MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – A train carrying military equipment left a Russian base in Georgia early Thursday as part of a 2006 deal to withdraw all Russian bases from the ex-Soviet Caucasus state, a Russian military official said.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 04:59 GMT
On August 29, Kazakhstan will host a conference entitled "Kazakhstan's way to a nuclear weapon-free world" to mark the 16th anniversary of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site's closure. The symposium will be organized by the country's Foreign Ministry.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 05:08 GMT
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will display its new S-400 air defense missile system for the first time at a major air show outside Moscow on August 21–26, a spokesman for the event said Thursday.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 05:30 GMT
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Thursday at 740.45 points, down 1.94% following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 06:07 GMT
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 399.8 billion rubles ($15.5 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 5.7% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 06:15 GMT
(Adds Putin quote, additional information on summit in paras 4–10)
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 06:55 GMT
BISHKEK, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's president proposed Thursday creating financial security belts around Afghanistan to counter money laundering, and holding a special security conference on the country.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 07:15 GMT
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Thursday it had revoked licenses of two Moscow banks over banking legislation breaches, including the money laundering law, and annulled the license of a Volga area bank.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 07:19 GMT
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's industrial output expanded 7.8% year-on-year in July and 7.7% in January-July, the country's top statistics body said Thursday.
// Aug. 16, 2007 - 07:24 GMT