* Turkmenistan's acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was approved as presidential candidate by the Central Asian state's top legislative body along with five other contenders
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 05:28 GMT
KALUGA, December 27 (RIA Novosti). A large industrial park, Kaluga-Yug, is being established in the southern part of Kaluga, specially tailored for the Volkswagen Kaluga project. The Kaluga-Yug industrial park is designed to accommodate facilities for car parts production at Volkswagen Kaluga.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 06:01 GMT
MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Soyuz 2–1B launch vehicle is set to make its maiden flight Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a space official said.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 06:22 GMT
MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 765.74 points, up 0.15% on the previous day's trading, following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 06:27 GMT
MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 643.9 billion rubles ($24.43 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 12.5% (71.4 billion rubles/$2.71 billion) from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 06:39 GMT
BISHKEK, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale has struck northern Kyrgyzstan damaging at least 6,000 buildings but causing no human injuries, local rescue services said Wednesday.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 07:02 GMT
MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russian prosecutors have brought no new charges against jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his lawyer said by phone Wednesday.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 07:21 GMT
Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom said on Tuesday, Dec. 26, that it has reached an agreement with two Egyptian companies on joint prospecting, exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Egypt.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 07:46 GMT
A Soviet-style People's Assembly meets in Turkmenistan on Tuesday to set out the Central Asian nation's path for replacing authoritarian President Saparmurat Niyazov who died suddenly last week.
// Dec. 27, 2006 - 07:47 GMT