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13:47
G8 ISSUE DECLARATION ON RISING TENSIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
The Russian Foreign Ministry's press department has reported that, on the initiative of the ministry, G8 foreign ministers adopted a joint declaration on Friday to express their concern over the current situation in Indian-Pakistani relations. More details...

13:42
KREMLIN DOES NOT INTEND TO DISCUSS KURILE ISLANDS ISSUE AT RUSSIAN-JAPANESE SUMMIT TALKS IN SHANGHAI
Within the framework of the APEC summit in Shanghai President Vladimir Putin of Russia will meet Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi Sunday. According to the Kremlin administration spokesman, the sides are expected to discuss cooperation within the G-8 format and continue a bilateral political dialogue. More details...

22:32
RUSSIA PROPOSES TO CONVENE A MEETING OF G-8 EXPERTS ON TERRORISM
Underway are arrangements for a meeting of experts on terrorism of the G-8 countries, with the proposal having been offered by Russia. The experts will gather to work out specific anti-terrorist measures, according to a Russian foreign ministry spokesman. More details...

13:15
RUSSIA TAKES MEASURES TO CUT OFF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FUNDING
Russian Vice-Premier, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin reported to the participants in the Washington meeting of G-8 finance ministers and chief bankers on Russia's measures to cut off international terrorism funding. He told journalists about this after the meeting. These measures include adopting decrees on freezing Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaida's assets if discovered, Kudrin said. More details...

12:39
STRUGGLE AGAINST FINANCING OF TERRORISM MUST BE "AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH"
During a meeting in Washington, G-8 finance ministers and chief bankers discussed methods of combating the financing of international terrorism, told journalists Russian Vice-Premier and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin who had presented a subject-related report at the meeting... More details...

12:19
G-8 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CHIEF BANKERS ON SITUATION IN RUSSIAN ECONOMY
Participants in the meeting of G-8 finance ministers and chief bankers held in Washington gave a positive assessment to the report of vice-premier and finance minister of Russia Alexei Kudrin on the Russian economic situation. Kudrin made such a statement to journalists upon the completion of the meeting, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. More details...

10:30
RUSSIA TO PARTICIPATE IN G-8 MEETING
It is expected that Russia will participate in the G-8 meeting in the extended format, said Russian Vice Premier and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin after his negotiations with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. More details...

09:48
FINANCE MINISTER TO MEET WITH HIS G8 COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON
Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin will arrive in Washington on a working visit today. He will take part in a meeting of G8 finance ministers and heads of Central Banks. More details...

17:25
KUDRIN TO FLY TO G-8 MEETING TOMORROW
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will leave for Washington tomorrow to take part in a meeting of G-8 finance ministers and central bank presidents. More details...

15:13
RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER TO TAKE PART IN MEETING OF G8 FINANCIERS IN WASHINGTON
Vice Premier and Finance Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin intends to take part in the meeting of finance ministers and the heads of the central banks of the Group of Eight Countries in Washington which has been planned for October 6. Alexei Kudrin told reporters about it on Monday. More details...

12:06
DEPUTY PM MAY PARTICIPATE IN SESSION OF FINANCIAL OFFICIALS OF G-8 COUNTRIES
Deputy Premier of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin may participate in a regular session of financial departments and Central Banks of the G-8 countries in Washington, D.C. on October 6-7, if he receives an official invitation. More details...

11:11
VLADIMIR PUTIN THANKED BERLINERS FOR THEIR BEFITTING AND RESPECTFUL ATTITUDE TO SOVIET SOLDIERS' GRAVES
On Tuesday President Putin of Russia expressed gratitude to the municipal authorities of Berlin, to the Berliners and all Germans for "the befitting and respectful attitude to Soviet soldiers' graves," reports the RIA Novosti correspondent. More details...

20:17
G-8 TO CONVENE EMERGENCY SUMMIT, RUSSIA APPROVES
Russia approves the idea for an emergency G-8 summit to debate anti-terrorist efforts and make a related statement, said Vyacheslav Trubnikov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he held conference with Minoru Tamba, Japanese Ambassador to Russia. More details...

16:13
G8 TO ELABORATE MEASURES TO STEP UP ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION
The G8 member-states' leaders charged the foreign, finance and justice ministers and heads of other competent bodies with elaborating a range of measures that would aim to improve cooperation in fighting terrorism, says the statement of the G8 heads of state and government issued by the Kremlin press service Thursday. More details...

20:35
RUSSIA PROPOSES GROUP OF EIGHT SUMMIT ON COMBATING TERRORISM
Russia considers that a Group of Eight high-level meeting would now be useful for discussing questions connected with countering international terrorism, Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Thursday after talks with his French opposite number Hubert Vedrine in Moscow. More details...