Morning re-cap of main news, December 15
* Oil major Yukos accepted the resignation of the company's Financial Director Bruce Misamore
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 05:29 GMT
EXPLOSION AT LENINGRAD NUCLEAR PLANT, RADIATION LEVEL NORMAL - ROSENERGATOM
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 05:58 GMT
Authorities prepared for toxic slick in Russian river
KHABAROVSK, December 16 (RIA Novosti)-The authorities in the Russian Far East have done everything possible to reduce the risk of an environmental disaster when a slick of highly toxic chemicals from an industrial accident in China arrives in the region along its biggest river, the emergency situations minister said Friday.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 05:59 GMT
URGENT: Blast at Leningrad NPP, radiation normal - Rosenergoatom
ST. PETERSBURG, December 16 (RIA Novosti)-An explosion has occurred at a smelter in the second unit of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, but radiation levels are normal, the nuclear industry's management body, Rosenergoatom, said Friday.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 06:05 GMT
Radiation levels at Leningrad NPP normal
MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) – Radiation levels at the Leningrad nuclear power plant after an explosion at a smelter in the second unit remain normal, the nuclear industry's management body, Rosenergoatom, said Friday.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 06:25 GMT
Switzerland may conclude WTO talks with Russia soon - source
XIANGANG (Hong Kong), December 16 (RIA Novosti, Mark Zavadsky) – Switzerland may conclude bilateral negotiations with Russia on the latter's accession to the World Trade Organization in the next few days, a source in the Swiss delegation said Friday.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 06:33 GMT
Ukraine economics minister: domestic gas price too low
XIANGANG (Hong Kong), December 16 (RIA Novosti, Mark Zavadsky) – The domestic price for natural gas in Ukraine is too low but that should have no bearing on negotiations with Russia about gas deliveries to the country, the economics minister said Friday.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 06:42 GMT
Emergency Situations Ministry rejects NPP smelter blast reports
MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) -The Emergency Situations Ministry appeared to reject a report from the nuclear industry's management body Friday that an explosion had occurred at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 06:55 GMT
Gazprom presents nationwide gas provision program
TYUMEN, December 16 (RIA Novosti) – A program developed by natural gas monopoly Gazprom for providing natural gas to Russia's regions is a major social project, a deputy prime minister said Friday. "The new program for regional gas provision, which has been drafted and initiated by Gazprom, should become another major social project directly linked to current national priorities," Dmitry Medvedev, who is also the chairman of the Gazprom board of directors, said opening a gas conference in the Siberian city of Novy Urengoy.
// Dec. 16, 2005 - 07:02 GMT