| November 2006 |
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The presidents of Russia and Belarus said Friday they will be guided by free market principles as they seek to broaden bilateral economic ties, the Kremlin press office reported. 
The first day of talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator in Moscow has produced no breakthrough to ease tensions over the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program. 
Moscow and Washington have cleared the way to a deal on Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization and plan to sign it at an economic forum in Vietnam next week, Russia's economics ministry said Friday. 
Contractors in the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East have paid the first two tranches, worth over eight million rubles ($300,000), in compensation for damage inflicted on forests, the environmental watchdog said Friday. 
Talks with Iran's top nuclear negotiator will continue Saturday, Russia's Security Council chief said Friday. 
Russia and the United States may reach an agreement on the former's accession to the World Trade Organization during one of the upcoming meetings of their leaders, the head of Russia's major business union said Friday. 
Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz will pay off its current debt to RosUkrEnergo, the sole supplier of Russian and Central Asian gas to Ukraine since the start of 2006, before the end of the year, Ukraine's fuel and energy minister said Friday. 
Russia and the United States may reach an agreement on the former's accession to the World Trade Organization during one of the upcoming meetings of their leaders, the head of Russia's major business union said Friday. 
The president of Belarus arrived in Moscow Friday for talks with his Russian counterpart on bilateral issues, including Russia's oil exports to its ex-Soviet neighbor.



