| August 2006 |
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Russia's state debt decreased by 158.7 billion rubles, or $5.8 billion, to 2.9 trillion rubles, or $109.1 billion, during the first six months of 2006, a draft government report said Wednesday.
Russia's energy ministry doubts that a Russian-U.S. agreement on information exchange, which outlines the coordination of energy strategies and is set to expire this year, will be prolonged, a ministry official said Wednesday. 
An intergovernmental agreement to build an oil pipeline in the Balkans to bypass some of the world's busiest shipping lanes may be signed by the end of the year, a senior Russian energy official said Wednesday. 
A blaze at a two-story market in eastern Moscow has been put out, a representative of the Moscow fire department said Wednesday. 
Russia's 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, Glonass, will be fully deployed by 2010, the country's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. 
Russia's foreign minister reiterated a demand Wednesday for Japan to act against poachers in Russia's territorial waters, the ministry said. 



