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MOSCOW - Despite expectations that this week's summit between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush could yield substantive trade-offs, the three-day meeting is more likely to further the two countries' new-found cooperation than to result in any breakthroughs in foreign or economic policy. While both leaders are likely to reiterate their commitment to the anti-terrorism operation in Afghanistan, to a more moderate approach to missile defense and to nuclear-arms cuts, the resolution of more controversial issues - such as Russia's economic status and its relations with NATO - lies further afield. Putin, who left Moscow late Monday despite news of the plane crash in New York, will spend Tuesday in Washington and Wednesday and Thursday at Bush's ranch in Texas, where the men and their wives are expected to feast on tenderloin, pecan pie and lemonade while listening to Texas swing. |
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 VALIMAA, Finland - A set of instructions issued by the Northwest Customs Administration in late October has created huge headaches for truck drivers and other motorists alike. |
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MOSCOW - The most famous shower in the country is located in the hotel Rossia, just off Red Square. It is inside an apartment attached to the first floor of the hotel, where three young men and three young women have been living for the last two weeks. |
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MOSCOW - Fears were mounting Monday over the fate of a Russian Army officer being held hostage by Chechen rebels. Sergei Boryayev, the deputy military commandant of Chechnya's Vedeno district, was reported captured by the rebel Abdul-Valid, a lieutenant of the warlord Khattab, in a rebel attack on a military convoy in the district on Sept. |
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No Clues in Kursk Log MOSCOW (AP) - A logbook found in the wreckage of the Kursk submarine gives no clues about what caused the explosion that sank the submarine, a spokesperson for the navy's Northern Fleet, Igor Babenko, said Sunday. He disputed media speculation that the logbook was key to the investigation. |
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 MOSCOW - Unified Energy Systems said Friday it would form a state grid company in January as part of moves to reshape the power sector. The formation of the Federal Grid Company is part of plans to restructure UES, the world's biggest power firm by capacity, and eventually introduce a competitive electricity market. |
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MOSCOW - As the newly emboldened Audit Chamber continues its "very serious" scrutiny of the Kremlin property department, the scandal-tainted former fiefdom of notorious Krem lin insider Pavel Borodin is scrambling to disassociate itself from the excesses of its past. |
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MOSCOW - The tumble by World markets on Monday after a passenger jet crashed in New York, sending airline and insurance stocks down by as much as 12 percent, also backed Russia's benchmark index off its highest level of the year. The key RTS index hit at a 2001 high of 233. |
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MOSCOW - A new wave of opposition to quick entry into the World Trade Organization swept through the State Duma on Monday, with several deputies accusing the government of basing negotiations on the interests of a few lobbies. |
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Hush-Kit Delay? LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union should delay the deadline for installing hush kits on noisy freighters - especially the Russian Il-76 - The International Air Cargo Association said Monday. "TIACA has welcomed the European Union's decision to withdraw noise legislation that would have banned some aircraft in Europe from April next year but is calling on regulators to offer a lifeline to freighter aircraft that still face being grounded," TIACA said in a statement. |
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OPEC Gearing Up LONDON (AP) - Fears of a global recession and dwindling demand for oil will dominate the debate when delegates of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meet Wednesday in Vienna, Austria. |
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For each 1,000 rubles a company pays its employees, it has to pay another 356 rubles to the government in the form of social tax, 280 rubles of which goes to the State Pension Fund to dole out as retirement benefits. The fund will receive nearly $14 billion this way this year, and that figure is expected to grow dramatically over the next decade. |
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In response to "Putin Gives Ground on Missile Shield, Nov. 9. Editor, I am an American, and I saw the interview that President Putin gave to Barbara Walters. I think that Russia's president is a nice, but serious person. He is a man whom a person would like to meet and talk to. |
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THE FBI's frustration over its inability to get material witnesses to talk has raised a disturbing question rarely debated in this country: When, if ever, is it justified to resort to unconventional techniques such as truth serum, moderate physical pressure and outright torture? The constitutional answer to this question may surprise people who are not familiar with the current U. |
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WHAT'S in a name? I found myself asking myself this question last week as I was enjoying a day off from work because of the Day of Accord and Reconciliation. (Or, by another name, the Anniversary of the Great October Revolution. Take your pick.) Thinking about this got me to wondering whether it might not really be possible that the communists could return to power here. |
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Weather Report It won't come with jackboots and book-burnings, with mass rallies and fevered harangues. It won't come with "black helicopters" or tanks on the street. |
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 In the early 1990s, the stereotype developed among foreigners living here that Russians never smile. And so, many Russian regulars of the Mezzanine Cafe at the Grand Hotel Europe were quite surprised by the new, slightly extravagant looking English man walking around and greeting guests in a boisterously friendly manner. Restaurant manager Tony Gear's enthusiastic "Good morning, madam" and "How are you, sir?" were met with a great deal of bemusement. |
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 Terrorism, of course, has been much in the news in recent months, as has the eternally thorny question of trying to separate your terrorists from your freedom fighters. |
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Floods Kill 575 ALGIERS (Reuters) - The death toll from Algeria's worst flash floods in at least 20 years rose to 575 Monday, of which 538 were in the capital Algiers, state media reported. Interior Ministry figures, provided by Algerian state radio and the official APS news agency, said at least 316 people were injured in the floods. |
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Fetisov Inducted NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Monday, Vyacheslav Fetisov received an honour that never crept into his boyhood dreams, when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
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