MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Thursday at 820.56 points, up 1.39% following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 05:50 GMT
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 500.7 billion rubles ($20.0 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 11.1% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 05:56 GMT
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves increased by $1.6 billion, to $422.5 billion, in the week of September 14 – September 21, the Central Bank of Russia said Thursday.
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UN, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – The UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on Myanmar, after China and Russia blocked international calls for sanctions against the country wrapped in anti-government protests.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 06:32 GMT
UNITED NATIONS, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili demanded Thursday a change in the format of talks on Abkhazia and the replacement of peacekeepers in the secessionist republic of the South Caucasus nation.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 06:43 GMT
ASTANA, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is due to carry out Thursday the third decontamination of the launch site of a Proton-M rocket, which crashed earlier this month, the Kazakh emergencies ministry said.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 07:37 GMT
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Vavra) – Changes in the government did not come up to expectations. They are not very indicative and make it unclear what was wrong with the previous Cabinet.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 07:37 GMT
NEW YORK, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's foreign minister and the Serbian president met Thursday reaffirming a need for a compromise on the future of Serbia's secessionist Kosovo province, a source in the Russian delegation said.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 07:40 GMT
SOCHI, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – President Putin is to meet the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge on Thursday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 07:48 GMT
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – VTB, Russia's second largest bank, said Thursday its net profit calculated to International Financial Reporting Standards had fallen 12.5% year-on-year to $504 million in the first half of 2007.
// Sep. 27, 2007 - 08:36 GMT