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MOSCOW - The Russian government is planning is prepare a roadmap to bring Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan closer on the question of excise rates on alcohol and tobacco. May 2 at 15:06 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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BYKHOV, Mogilyov region, Belarus - The European Union has apparently realized that its policy of sanctions against Belarus has no prospects, and Minsk is prepared to discuss any problems with the EU without preconditions, President Alexander Lukashenko said. Apr 26 at 18:01 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Minsk - Belarusian diplomats are taking steps to secure the release from custody in Libya of three Belarusian citizens during their trial under the guarantees of the Belarusian Embassy in Tripoli, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh told Interfax on Friday, May 18. May 18 at 17:22 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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LONDON - Britain is sending its ambassador back to Belarus in line with a similar move by other European Union governments, the foreign ministry said on April 25, following a diplomatic spat with the former Soviet republic over human rights. Apr 25 at 16:05 | Reuters |
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MOSCOW - The property and bank accounts of people charged in several high-profile criminal cases, including businessman Boris Berezovsky, who now lives in London, worth a total of over $300 million have been seized abroad at the request of Russian authorities, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said in a report sent to the Federation Council. Apr 28 at 14:34 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Russia's policy towards Ukraine will not change, but it will be tougher now Vladimir Putin has assumed office as Russian president, according to Ukrainian opposition politicians. May 7 at 17:16 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Moscow, May 12. (Interfax) - Russian gas major Gazprom, against the backdrop of continuing liberalization of the Russian market, completely monopolizes the Belarusian market, which amounts to more than 20 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year. May 12 at 14:33 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Moscow, May 1 (Interfax) - Dmitry Dyomushkin, the leader of the nationalistic group Russkiye (Russians), has denied that his organization is going to cooperate with Norwegian accused terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, whose lawyer told a local newspaper recently that his client planned to set up an ultra-rightist cell in Russia. May 1 at 17:08 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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MOSCOW — Car makers Renault and Nissan on Thursday signed a nonbinding agreement to buy a controlling stake in Russian car producer AvtoVAZ. But the deal will be complete only in 2014, later than some had expected, causing shares in the Russian company to slide. May 3 at 18:19 | Associated Press |
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Moscow - Germany and France may become the first countries outside of the former Soviet space visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin. May 17 at 14:52 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Minsk - The time of Russia's misunderstanding Belarus is gone, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. May 18 at 18:43 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) -Russiapressed its case against new sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme on Friday, saying anEuropean Unionban on purchasing Iranian oil would end up hurting the bloc's member countries. Apr 28 at 08:58 | Reuters |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have characterized foreign correspondents as "evil" in an indictment accusing 37 residents of a western oil town of inciting and participating in mass unrest that led to at least 16 deaths. Apr 28 at 08:45 | Associated Press |
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Moscow (AP) — Russian artists have pushed their creations on carts through the boulevards of central Moscow in the latest protest against President Vladimir Putin. May 20 at 01:00 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW - Russia on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" for recent attacks in Syria and accused rebels of conducting a concerted campaign to ensure U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan fails. May 2 at 15:06 | Reuters |