* The Kremlin press service said President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia's special services to do everything necessary to find and eliminate the killers of Russian diplomats in Iraq
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 04:04 GMT
MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations will gather in Moscow Thursday to discuss key international issues and preparations for the organization's summit next month in St. Petersburg.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:04 GMT
Russia will merge its civilian nuclear companies into one state company — along the lines of gas giant Gazprom — to help it compete on the world nuclear market, the head of the country's Nuclear Power Agency (Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko said on Wednesday, June 28.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:07 GMT
KIEV, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's parliament, the Supreme Rada, will make another attempt Thursday to elect a speaker and the country's prime minister.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:33 GMT
GROZNY, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian servicemen was killed Wednesday in a shootout with militants in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya, regional law enforcement bodies said.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:34 GMT
What I see here is a game of cat and mouse going on between Russia and The U.S. Russia is peeved at the U.S. more for what is going on in the Ukraine (Ukraine wants to join NATO and there is a U.S. Warship docked in the Black Sea at a port in the Ukraine) Russia sees this as a provocative move into Russian territory...just short of calling it an act of war. They blame the U.S. for the break up of the USSR and CIS...so now Russia is using Iran to get at the U.S.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:38 GMT
India and Russia are set to foster oil and gas cooperation and will soon announce new projects in this sphere, the Indian government said on Wednesday, June 28. The announcement was made after a meeting between Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora. The Indian minister said India was looking to cooperate with Russia in bilateral oil and gas projects.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:38 GMT
MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's President Vladimir Putin will discuss trade and economic cooperation with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Sezer, at a meeting Thursday.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 05:56 GMT
MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's newest investment index will open Thursday at 596.05 points, up 2.03% on the previous day's trading, following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 06:01 GMT
MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament told a respected business daily Thursday that state presence in mass media should be increased, and first of all on television.
// Jun. 29, 2006 - 06:17 GMT