17:25 President Putin, Pope Benedict Hold Talks at Vatican
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday in the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years. The meeting was the first between Mr. Putin and the German pontiff.

16:25 Rusal, SUAL, Glencore to complete merger in a week
A merger of Russia's aluminum giants RusAl and SUAL, and the alumina assets of Swiss Glencore could be completed in a week, SUAL's co-owner told the press Wednesday.

15:50 St. Petersburg Stevedore Snapped Up
Severstaltrans group of companies has completed the acquisition of the St. Petersburg-based Petrolesport open joint-stock company, Prime-Tass news agency reported last wekk referring to a statement from the Severstaltrans press service.