* The presidents of Russia and Vietnam issued a joint statement in Hanoi saying the countries will reorganize their joint oil venture, Vietsovpetro, the Southeast Asian country's largest crude producer, to explore new deposits
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 05:23 GMT
TBILISI, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia will support Russia's bid to join the world's largest trade body only after it starts using Tbilisi-controlled customs checkpoints, Georgian diplomats and economic officials said Tuesday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 07:11 GMT
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Central Bank of Russia totaled 312.6 billion rubles (about $11.7 billion) at the beginning of the business day, down 6.7% from Monday, the CBR said Tuesday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 07:35 GMT
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Tuesday at 701.22 points, down 0.35% on the previous day's trading, following Monday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 07:48 GMT
Britain put its crack anti-terrorism police unit on the case of a former Russian spy, who was fighting for his life on Monday after being poisoned in what his friends called a Kremlin assassination plot.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 08:00 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – Seismic activity near the Kuril Islands hit by a powerful earthquake last week will gradually abate within a few years, the local rescue service said Tuesday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 08:05 GMT
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – The Federal Agency for the Management of Federal Property has announced a tender for a valuation of state holding Svyazinvest's stake in Moscow City Telephone Network [RTS: MGTS], the agency said Tuesday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 08:10 GMT
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 26.6548 rubles during Tuesday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 1.46 kopeks from Monday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 08:58 GMT
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted euro rate for contracts with "today" settlements was 34.1748 rubles during Tuesday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), down 2 kopeks from Monday.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 09:02 GMT
Britain put its crack anti-terrorism police unit on the case of a former Russian spy, who was fighting for his life on Monday after being poisoned in what his friends called a Kremlin assassination plot.
// Nov. 21, 2006 - 09:17 GMT