GROZNY, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Three suspects in a series of attacks on federal troops in Chechnya have been arrested in the North Caucasus republic, a local police spokesman said Wednesday.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 05:13 GMT
ASHULUK (Astrakhan Region) – The defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States arrived Wednesday at the Ashuluk firing range in south Russia for the final day of a joint annual exercise.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 05:40 GMT
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 710.34 points, down 1.33% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 05:53 GMT
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 412.2 billion rubles ($15.9 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 7% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 06:00 GMT
WASHINGTON, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – The United States could deliver a military strike against Iran within the next six months, a former CIA officer told Fox News.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 06:03 GMT
ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow Region), August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russian plane maker Sukhoi will hold the first public demonstration of its SuperJet-100 passenger plane on September 26, a source in the Russian aircraft manufacturing industry said Wednesday.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 06:30 GMT
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Regular flights of Russian strategic bombers do not pose a threat to other countries, and Russia always issues prior warnings of their patrols, an Air Force spokesman said Wednesday.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 07:30 GMT
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank resorted to foreign exchange intervention to halt depreciation of the national currency on Tuesday for the first time since 2002, a respected business daily said Wednesday.
// Aug. 22, 2007 - 07:54 GMT