| October 2008 |
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A Public Opinion Foundation poll said just 7% of Russians believe that the country's economy is in a healthy state, with 22% of respondents saying the country's financial situation is poor and 57% satisfactory. 
The price Ukraine is due to pay for Russian-supplied natural gas in 2009 should be agreed within a month, Ukraine's prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, said on Friday. 
Kamov, one of Russia's largest helicopter producers, is hoping to sign an agreement by the end of the year to export its helicopters to Iran, the company's director said on Friday. 
The State Duma adopted legal amendments on Friday paving the way for Russia's Central Bank to issue unsecured loans for up to six months to rated Russian banks. 
Russia backs the idea of establishing a Caspian economic cooperation organization to oversee the littoral states' joint projects in energy, transportation and trade, a Russian first deputy prime minister said on Friday. 
The long-awaited iPhone smartphone went on sale at stores throughout Russia at midnight on Friday, with the first phones bought in country's Far East. 
The new board of directors of Russian electricity export-import operator Inter RAO UES could be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, a source close to shareholders said on Friday. 
Russia's largest oil company Rosneft [RTS: ROSN] plans to invest around $30 billion on the development of Russian offshore deposits, a top company official said on Friday. 