Gazprom's executive board has approved an investment program worth RUB 920.44bn for 2009, the Russian gas monopoly said in a statement today. Specifically, Gazprom's capital investment is to amount to RUB 699.88bn, and long-term financial investment to RUB 220.56bn. According

Russia's Admiral Chabanenko destroyer crossed the Panama Canal overnight, becoming the first Russian or Soviet warship to enter the waterway since World War II.

A vessel is believed to be heading for Ukraine's Faina cargo ship to deliver a ransom payment to Somali pirates who seized the ship off the Horn of Africa in September, a Russian shipping news website said on Friday.

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Recasts, adds details in para 2) MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station on September 17 and served as a temporary space lab, has been "buried" in the Pacific

MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - Thousands of people have been queuing up in front of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to bid farewell to the deceased Russian Orthodox Church leader. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II,

MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - Over 300 residents were left freezing in their apartments in the Republic of Yakutia in northeast Russia after a boiler house accident, the country's emergencies ministry said on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday,

MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the International Space Station on September 17 to become a temporary space lab, will be "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's Mission Control said Sunday. "The

RUSSIA * Thousands of people queued up in front of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to bid farewell to the deceased Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II * The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft, which undocked from the