* Russian energy giant Gazprom said Russia would not supply neighboring Ukraine with natural gas at its original target price of $160 per 1,000 cubic meters, but would charge $220-$230
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 05:35 GMT
XIANGANG (Hong Kong), December 15 (RIA Novosti, Mark Zavadsky)- Russian delegates attending the World Trade Organization conference in Hong Kong are facing a frantic next four days as they meet with representatives of more than 20 member countries in a bid to coordinate the terms of Russia's accession to the body.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 06:05 GMT
MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti, Alexander Perestoronin) – LUKoil, Russia's no.1 independent oil producer, will invest $45 million in social infrastructure projects next year in an autonomous region in western Siberia, the company said Thursday.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 06:39 GMT
ASTANA, December 15 (RIA Novosti) – Kazakhstan will inaugurate a major energy project Thursday that will allow it to export oil to China while bypassing Russia for the first time, a government official said.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 07:06 GMT
MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's emergency situations minister left the capital early Thursday bound for the country's Far East, where he will check measures being taken to avert an environmental disaster as a toxic slick from China approaches the region's biggest river, a spokesman said.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 07:24 GMT
MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) – Yukos Financial Director Bruce Misamore has asked to resign from the company, a Russian business daily said Thursday.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 07:29 GMT
ASTANA, December 15 (RIA Novosti)-The president of Kazakhstan inaugurated a major energy project Thursday that will allow the Central Asian republic to export crude directly to oil-hungry China without crossing Russian territory.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 07:43 GMT
On Thursday, Dec. 15, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said that opening of direct branches of foreign banks in Russia should be limited, basically forbidden. He cited competition on the Russian financial services market, fight against terrorism and money laundering as main reasons for the limitations.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 07:59 GMT
A deputy of the parliament of the Russian internal republic of Bashkortostan, where about half of population are Muslims, has suggested legalizing polygamy in the region. Earlier Eduard Murzin tried to legalize same-sex marriages in Russia by attempt to marry a gay "partner", but failed.
// Dec. 15, 2005 - 08:00 GMT