This year the Japanese party intends to export the first trial lot of foodstuff.VLADIVOSTOK, October 21, vladivostoktimes.com The Vladivostok Sea Commercial Port (VSCP) met the delegation of the Japanese businessmen of Hokkaido with the Governor of Hokkaido Mrs. Takahashi Harumi

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russia-NATO Council may resume its work by the end of this year, a senior Russian military official said on Tuesday. Russia-NATO contacts through the council were suspended in August, during Russia's war with

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is expecting to increase its arms exports to $8 billion in 2008, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Russia sold $7.4 billion worth of weaponry in 2007 and during the first nine

Adds Kudrin remarks, details in paras 8-10) MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian investigators decided on Tuesday to release former Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak, accused of embezzling state funds, from custody on a pledge not to leave the

TEHRAN, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the Persian Gulf states of Iran and Qatar will hold regular discussions on prospects of cooperation in the natural gas sphere, the chief executive of Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's government will take additional measures to support the country's economy, primarily its non-financial sector, amid the ongoing global credit crunch, a presidential aide said on Tuesday. Russian banks will issue extra loans to

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Inflation in Russia in 2009 will remain high, at 12%, the International Monetary Fund said in a report released on Tuesday. In a world economic and financial survey, entitled "Regional Economic Outlook: Europe. Dealing

BEIJING, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - A victory for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential election would benefit Russia more than a win for his Republican rival, but there would be no immediate improvement in relations, a Russian lawmaker said

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will grant Belarus a $2 billion stabilization loan in 2008-2009, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday. "Last week, Russia decided to issue a $2 billion loan to Belarus," the minister said,

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russia and Tottenham Hotspur forward Roman Pavlyuchenko, recently elected to the Stavropol city legislature on the ruling United Russia party ticket, is to miss the assembly's first session. A party spokesman said that

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will complete the setting up of military bases in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2009, the chief of the Russian General Staff said Tuesday. "As part of concluded treaties, two bases, one in

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - A new air carrier, Russian Airlines, could be officially registered by November 11, 2008, the head of the Russian Technology state-run corporation told the press on Tuesday. The Russian Technology Corporation, the Moscow city

Adds paras 4-5) MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - A former executive of the now defunct Yukos oil company has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and tax evasion and requested to be pardoned, her lawyer said on Tuesday. Svetlana Bakhmina, 39,

MAKHACHKALA, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Four police officers were killed and 9 injured on Tuesday in a shootout with a gang about 30 km southwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Daghestan, police said. The

MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's former deputy finance minister, Sergei Storchak, was released on Tuesday from custody on a pledge not to leave the country. Storchak, 54, who oversaw foreign debt talks at the ministry and was a

MAKHACHKALA, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Five police officers were killed and 9 injured on Tuesday in clashes with militants near Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Daghestan, police said. The source said one policeman was killed