New Russian Cabinet
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 05:11 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 1.53% up
MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Tuesday at 819.50 points, up 1.53% following Monday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 05:49 GMT
Fukuda becomes Japan's new prime minister
TOKYO, September 25, (RIA Novosti) – Yasuo Fukuda was chosen as Japan's new prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, reported Kyodo news.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 05:52 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.7%
MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 438.3 billion rubles ($17.5 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 2.7% from Monday, the CBR said Tuesday.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 05:55 GMT
Putin revises fiscal monitoring service, vows to fight corruption
MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree revising the structure of federal executive bodies, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 06:50 GMT
Israel ready to unilaterally scrap visas for Russian tourists
TEL AVIV, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – Israel is ready to unilaterally announce a visa-free regime for Russian tourists if no bilateral agreement is reached by the end of the year, Tourism Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich said.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 06:50 GMT
Problems in Russian-Chinese military-technical cooperation
MOSCOW. (Military commentator Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti) – Due to the recent reshuffle in Russian corridors of power, it appears that the defense minister will have to put off his visit to China, planned for this September, until spring.
// Sep. 25, 2007 - 08:22 GMT