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A domestic company's purchase of the GM's gas-guzzling Hummer brand goes against China's environmental policies, Xinhua agency said on Tuesday citing an official with the cabinet's Development Research Center.
Russia's federal budget deficit increased in May by 140.9 billion rubles ($4.5 billion), to reach 511 billion rubles ($16.3 billion) for the first five months of the year, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin suggested on Tuesday that Eurasec's anti-crisis fund could be used to grant Belarus a $500 million loan.
More energetic efforts by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in implementing joint economic and energy projects will strengthen security in Central Asia, a leading Russian expert said 
The prosecution is demanding that fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky be given a 15-year prison term in absentia for his part in embezzling 140 million rubles ($4.5 mln), a court-appointed lawyer said on Tuesday.
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 5.1% to 4.712 trillion rubles ($151 bln) as of June 1 from 4.484 trillion ($143.7 bln) on May 1, the Central Bank reported on Tuesday.
Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank will pay 100 million euros ($139 million) upfront as part of the deal to buy struggling German auto maker Opel, a Russian business paper said on Tuesday.
The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for June 10 is 31.2637 rubles, up 18.86 kopeks from Tuesday, the Central Bank said
Gazprom is holding talks with independent gas producer Novatek on its possible participation in a liquefied natural gas project in northwest Siberia, a Gazprom deputy CEO said on Tuesday.
Russia's consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor has banned the imports of another 800 dairy products from Belarus, the watchdog's head has told RIA Novosti.