Turkey, Italy and Germany want to avoid sanctions because of Gazprom's gas shortage

The British Prime minister is convinced that he can make banks...

Russia wants to join WTO, along with belarus and Kazakhstan, says Russia's vice prime-minister

"500 biggest Russian companies" list published....

G20 is opening today in Pittsburg.

Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin is meeting heads of the biggest oil and gas companies today in Yamal.

- Russian governement approves draft federal budget for 2010. The deficit will be 6, 8%.
- Federal Reserve is expected to hold lending rates at close...

The unemployment in Italy rose to its maximum level during the last 3 years.

Over 500 companies have signed up to a call for action on climate...

World faces a future oil shortage due to recession, saysTotal chief executive

South Korea is no longer an emerging economy, but a developed one

--US gets tough on ratings agencies

--Russia's PM Putin urges foreign investment

The ministry of health and social wealfare has asked not to feel over positive about the reducing unemployment.

Alexey Kudrin, the Russian Minister...

US recession may be over says Federal Reserve head

Russia - first among countries with most severe protectionist measures

The anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Russian industrial decline accelerates to 12.6% in August,