16:54 Toyota gets OK to build Russian car plant -source
Russian local government officials gave Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) permission to build a car plant in St Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday.

16:48 China to be denied electronic passport protection
Terrorists and drug dealers all around the world use forged passports, ID of intelligence officers, financial documents, credit cards, etc. to cross borders and purchase weapons, make bank transactions and launder illegal income.

16:39 St. Petersburg economic zone to promote intellectual advances
St. Petersburg’s victory in a tender to create a special technological and innovative zone will allow the city to make serious progress in the intellectual sphere, the St. Petersburg governor said Monday evening.