* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a group of six world powers seeking to persuade Iran to stop its uranium enrichment activities expected Tehran to reply to their incentives within weeks
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 04:28 GMT
SHANGHAI, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Leaders of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will gather in the China Wednesday for a two-day jubilee summit.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 04:34 GMT
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Police and army officers, as well as aircraft, launched an operation early Wednesday in Russia's troubled North Caucasus to apprehend a group of suspected militants, the local interior ministry said.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:12 GMT
Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich has given his oldest friend a sea-sational gift – a 75 million pound yacht.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:19 GMT
President Vladimir Putin proposed Tuesday that his energy-rich country be put center stage by hosting the 2015 World Expo. Russia has never hosted the event before.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:52 GMT
Russia on Tuesday called on feuding Palestinians factions to stop the violence that has raised fears of imminent civil war. The statement came a day after hundreds of Palestinian police loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas went on a rampage against the Hamas government.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:52 GMT
In an effort to mend their differences, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili met for more than two hours of talks in St Petersburg. After the meeting Saakashvili admitted that most issues they had discussed remain unresolved.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:52 GMT
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's newest investment index will open Wednesday at 500.51 points, down 7.66% on the previous day's trading, following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:54 GMT
SHANGHAI, June 14 (RIA Novosti) — Vnesheconombank finances Russian industrial exports to the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the tune of $1 billion a year, the president of the state-owned Russian bank said Wednesday.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 05:57 GMT
President Vladimir Putin proposed Tuesday that his energy-rich country be put center stage by hosting the 2015 World Expo. Russia has never hosted the event before.
// Jun. 14, 2006 - 06:19 GMT