- 14:57 19/04/2013
Russians quizzed in an opinion poll released on Friday handed their government, headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the unflattering equivalent to a "C" grade for overall performance.
- 13:44 18/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 22:45 17/04/2013
Russian state-controlled and private companies have not sustained any losses due to the financial crisis in Cyprus, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 22:09 17/04/2013
The head of Russia’s Communist Party on Wednesday lambasted the government's current social and economic policies, saying they are detrimental to the country’s economy and that a new cabinet is required to lead Russia out of a crisis.2
- 18:00 17/04/2013
A website leaked a video on Wednesday showing President Vladimir Putin apparently criticizing senior officials at a meeting with ministers and governors the previous day, just hours before Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev addressed the Russian parliament.
- 17:15 17/04/2013
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he would offer a state prize for anyone who could find a method of ridding the Russian economy of its dependence on raw materials in the next few years.
- 16:49 17/04/2013
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that taking care of orphans was a “national task” that the country should solve on its own.
- 14:33 17/04/2013
The Russian government intends to spend 440 billion rubles ($13.9 billion) on major infrastructure projects in 2013, including money from the country’s pension fund, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.1
- 09:43 17/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 19:42 16/04/2013
Iran has successfully test-fired a medium range shore-to-sea ballistic missile in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic republic’s deputy defense minister Majid Bokaei said on Tuesday, according to Iran’s Press TV website.
- 14:37 16/04/2013
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government on Tuesday to devise a new investment program with funding of no less than 100 billion rubles (around $3.22 billion) a year to develop the country’s depressed eastern Siberia and Far East regions by 2018, the government said on its website.
- 09:45 16/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 18:32 15/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the deepening global economic crisis was damaging the Russian economy, and ordered the government to find ways to prevent a recession.1
- 15:20 15/04/2013
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev criticized on Monday the government’s failure to meet the deadline today for placing contracts for the State Defense Order this year.
- 21:44 12/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev each earned almost 5.8 million rubles (about $187,000) in 2012, according to their tax reports posted on the president's and the government's websites on Friday.
- 13:00 11/04/2013
A majority of Russians do not want Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2018 when his third term ends, according to a new survey.2
- 10:02 11/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 20:26 10/04/2013
Russia is one of the world’s few islands of stability, so emigration is not an option, a member of the ruling United Russia party said on Wednesday.
- 13:27 10/04/2013
Russia has agreed to grant Serbia a $500 million loan, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday, with a first tranche of $300 million to be handed over immediately.
