* Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroyexport, said it has signed an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belene with Bulgaria's National Electric Company
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 05:22 GMT
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Mission Control Center said Thursday it has failed to correct the International Space Station's orbit due to engine malfunction.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 05:52 GMT
As many as 60 Russian spies are operating in Britain, virtually unchallenged by a domestic intelligence service preoccupied by the threat from Islamic extremism, a lawmaker told a debate on relations between Moscow and London.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 06:33 GMT
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// Nov. 30, 2006 - 06:34 GMT
TOKYO, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator said Thursday there was no need for Japan to take part in the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:09 GMT
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 392.5 billion rubles ($14.92 billion) at the beginning of the business day, up 11.2% (39.5 billion rubles /$1.5 billion) from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:19 GMT
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has shipped the first two Su-30MK2 multi-role fighters to Venezuela under a contract signed in July 2006, an aircraft manufacturing industry official said Thursday.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:24 GMT
GROZNY, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Four members of illegal armed groups have surrendered in Chechnya, a police source in the troubled Russian republic in the North Caucasus said Thursday.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:34 GMT
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Stabilization Fund, established in 2004 to accrue surplus revenues from high world oil prices, totaled almost 1,900 billion rubles (about $71.7 billion) as of October 1, 2006, a government source said Thursday.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:41 GMT
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Space Agency said the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) would be adjusted following Thursday's abortive correction, before the docking of a U.S. space shuttle.
// Nov. 30, 2006 - 07:59 GMT