| April 2006 |
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Special economic zones are being created across the country to promote the development of high-tech industries and transportation infrastructure through the offering of tax breaks and other privileges to resident companies.
Zaur Tutov, the culture minister of Kabardino-Balkaria, was attacked by a group of 12-15 people Saturday night and hospitalized with a broken jawbone and concussion.
Russia and Belarus will continue constructive cooperation to promote the stable democratic development of both countries, Vladimir Putin said Monday.
The spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Russia's humanitarian aid to the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdnestr should cause Chisinau and Kiev to consider their actions in light of common interests to preserve stability in the region.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Moscow Monday night for a two-day official visit to focus on economic ties, research, including space, and cultural links between the two countries. 
Russia's Stabilization Fund saw month-on-month growth of 115 billion rubles ($4.14 billion) or 7.3%, to reach 1,677 billion rubles ($60.38 billion at the current exchange rate) as of April 1, the country's finance ministry said Monday.
President Vladimir Putin Monday announced support for plans to develop nanotechnology and said the government would choose a body to oversee a federal program. 
The federal space agency said Monday it had signed a preliminary contract with a space tourist from the United States to fly to the world's sole civilian orbital station in the spring of 2007. 
Russia's chief doctor said Monday that pessimistic predictions regarding the spread of bird flu in the country had come true, particularly in the south, but that the worst may now have passed. 



