Moscow Denies Stalling Oil-For-Food Probe
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Russia denied Friday it was withholding information from a panel investigating alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Family members of Russia's last czar should not be considered victims of political repression, a top prosecutor ruled Wednesday, again denying a request by royal family descendants.
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Russia will not halt Shell's Sakhalin gas-and-oil project while a new environmental probe takes place.
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The Russian government again denies reports that it is planning to sell powerful new missiles to Syria.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday rejected U.S. arguments for deploying an anti-missile defense system in eastern Europe and insisted Russia would not be drawn into a Cold War-style arms race.
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said on Friday Russia would keep meeting its commitments in exporting oil to China. &quot;There are no reasons for any emergency&quot;, Fradkov was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
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Russian news agencies quote Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying that Moscow does not rule out new measures against Iran over its nuclear program but that he is calling for more diplomacy.
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted on Thursday Russia still intended to approve the Kyoto pact on climate change, despite official papers showing the government was turning against it.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, saying this was a matter strictly for Moscow to decide.
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Russia&#39;s Natural Resources Ministry has postponed consideration of whether to suspend the licenses of the main subsidiary of the troubled giant oil firm Yukos.
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SOFIA (bnn)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied Tuesday that his country has blocked adoption of a draft declaration about Ukraine at a foreign ministerial meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Sofia.
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Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday, the government has no plans to seize the embattled oil giant, but if its assets are sold, anyone, including government organizations, will be able to bid.
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A top election watchdog rejects Russian concessions for monitoring of the presidential election.
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Russia's chief prosecutor said Wednesday that his office was not investigating the Sibneft oil company, controlled by billionaire Roman Abramovich, even though it had been handed back tax assessments of nearly &#36;1.75 billion.
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Ukraine's chief prosecutor says Russia is not co-operating with his inquiry into Viktor Yushchenko's poisoning.
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MOSCOW, October 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscowâs Arbitration Court on Monday rejected the oil major YUKOSâ statement challenging the judge who is hearing the Tax Ministryâs 40.