| June 2006 |
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Russian WBA champion Nikolai Valuyev wants to defend his heavyweight title in the United States, the boxer said Wednesday on his official Web site. "It will be pleasure for me to fight again in America, the center of world boxing," Valuyev said.
Russia's Foreign Ministry slammed Wednesday a decision made by Ukraine to deny entry to senior Russian lawmakers, calling it a serious and unfriendly act.
Thousands of believers have gathered in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for a night service to be celebrated by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, who called on Orthodox Christians Wednesday to pray before the hand of the man who the Gospel says baptized Jesus Christ in the River Jordan. 
Russia's foreign minister urged Iran Wednesday to honor its commitments to avoid the proliferation of nuclear technologies if it wanted to escape economic sanctions. 
Russia's foreign minister called on Israel and Palestine Wednesday to resume negotiations to break the long-standing deadlock in the Middle East peace process. 



