Police say the RNC Welcoming Committee, a group of self-described anarchists, plotted to burn vehicles, spear police with poles, and even discussed kidnapping delegates. An attorney for the defendants says charging the activists with terrorism is "an abuse of the » Full text »
To overcome the economic recession the president and cabinet must invite the world's best economic experts, Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov said, speaking to journalists in Donetsk Dec. 19.
Gazprom's executive board has approved an investment program worth RUB 920.44bn for 2009, the Russian gas monopoly said in a statement today. Specifically, Gazprom's capital investment is to amount to RUB 699.88bn, and long-term financial investment to RUB 220.56bn. According
German inflation slowed to 1.1 percent in December, mainly as a result in a steep fall in the price of fuel, the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said Tuesday, Dec. 30.