Nord-Ost hostage tragedy: 5 years on
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 04:53 GMT
Russia, EU avoid talk of crisis in relations ahead of summit
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and the European Union have avoided talk of a crisis in relations caused by numerous differences, including Poland's veto on a partnership deal, ahead of a summit in Portugal opening Friday.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 05:39 GMT
NASA astronauts prepare to make first of five spacewalks
WASHINGTON, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – U.S. astronauts will make the first of five spacewalks from the International Space Station on Friday, to attach a node to the station brought by the Discovery shuttle, NASA said.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 05:57 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 2.19% up
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 869.45 points, up 2.19% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 06:14 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 5.3%
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 456.5 billion rubles ($18.4 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 5.3% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 06:20 GMT
Russian monetary base up $601 mln in week to $151.9 bln
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 764.6 million rubles ($151.9 billion at the current exchange rate) as of October 22, up 14.8 billion rubles ($601 million) in the week since October 15.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 06:37 GMT
Russia to develop new uranium deposit in East Siberia -1
(Adds Kiriyenko quote, details in paras 3–6)
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 07:27 GMT
Central Bank strips three Russian banks of licenses
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – The Central Bank of Russia has withdrawn licenses from three banks, the CBR press department said Friday.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 07:36 GMT
EU-Russia summit: time to put differences behind?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Yelena Shesternina) – The next Russia-European Union summit, in the Portuguese city of Mafra on October 26, will be the twentieth time the two have met.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 07:39 GMT
Russia launches Proton carrier rocket after the ban
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has successfully conducted a delayed launch of a Proton carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Friday.
// Oct. 26, 2007 - 08:12 GMT