Eight Countries has brought Russia to even a more worthy place among the leading industrial nations. More detail...

11:02
UNITED NATIONS PLAN TO BRIDGE DIGITAL GAP
The United Nations Organization is to launch a pilot scheme to bridge the digital divide between the Less Developed Countries and those with greater economic power. Four countries are to be the basis of a UN-sponsored study which will later be expanded. More detail...

10:37
G-8 FOREIGN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR GENOA SUMMIT
The session of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries is drawing to a close in Rome on Thursday. More detail...

10:25
RUSSIA DOES NOT PLAN JOINT ACTIONS WITH CHINA IN RESPONSE TO THE USA'S POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE ABM TREATY
Russia does not plan joint actions with China or any other country in reply to the United State's possible withdrawal from the ABM Treaty of 1972, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the press conference in the Kremlin on Wednesday. More detail...

09:54
PRESIDENT BUSH IS "HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN" IN GENOA
US President George W. Bush is "happy to continue the dialogue with President Putin" in Genoa. More detail...

03:45
CHINESE LEADER'S MINSK VISIT MAY BRING FORTH "STRATEGIC DECISIONS"
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus does not rule out that his meetings with Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in the republican capital of Minsk may bring forth "strategic decisions." The Belarussian leader said that while in the Minsk business centre. More detail...

03:07
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: G8 SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON ANTI-GLOBALIST MATTERS
Anti-globalist matters will as well be in the focus of an upcoming Genoa G8 summit, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said in Rome Wednesday. More detail...

02:17
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS AGAINST PROVISOS IMPOSED ON MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT
Macedonia has a lawfully elected democratic government, and whatever provisos imposed on it are inadmissible when serving the interests of particular forces, especially such whose activities violate available understandings, Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphatically said following today's conference of the international contact group for former Yugoslavia. More detail...

01:58
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY FUNCTIONARY DIED NATURAL DEATH?
According to an official report of the Russian interior ministry, the death of Vladimir Vasilyev, who was deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's liaison department, has not been proven violent, said Vladimir Kuznetsov, second in charge of the foreign ministerial information and press department. More detail...

01:41
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST GROUPS IN ABKHAZIA
The Russian Foreign Ministry does not think it is enough to just condemn the activity of terrorist groups in Abkhazia. These groups should be cracked down upon, it insists. More detail...

22:20
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR COMMON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE ZONE
"We won't be able to achieve unity in Europe unless we create a common security and defense zone," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a Kremlin press conference Wednesday. More detail...

22:17
VLADIMIR PUTIN: PRESIDENTS OF RUSSIA, U.S. HAVE LAID A GOOD BASIS FOR PERSONAL CONTACTS
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the presidents of Russia and the United States have laid a good basis for developing personal relations and seeking ways of settling complicated matters to which solutions have not yet been found. More detail...

20:40
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: G8 SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS' ATTENTION TO BE FOCUSED ON ANTI-GLOBALIST MATTERS AS WELL
Anti-globalist matters will be in the centre of the Genoa G8 summit participants' attention as well, said Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in Rome Wednesday. More detail...

20:24
RUSSIA TO PARTICIPATE IN G8 SUMMIT AS A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER - RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER
Russia will participate in the Group of Eight summit meeting as a full-fledged member and on a par with other countries discuss problems that arouse concern of the world community today. More detail...

19:58
EU, US ENVOYS PRESENT CRISIS SETTLEMENT PROPOSALS TO MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT
After intense talks, EU envoy Francois Leotard and US envoy James Pardew Wednesday presented the Macedonian president and parliamentary parties with an official draft of an agreement on peaceful settlement of the crisis in the nation. More detail...

19:50
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION TO GET BACK TO DRAFTING RUSSIAN-JAPANESE PEACE TREATY
An intergovernmental commission negotiating a Russian-Japanese peace treaty will get back to work shortly, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said to RIA Novosti he had agreed with his Japanese counterpart in Rome Wednesday. More detail...