TYUMEN, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – An Mi-8 Hip helicopter that crashed Friday in Liberia, killing the three Russian pilots on board, was shot down, a spokesman for a Russian air carrier said Tuesday.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 06:28 GMT
MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Tuesday at 896.10 points, down 0.43 % following Monday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 06:49 GMT
MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 498.9 billion rubles ($20.2 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 1.5% from Friday, the CBR said Tuesday.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 06:55 GMT
MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – A think tank for freedom and democracy proposed by Russia to be set up in one of the European capitals could start work as early as 2008, an aide to the Russian president said Tuesday.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 07:19 GMT
WASHINGTON, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – The U.S. and NATO are concerned over Russia's threat to withdraw from the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) and are ready to look at ratifying the document, the assistant secretary of state said.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 08:03 GMT
MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov are meeting Tuesday to discuss bilateral economic cooperation.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 09:02 GMT
TOKYO, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – Japan's foreign minister said Tuesday Tokyo could fund part of the costs of disabling N. Korean nuclear facilities under a deal reached at six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization, the Kyodo agency said.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 09:33 GMT
TBILISI, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – A former Georgian defense minister, facing several charges in Georgia, has threatened revenge on President Mikheil Saakashvili should his family suffer as a result of his political statements.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 09:41 GMT
MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's foreign minister described the Georgian leadership's actions during the current opposition protests in the capital Tbilisi as a farce.
// Nov. 06, 2007 - 10:07 GMT