Russia

Gazprom expects larger natural gas exports in 2010 compared with last year, an executive of the export arm of energy giant Gazprom said on Sunday.
“Naturally, we are expecting positive dynamics compared with 2009. The economy …

Lena Meyer-Landrut, a 19-year-old German student, won the 55th Eurovision song contest in Oslo, Norway on Sunday.
Lena’s song Sattellite gathered 246 points. She received the maximum of 12 points from Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain, Slovakia, …

Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom and Ukraine’s state oil and natural gas company Naftogaz may set up a joint venture on a parity basis, the CEO of the Russian gas giant said on Friday.
Russian Prime Minister …

Russia will launch in July the licensed production of thermal imagers developed by a French firm as part of efforts to gain access to advanced foreign technologies, a Russian daily said on Friday.
A plant in …

Russian legislators are preparing amendments to a draft law on insider information to tighten the rules of nonpublic information disclosures by government officials and regulators, the chairman of an influential parliament committee said on Thursday.
Vladislav …

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will focus on Russia’s recent economic changes, a presidential aide said Thursday.
“[Medvedev's speech] will be mainly dedicated to Russia and the way we …

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are obstructing military cooperation between Russia and NATO, Moscow’s envoy to the military alliance said on Wednesday.
“Certain countries, first of all the Baltic States, are still taking an approach that narrows …

Russia’s nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky has arrived in Syria’s Mediterranean port of Tartus ahead of Russian Navy drills in the Indian Ocean.
A large Syrian naval delegation accompanied by Russia’s ambassador to Syria, Sergei Kirpichenko, …

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Wednesday in Argentina on for the first top-level official visit in the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Medvedev left Russia on Monday on a five-day visit to …

Poland is thankful to Russia for its help in investigating the deadly plane crash near the western Russian city of Smolensk, which claimed the lives of the Polish president and dozens of the country’s top …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, who has earlier said he was ready to stand as a candidate for the post of president of the Russian Olympic Committee, officially registered his candidacy for the post …

Russian energy giant Gazprom has started the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline designed to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea, a company spokesman has said, quoting Gazprom head Alexei Miller.
The …

Brazil plans to develop its own carrier rocket for conveying small satellites into orbit by 2014, the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) said on Monday.
The agency said the rocket is being built by its main satellite …