Morning re-cap of main news, November 2
* The price for Russian natural gas for Georgia could rise from the current $110 to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2007, a source in energy giant Gazprom said
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 05:26 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 1.45% down
MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 679.73 points, down 1.45% on the previous day's trading, following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 06:13 GMT
Russian monetary base down $1.23 bln in week
MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday that the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 2,752.2 billion rubles ($103 billion at the current exchange rate) as of October 30, down 32.9 billion rubles ($1.23 billion) in the week since October 23.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 07:10 GMT
Siberian court upholds verdict against corpse-smuggling professor
NOVOSIBIRSK, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – A Siberian court rejected on Friday the appeal of a medical professor convicted of smuggling dozens of corpses to a controversial German anatomist.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 07:18 GMT
Attempts to stage coup in Kyrgyzstan will fail - president
BISHKEK, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Opposition forces are trying to overthrow Kyrgyzstan's government, but their attempts will fail, the Central Asian country's president said Friday.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:05 GMT
Kyrgyzstan Opposition Bracing For Another Day of Protest
Opposition supporters in Kyrgyzstan are bracing for another day of protests. Thousands came to the streets on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:33 GMT
1 policeman killed, 3 wounded in Chechnya roadside bombing
MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – One police officer was killed and three wounded early Friday in a road bridge bombing in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, a regional prosecutor said.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:33 GMT
Drunk Man Goes on Killing Spree in Central Russia, Gets Life in Jail
A court in Chelyabinsk, central Russia, jailed a local resident for life after the man was found guilty of murdering his live-in civil partner and six of her relatives.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:37 GMT
Russian Agency Warns of More Shutdowns in Country's Oil, Gas Pipeline System
Russian technical standards agency Rostekhnadzor warned on Thursday, Nov. 2, that almost all the country's oil and gas pipelines were in a critical condition, a possible sign of more shutdowns after the closure of Druzhba link to Lithuania.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:42 GMT
Russia's Putin Urges Mubarak to Play Stronger Role in Middle East Peace Process
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak Thursday, saying that Egypt should be encouraged to play a bigger role in Middle East peacemaking and voicing hope for the development of bilateral economic ties.
// Nov. 03, 2006 - 08:42 GMT