Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson arrives in Moscow on Sunday to discuss measures to fight the global financial crisis and broader trade with Russia, the U.K. Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform said.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 08:26 GMT
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet arrives on an official four-day visit to Russia on Sunday at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Vietnam's Foreign Ministry said.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 08:50 GMT
The Russian government is drafting new measures to fight the credit crunch amid the ongoing global financial crisis, First Deputy Chairman Igor Shuvalov said on Sunday.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 09:56 GMT
Israeli ruling party leader Tzipi Livni said in an interview with a local newspaper she intended to call an early parliamentary election, following her failure to form a new coalition.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 11:03 GMT
A missile frigate from Russia's Baltic Fleet arrived at the port of Aden in Yemen on its way to join an international naval group fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia, the Russian Navy said.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 12:02 GMT
The Russian government must cut budget spending and control foreign borrowings of state companies amid global financial woes and falling oil prices, former prime minister Yegor Gaidar said on Sunday.
// Oct. 26, 2008 - 14:03 GMT