Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill requiring Cabinet ministers to declare their income and property to the tax authorities, the presidential press service said on Saturday.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 08:48 GMT
The Russian government has allocated 20 billion rubles ($706 million) for regional authorities to buy buses and other vehicles, the regions minister said on Saturday.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 09:43 GMT
At least 140 people were killed Saturday by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and several hundred were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 11:56 GMT
Rocket fire from Palestinian militants on Saturday killed one person and injured five in southern Israel, Israeli emergency services said.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 12:32 GMT
Gazprom hopes to find a way to resolve Ukraine's gas debt by the end of the year, the Russian energy giant's spokesman said Saturday on Ekho Moskvy radio.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 12:56 GMT
Russia will have a budget deficit of 1.5–2 trillion rubles ($52-$70 billion) in 2009, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Saturday.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 13:42 GMT
The price Belarus pays for gas in 2009 will be lower than specified in the initial contract due to falling world energy prices, a spokesman for Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 14:24 GMT
At least 195 people were killed and about 300 wounded Saturday by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and one Israeli was killed and five injured when Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel in response.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 15:34 GMT
Inflation in Russia in 2008 could total 13.5–13.8%, the finance minister said Saturday. Alexei Kudrin, who is also a deputy prime minister, told the Vesti TV channel that inflation in 2009 could slow down and total 11%.
// Dec. 27, 2008 - 16:45 GMT