YEKATERINBURG, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - The world economy must get rid
of its excessive dependence on the USA and must become really multi-polar,

HELSINKI, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - Last year Russia became Finland's
biggest trade partner, Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen told Tass

DUSHANBE, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - An international criminal group
smuggling drugs into Russia has been neutralized in northern Tajikistan,

WASHINGTON, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - United States Under Secretary of
State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher will

BOLSHOYE GOLOUSTNOYE, Irkutsk region, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's
biggest aircraft builder, the Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP plant, will set

KHABAROVSK, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- A boat bridge across the River
Amur to link Russia's Blagoveshchensk and China's Heihe will be built in

VLADIVOSTOK, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian badminton team has
won the gold medals at the Asia-Pacific Youth Games underway at the Ocean

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- The Shiveluch
volcano on Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has spewed ash to an

MOSCOW, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow's Khamovniki Court on Monday
will consider the legitimacy of the court award which recognized Memorial

IRKUTSK, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Reconstruction of the runway at the
Irkutsk international airport starts on Monday, the airport's press
service told Itar-Tass.