Russia's debt was upgraded by Standard & Poor's on Thursday. The rating agency lifted Russia's foreign currency credit rating to BBB, which is two notches above junk, from BBB-.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 04:51 GMT
* Russia and Switzerland agreed to sign a final protocol on the completion of their talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the world economic forum at Davos in late January 2006
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 05:36 GMT
MOSCOW/ KIEV, December 19 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's prime minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov, will arrive in Moscow Monday for energy talks with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 06:09 GMT
PETRPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, December 19 (RIA Novosti, Oksana Guseva) – A minor earthquake hit the Far East of Russia on Monday morning, local seismologists said.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 06:45 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 19 (RIA Novosti, Veronika Perminova) – Tests taken in the Amur River in Russia's Far East have shown that the level of potentially lethal benzene in the water after an industrial accident in China is falling steadily, a local official said Monday.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 07:02 GMT
MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti)-The North Korean authorities have not raised any complaints following the inspection of a Russian ship that has been detained in its waters since December 5 and have promised to make a decision on the vessel and its crew of 14 in the next few days, the Russian ambassador to North Korea said Monday.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 07:05 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 19 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) – The commander of Russia's border guards in the Far East of the country voiced his concerns Monday over North Korea's position in relation to a cargo ship detained in its waters in early December.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 07:17 GMT
I support 'approved agencies ONLY placing adoptions.Please keep up the pressure to America to follow the outlined procedures.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 07:27 GMT
The government of Thailand has agreed to a secret $500 million deal to buy Russian fighter jets and helicopters for the Royal Thai Air Force.
// Dec. 19, 2005 - 07:32 GMT