Bravo Russia, you have done the impossible, the countries that are pasing funny comments have failed even to throw a stone at the Noth Pole, but you have reached its depth and planted evidence of exploration. Let them give us a method that is used to claim an explored territory and puting a flag will be among the requirements. At least you have been there, but they are so scared of it, how are they going claim it, by war so get ready.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 04:26 GMT
MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Monday at 771.14 points, down 0.15% following Friday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 05:59 GMT
TOKYO, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – UN experts have started inspecting Japan's largest nuclear power plant that was damaged by a powerful earthquake last month.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 06:00 GMT
MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 475 billion rubles ($18.6 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 1.4% from Friday, the CBR said Monday.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 06:06 GMT
WASHINGTON, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – A United States icebreaker will leave Seattle Monday for an Arctic research mission shortly after Russia's identical expedition designed to lay claim to a section of the resource-rich region, the Coast Guard said.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 06:30 GMT
(Recasts, adds additional information in paras 3–4)
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 07:14 GMT
MISSION CONTROL (near Moscow), August 6 (RIA Novosti) – The Progress M-61 cargo spacecraft carrying food, water, and fuel supplies for the crew, and equipment to repair onboard computers has automatically docked with the global orbital station, the mission control said.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 07:51 GMT
MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 25.452 rubles during Monday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), down 10.34 kopeks from Friday.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 07:57 GMT
MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia intends to place a temporary ban on livestock imports from the United Kingdom following confirmation by British authorities of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the Russian food safety watchdog said Monday.
// Aug. 06, 2007 - 07:58 GMT