Morning re-cap of main news, June 7
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said:
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 04:25 GMT
Six dead in Kazakhstan road crash
ASTANA, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – Six people, including two children, have died after two cars collided in eastern Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the emergency services said Thursday.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 04:55 GMT
RTS launches ruble-contracts in oil, oil products and gold
MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Trading System, the country's premier stock market, starts Thursday trading in ruble-settled contracts for gold, oil and oil products, the RTS said.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 05:47 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open down 2.73%
MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's newest investment index will open Thursday at 593.95 points, down 2.73% on the previous day's trading, following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:00 GMT
Indian president to take to skies in Russian fighter-bomber
NEW DELHI, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – India's 74-year-old president will make something of an unusual flight Thursday, when he takes to the skies in a Russian Su-30 MKI Flanker multirole fighter-bomber, his press secretary said.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:19 GMT
Russia's gold and currency reserves up $3.7 bln in week
MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves grew by $3.7 billion to $247 billion as of June 2 from $243.3 billion a week earlier, the Bank of Russia said Thursday.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:19 GMT
Russian Voters Want Putin to Run for 3rd Term
Fifty-nine percent of Russians believe the constitution should be changed to allow President Vladimir Putin to run for a third term, a new opinion poll showed. The law requires Putin to step down when his second term ends in 2008 and he insists that is what he will do.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:20 GMT
Russia Warns Against NATO Taking in Ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia
Russia warned against NATO taking in the ex-Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia, saying such a colossal geopolitical shift would threaten relations.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:29 GMT
Capital outflow expected as ruble appreciates - CBR chairman
ST. PETERSBURG, June 8 (RIA Novosti) -Russia's Central Bank chairman said Thursday that he expected an outflow of foreign capital from the Russian banking sector in the next few months as the ruble continues to appreciate.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 06:39 GMT
CBR in no hurry to boost ruble rate - chairman
ST. PETERSBURG, June 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank does not intend to boost the ruble rate in the near future, Chairman Sergei Ignatyev said Thursday.
// Jun. 08, 2006 - 07:12 GMT