21:09
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: WORLD CRISIS IS NOT A DISTURBER TO RUSSIA
OPEC representatives are still warning about a possibility of a crash on the world market of oil. OPEC experts say the uncontrollable reduction of prices may take place in the beginning of the next year in case, if the countries that produce oil fail to agree to cut its supply on the market More details...

20:35
LEBANESE PREMIER FOR FREE TRADE ZONE
Lebanon hopes for a free trade zone to be set up and boost its trade with Russia, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri said to the Russian Industrialists' and Entrepreneurs' Guild. More details...

20:33
RUSSIA-LEBANON COMMODITY TURNOVER TO EXCEED $300 MLN IN 2001
As meeting, Wednesday, with Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's prime-minister, Arkady Volsky, president of the Russian union of industrialists and entrepreneurs, said that in 2001 the commodity turnover between Russia and Lebanon would exceed USD 300 million. More details...

19:40
RUSSIA, TURKMENISTAN IN TALKS ON DRAFT GAS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Russian-Turkmen negotiations are through another round to draft a long-term agreement for gas industrial partnership, the Turkmen cabinet reports from Ashgabat. More details...

19:04
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RUSSIA
The Russian economic growth rate has surpassed "respective indicators in European countries," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told Russian politicians on Wednesday in remarks dubbed into Russian. More details...

18:40
ACCESS TO EXPORT OIL PIPE LIMITED FOR 35 RUSSIAN COMPANIES
The governmental commission for access to trunk oil and products pipelines has decided to limit access to the export oil pipe for 35 oil companies for their failure to pay taxes. More details...

17:58
RUSSIAN STATE STATISTICS COMMITTEE PLANS TO HOLD CENSUS OF PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS IN 2003
The Russian State Statistics Committee, or Goskomstat, plans to hold a census of private entrepreneurs in 2003, Oleg Rybak, deputy chairman of Goskomstat, told the press conference Wednesday. More details...

17:00
BRITISH GOVERNMENT BOOSTS GUARANTEES FOR EXPORTERS TO RUSSIA
The British government has increased the volume of guarantees for exporters to Russia, due to a marked improvement of the situation in the Russian economy, British secretary of commerce and investment Baroness Simons said on Wednesday. More details...

16:08
RUSSIAN VICE-PREMIER KHRISTENKO TO DISCUSS TRADE-ECONOMIC ISSUES IN CANADA
On Wednesday in the afternoon Russian vice-premier Viktor Khristenko is leaving for Canada, where the fifth session of the Canadian-Russian economic commission will be held on November 1, the vice-premier's press-secretary Stanislav Naumov told RIA Novosti. More details...

15:16
CHAIRMAN OF THE RUSSIAN AUDIT CHAMBER DISCUSSES IN THE NETHERLANDS PROSPECTS FOR COOPERATION IN COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING
Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin, who is now staying in the Netherlands, discussed in the Hague prospects of cooperation in combating money laundering and corruption with Mrs. Saskia Stuiveling, chairman of the Audit Court of the Netherlands. More details...

14:16
VALENTINA MATVIYENKO SAYS THAT INFLATION IN RUSSIA IN 2001 WILL NOT TOP EIGHTEEN PERCENT
According to the forecasts of the government of the Russian Federation, inflation in Russia in 2001 will not top eighteen percent. As RIA Novosti correspondent reports, this statement was made on Wednesday by vice chairman of the government Valentina Matviyenko in opening the meeting with Austrian Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Bartenstein. More details...

14:12
RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
Russian representative Gennady Rapota has been appointed general secretary of the Eurasian Economic Community, which unites Russia, Byelorussia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia and Tajikistan. This was reported at the international conference "The Eurasian Spirit as the Future of Russia: Dialog of Cultures and Civilizations", reports the RIA Novosti correspondent. More details...

13:58
PRESIDENT AND PRIME-MINISTER DISCUSSED PREPARATION OF DECREE ON FINANCIAL MONITORING BODY
Russian President Vladimir Putin had on Wednesday a meeting with Prime-Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. More details...

13:38
GAZPROM PLANS TO ENSURE GAS OUTPUT AT 530 BILLION CU M A YEAR
Russia's largest gas company, Gazprom, plans to ensure the output of gas at the level of 530 billion cu m of gas a year, vice-chairman of the Gazprom Board Vitaly Savelyev told journalists on Wednesday. More details...

