Evrofinance Capital, a 6.2 percent shareholder in Russia's MICEX exchange, has asked the central bank to block MICEX's merger with the country's RTS stock exchange, Kommersant business daily reported on Friday.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 08:07 GMT
Nigerian Chigbo Peter Umeh, the accomplice of a Russian pilot convicted of drug dealing, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by a New York court.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 08:02 GMT
At least 16 miners were killed on Friday after an explosion ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, rescue services said.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 07:32 GMT
The Russian Interior Ministry has reopened an investigation into a fatal car accident involving LUKoil Vice-President Anatoly Barkov, the ministry said on Friday.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 07:28 GMT
Anders Breivik, accused of killing over 70 people in Oslo in two terror attacks last Friday, planned to carry out more attacks on the same day, his lawyer has said.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 07:16 GMT
During a state awards ceremony held in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the audience that his first job was as a street cleaner.
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 06:56 GMT
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
// Jul. 29, 2011 - 05:09 GMT
An Italian member of the European parliament apologized on Thursday to Norway for his support for some of the ideas expressed by twin terror attack suspect Anders Behring Breivik.
// Jul. 28, 2011 - 09:04 GMT
The price of benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries edged down on Wednesday and demand at an auction to sell five-year bonds was low, as Congress failed to agree a deal on state debt increase and the budget deficit.
// Jul. 28, 2011 - 07:39 GMT
Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel and palladium producer, posted an 8.5 percent fall in its second-quarter nickel output to 64,694 tons compared to the previous quarter, Norilsk Nickel said on Thursday.
// Jul. 28, 2011 - 06:53 GMT