| September 2009 |
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Russian prosecutors have opened a probe into the suspected embezzlement of millions of dollars during the reconstruction of Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theater.
The Russian government will not exert a direct influence on the operations of Opel following the acquisition of a stake by state-owned Sberbank, the bank said on Monday.
The new owners of GM Opel plan to cut some 4,500 jobs at the carmaker's German plants.
The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for September 15 is 30.8617 rubles, up 13,71 kopeks from Monday.
France's GDF Suez will by the end of October become a shareholder in the company building the Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea.
A Moscow-based missile manufacturer is suing the Russian arms export monopoly over claims the organization breached a contract with Algeria.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has started an 11-day foreign
trip that will take him to Russia, Belarus, Syria, Algeria, Libya and
Iran.
"The purpose of the trip is to strengthen political, energy and
military ties with these countries", Chavez said at a news conference earlier.

Ford will resume production at its plant in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg, on Monday, a spokeswoman for the plant said.