13:18
UK WILL HELP RUSSIA TO ELIMINATE ITS CHEMICAL WEAPONS
The United Kingdom will allocate around 12 million pounds to help Russia eliminate its chemical weapons, according to a draft bilateral agreement approved by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. More details...

12:02
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS RUSSIA'S EFFORTS TO ENTER WTO
Austria supports Russia's efforts to enter the World Trade Organisation /WTO/ and believes it is not expedient to be too long with the process, a RIA Novosti correspondent has quoted Austrian Economy Minister Martin Bartenstein as saying at a meeting with Vice-Premier Valentina Matviyenko on Wednesday. More details...

10:26
SECOND VISITING EXPEDITION TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDES ITS SPACE FLIGHT
The second visiting expedition to the International Space Station returned to Earth at 7:59 a.m. Moscow time on Wednesday. More details...

21:13
RUSSIAN CABINET READIES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DEFENSE-INDUSTRY COMPLEX
The Russian cabinet is drafting 50 amendments to the Tax Code as regards taxation of defense-industrial complex enterprises, Vice-Premier Ilya Klebanov told journalists More details...

20:40
ITALY BELIEVES RUSSIA MAY JOIN WTO AS EARLY AS IN 6 MONTHS
On Tuesday, an Italian deputy minister on productive activities, opined at a seminar devoted to economic cooperation between Italy and Russia that Russia might become a World Trade Organization member as early as in 6 months More details...

20:23
PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR ELABORATING A PROGRAMME OF FITTING DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INTO MARKET-ECONOMY
Vladimir Putin has spoken out in favour of elaborating a programme of integrating the country's defense-industrial complex into the market economy More details...

19:18
SUB DESIGNER SINGLES OUT TWO PROBABLE VERSIONS OF KURSK CATASTROPHE
On Tuesday, Igor Spassky, general designer with the Central Design Bureau "Rubin", said at a press conference that he was considering two probable versions of the "Kursk" submarine catastrophe: torpedo launcher's exposure to external influence and malfunction of a torpedo itself More details...

19:09
RUSSIA, HUNGARY TO SET UP MIXED ECONOMIC, CULTURAL COMMITTEES
Following Russian-Hungarian parliamentary talks, Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov and National Assembly head Janos Ader appeared before newsmen to declare themselves in favour of wider inter-parliamentary contacts between the two countries More details...

19:00
VLADIMIR PUTIN SETS GOALS BEFORE DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has cited at least three major goals calling for undelayed measures to be taken in the defense-industrial complex More details...

15:35
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HOPES TO COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS ON WTO MEMBERSHIP BY SUMMER 2002
Russia hopes to complete negotiations about its membership in the World Trade Organisation by summer 2002, said Deputy Prime Minister and Financial Minister Alexei Kudrin. More details...

15:30
OPEN-END AVIATION HOLDING SUKHOI SET UP IN RUSSIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin has inked a decree on establishing the open-end joint-stock company Aviation Holding Sukhoi, said the Kremlin press service on Tuesday. More details...

15:21
SIBIR AIRLINES TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The Russian airline Sibir has resumed scheduled flights from Novosibirsk to Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The company's press service announced on Tuesday that Tu-154M and Tu-204 planes would resume a once-a-week service. More details...

14:40
RUSSIAN VICE PREMIER VALENTINA MATVIYENKO TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETING OF JOINT RUSSIAN-AUSTRIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION
Russian Vice Premier Valentina Matviyenko is to participate in the sixth meeting of the joint Russian-Austrian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on Wednesday. Matviyenko is the Russian co-chairman of the commission. Economics and Labour Minister Martin Bartenstein is the Austrian co-chairman. More details...

14:27
28 DRAFT PRODUCT SHARING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATE AND INVESTORS IN THE WORKS IN RUSSIA
28 draft product sharing agreements between the state and investors are currently in the works in Russia, said Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref at the Moscow session of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. More details...

14:19
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ATTENTIVELY FOLLOWS THE ACTIVITY OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
President of the Davos World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab declared that the forum "attentively follows the activity of the Russian government and its successes in conducting reforms." More details...

14:01
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONSENSUS IN PASSING AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNERSHIP LEGISLATION
Russia will aim at consensus in making decisions on the agricultural land ownership legislation, said Russian President Vladimir Putin answering to questions of businessmen at the World Economic Forum in Moscow. More details...