- 21:59 04/06/2009
Russia will not join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries any time soon, the CEO of Russia's leading independent oil producer said Thursday.
- 19:42 04/06/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered that all wage arrears to workers of three closed enterprises in northwest Russia be paid off by the end of Thursday.
- 19:21 04/06/2009
Russia is counting on effective cooperation with the new U.S. administration in WTO accession talks, a first deputy prime minister said on Thursday.
- 18:31 04/06/2009
Russia's largest bank Sberbank will contribute 35% to the 500 million euro ($705 million) deal to purchase struggling German automaker Opel, Sberbank CEO German Gref said on Thursday.
- 17:25 04/06/2009
Moscow and the EU could complete WTO accession talks before the end of the year, the economic development minister said on Thursday.
- 16:05 04/06/2009
The European Union has decided to send fact-finding missions to Moscow and Kiev to clear up the situation with natural gas supplies, a European Commission spokesman said on Thursday.
- 14:17 04/06/2009
The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for June 5 is 30.8767 rubles, up 36.36 kopeks from Thursday, the Central Bank said
- 13:34 04/06/2009
The economic forum opening in St. Petersburg on Thursday is a good opportunity to discuss the global economic crisis, including its impact on former Soviet republics, a Kazakh analyst said
- 13:13 04/06/2009
The Russian president expects participants in the three-day International Economic Forum starting on Thursday in St. Petersburg to offer solutions for overcoming the economic crisis.
- 11:36 04/06/2009
Russia's Central Bank announced it would further cut its key lending rate by 0.5 percentage points to 11.5% per annum from June 5, following a slowdown in consumer price growth
- 11:26 04/06/2009
Russia's prime minister has instructed the government to provide a 25 billion ruble ($806 million) loan to support the ailing car giant AvtoVAZ, the government's website said on Thursday.
- 10:57 04/06/2009
Russia's international reserves, holding mainly gold and foreign currency, increased by $20.27 billion to $404.17 billion in May, the Central Bank said
