October revolution: international experts' view
Was the October Revolution unavoidable? Did the Revolution in 1917 come from within Russia or was it imported? Was the October Revolution a step ahead or a tragic mistake?
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 05:31 GMT
Georgian police put an end to anti-Saakashvili demonstrations
TBILISI November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Police in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, have cleared protestors calling for the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili away from the front of parliament, local media reported.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 06:20 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 2.73% up
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 920.56 points, up 2.73% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 06:41 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 3.1%
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 514.1 billion rubles ($21 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 3.1% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 06:48 GMT
Discovery shuttle set to land at Canaveral
WASHINGTON, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – The space shuttle Discovery is due to make its first attempt to land at Cape Canaveral, in Florida, on Wednesday, the NASA press service said.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 06:50 GMT
Georgia's opposition calls for new demonstration
TBILISI, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Georgian opposition leaders have called on their supporters to again gather outside the parliament building in the capital, Tbilisi, on Wednesday at 2:p.m local time [10:a.m. GMT].
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 07:46 GMT
Russia's Ford workers on strike for higher pay
ST. PETERSBURG, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Workers at a Ford car manufacturing plant near St. Petersburg, Russia, launched a one-day strike on Wednesday demanding higher wages, the plant trade union chief said.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 08:24 GMT
Russia threatens to build up troops on western borders over CFE
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Defense Ministry said it might reinforce its troops near its western borders if parliament supports the president's proposed moratorium on a key arms reduction treaty in Europe.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 08:30 GMT
Russian parliament votes for Putin's moratorium on CFE Treaty
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's lower house of parliament has voted in favor of President Putin's bill to impose a moratorium on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 09:18 GMT
Opposition supporters clash with police in central Tbilisi
TBILISI, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Patrol police are using truncheons to disperse an opposition rally in central Tbilisi, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Wednesday.
// Nov. 07, 2007 - 09:21 GMT