- 22:25 12/01/2007
After two days of oil negotiations, Russia reduced its oil export duty for Belarus from $180.7 to $53 per metric ton, the Russian premier said Friday. 
- 22:19 12/01/2007
- 21:54 12/01/2007
Russian-Belarusian inter-governmental negotiations have been completed, a source in the Russian delegation told RIA Novosti Friday
- 20:42 12/01/2007
Russia's foreign minister called on the United States to provide security for the Russian diplomatic mission in Iraq following a gun attack on the Russian Embassy in Baghdad.
- 18:53 12/01/2007
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressed his hope Friday that the recent oil and gas dispute between Russia and Belarus could encourage Minsk to expedite its transition to a market economy.
- 18:52 12/01/2007
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Friday it has raised the long-term credit rating of Rosneft [RTS: ROSN] to BB+ from BB, with a Developing outlook, and removed it from the CreditWatch list.
- 18:15 12/01/2007
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- 16:40 12/01/2007
Amirkhan Yandarbiyev, the security chief of late Chechen separatist leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, and his two bodyguards surrendered to local authorities Friday.
- 15:13 12/01/2007
- 15:03 12/01/2007
LUKoil [RTS: LKOH] said Friday its net profit calculated to US GAAP in January-September 2006 grew 34.2% on the same period of 2005, to $6.442 billion.
- 14:55 12/01/2007
Russian prosecutors have arrested a new suspect in the murder four months ago of Central Bank Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov, the suspect's lawyer said Friday. Yevgeny Martynov said his client, Liana Askerova, was detained in central Moscow Wednesday.
- 14:30 12/01/2007
- 13:48 12/01/2007
Moscow saw a 4% rise in the divorce rate last year, with more than 45,000 couples deciding to untie the marriage knot, a senior official with the capital's registry office said Friday.
- 13:47 12/01/2007
