Be-200 Amphibious Firefighting Aircraft
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 04:41 GMT
Russian, Philippine foreign ministers to discuss bilateral ties
MANILA, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – The foreign ministers of Russia and the Philippines will hold bilateral economic cooperation talks Friday focusing on energy in the Philippine capital, Manila.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 05:10 GMT
Suspect in failed June terrorist attack in Glasgow dies of burns
LONDON, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – A man who crashed a fuel-laden jeep into the front doors of Scotland's Glasgow airport in an apparent botched terrorist attack on June 30 died in hospital, local police said Friday.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 05:36 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 0.64% up
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 772.29 points, up 0.64% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 05:48 GMT
Five militants killed, 3 arrested in Daghestan sweep - police
MAKHACHKALA, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Five militants were killed and three arrested Friday in separate operations in the North Caucasus republic of Daghestan, a local police spokesman said.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 05:52 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 1.7%
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 481.9 billion rubles ($18.9 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 1.7% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 06:06 GMT
Russian monetary base down $806 mln in week to $139.9 bln
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 575.9 million rubles ($139.9 billion at the current exchange rate) as of July 30, down 20.6 billion rubles ($806 million) in the week since July 23.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 06:11 GMT
Russia's oil-fuelled boom continues
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityaev) – Russia's lucky streak continues. The price of oil, the country's main export item and its chief source of budget revenues, has once again soared to record levels.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 06:44 GMT
Russian flag on Arctic seabed no legal claim to territory - U.S.
WASHINGTON, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Washington has dismissed Russia's mission to plant its national flag on the Arctic ocean floor as an illegitimate claim to territory.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 06:51 GMT
Sakhalin II operator signs contract to deliver LNG to Japan
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in the Russian Far East, has signed an agreement with a Japanese energy company for liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies.
// Aug. 03, 2007 - 07:06 GMT