* General Peter Pace, head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is arriving in Russia on an official visit, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry's press office said

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 05:29 GMT

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Monday at 681.55 points, down 0.9% on the previous day's trading, following Friday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 06:24 GMT

MOSCOW, October30 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged the Macedonian authorities to thoroughly investigate an attack on four Russian diplomats, a ministry spokesman said Monday.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 07:07 GMT

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos arrives in Moscow for a three-day visit Monday with an agenda dominated by bilateral economic and international issues, the Kremlin press office said.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 07:08 GMT

Russia has urged Macedonian authorities to investigate swiftly and impartially an attack on four Russian diplomats, Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 07:39 GMT

ASTANA, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – An outbreak of HIV infections in southern Kazakhstan has been contained, with a total of 78 children infected, the republic's Health Ministry said Monday.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 07:54 GMT

Russia's Economy Minister German Gref, Kaluga region governor Anatoly Artamonov and the management of German automaker Volkswagen laid the cornerstone into the foundation of Volkswagen's car assembly plant on Saturday, Oct. 28.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 08:00 GMT

Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos arrives in Moscow for a three-day visit Monday with an agenda dominated by bilateral economic and international issues, the Kremlin press service has said.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 08:03 GMT

Germany's big gas pipeline deal with Russia has been criticized by a U.S. official, in a sign of Washington's mounting unease about Berlin's ties with Moscow. Matthew Bryza, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for the Caucasus and southern Europe, indicated that the Baltic Sea pipeline would deepen Europe's dependence on Russian gas.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 08:08 GMT

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) – The balance of credit institutions' correspondent accounts with the Central Bank of Russia totaled 337.8 billion rubles ($12.6 billion) at the beginning of October 30, or 0.7% down on Friday, the CBR press office said Monday.

// Oct. 30, 2006 - 08:12 GMT