MOSCOW, November 11 - The heads of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Russian oil giant Rosneft met Thursday to discuss cooperation in the development of natural resources in East Siberia, the Far East and Yakutia, Gazprom said in a statement.
Demand for cash US dollar has fallen on September almost on one third - to $0,84 bln and for cash Euro demand has increased by 2,8 times - to $0,37 bln.
MOSCOW, November 10 - The Central Bank of Russia could end regulation of the real effective exchange rate of the ruble in the next three to five years, Chairman Sergei Ignatyev said Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 10 -Sberbank, Russia`s biggest savings bank, signed an agreement Thursday on taking out a $1-billion syndicated loan.
Rusbank decided to refuse from services of financial transactions Western Union and Travelex and will work only with MoneyGram.
MOSCOW, November 9 - Consulting companies monitoring the situation on the Russian telecoms market reported Wednesday an increase of 86% year-on-year in the number of subscribers in the country.
In Chukotka region the factory producing sausages from walrus has opened.
Very often we underestimate the changes occurred in Ukraine lately. Nevertheless, international organizations conducting their monitoring researchers, confirm that Ukraine carries out its general course of reforms not worse and sometimes even better than the other countries including post-soviet and east-European ones.
Moscow Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal declared null and void yesterday, November 8, 2005, the eight-year privatization contract for airport building facilities of Domodedovo - the largest airport in Russia currently managed by East Line Group. The award actually paved the way for Dododedovo nationalization.
MOSCOW, November 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the armed forces had witnessed a switch from a stage of prolonged transformation to a stage of planned military development this year.
NOVOSIBIRSK, November 9 - Russia`s Federal Bailiff Service (FBS) is considering selling the frozen assets of embattled oil major Yukos, a senior service official said Wednesday.
Every minute counted in the drama surrounding the Russian Navy mini-sub that became entangled in cables off Kamchatka in August with seven crew members on board. So it seemed rather fitting when Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov presented the vessel`s three British rescuers with Poljot watches as tokens of the nation`s gratitude.
Almetyevsk 19:23:11.Tatneft`s net profit calculated according to the Russian accounting standards increased by 50 percent to RUR29.469bn (approx. USD1.02bn) in January through September 2005 compared with the same period last year.
KRASNOYARSK, November 9 - A special train with 48 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel from the Kozlodui nuclear power plant in Bulgaria has arrived at the mining and chemical integrated plant in the city of Zheleznogorsk, Russia`s Krasnoyarsk territory. The plant`s sources told Itar-Tass on Wednesday specialists have begun to unload the nuclear fuel.
MOSCOW. Nov 9 - The duty on raw sugar being imported into Russia in December 2005 will remain at $140 per tonne in December, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry`s press service said.
IRKUTSK, November 8 - Russia`s East Siberian Railroad Company said Tuesday that it increased its oil shipments to China nearly threefold in October.
MOSCOW. Nov 8 - Retail pries for drugs have risen by 23% since the beginning of 2005, Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov told Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov during Monday`s discussion of social welfare issues.
BRUSSELS, November 8 - The foreign ministers of the European Union`s 25 member states expressed concern over ongoing human rights abuses in Belarus as they met in Brussels Monday.
"Rusneft" plans to issue package of global deposit receipts (GDR) on sum of $ 6 milliards in middle of 2006.
New major oilfield has been found in Iraq.
The annual inflation rate in Russia for 2005 could be 11-11.5%, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref said Monday. The minister said inflation grew 0.6% in October, whereas inflation in the first ten months of the year was down 0.1% at 9.2% in comparison with 2004.
International monitoring UNO bureau finished audit of American company Halliburton`s activity during 2003-2004.
From the beginning of current month Russia prohibited import of poultry meat from such European countries as France and Denmark. In some regions of these countries was registered Newcastle illness.
Russian premier-minister Michael Fradkov couldn`t participate in grand ceremony of starting of Bureiskaya hydroelectric power station`s 4-th energetic block. Trip was cancelled because of non-flying weather.
This was declared by Russian premier-minister Michael Fradkov after meeting at Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation production association.