* The consent of all sides to resume the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear problem offers a chance for the negotiating process, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, who heads the Russian delegation, said
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 05:39 GMT
On Tuesday, Oct. 31, the federal court of Switzerland banned trading firm Noga from impounding Russian property to secure the repayment of debts, which Noga claims are still owed to it by the Russian government under barter oil deals that were struck in early 1990s.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 06:20 GMT
YEKATERINBURG, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – At least 66 people have died in a wave of poisoning from bootleg liquor and substances consumed as alcohol substitutes in a region of Russia's Urals, and 528 remain in hospital, the consumer rights watchdog said Wednesday.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 07:20 GMT
GROZNY, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Two servicemen have been injured in Chechnya in an armed clash with militants, the North Caucasus republic's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 07:52 GMT
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 676.6 points, up 1.39% on the previous day's trading, following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 08:10 GMT
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 26.7285 rubles during Wednesday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), down 5.26 kopeks from Tuesday.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 09:00 GMT
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted euro rate for contracts with "today" settlements was 34.0834 rubles during Wednesday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 8.33 kopeks from Tuesday.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 09:03 GMT
The Russian defense minister on Wednesday defended Moscow's deal to supply air defense missiles to Iran, saying they were purely defensive weapons with a limited range.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 09:04 GMT
President Vladimir Putin has declined to meet Georgia's foreign minister sent to Russia for the first high-level talks with giant neighbor in a bid to mend the two states' chilly ties.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 09:05 GMT
The first round of restarted six-country talks with North Korea will take place this year and probably in China, Russia's Defense minister has said.
// Nov. 01, 2006 - 09:11 GMT