| December 2006 |
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed in a telephone conversation amendments to a draft UN resolution on the Iranian nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. 
Current political efforts to resolve conflict situations in the Middle East may be disrupted by escalating tensions in Palestine between two rival political parties, a Russian senator said Monday. 
LUKoil [RTS: LKOH] intends to complete the purchase of a network of gasoline stations in Europe from the U.S.-based energy giant ConocoPhillips in the second quarter of 2007, the companies said in a joint statement Monday. 
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and the president of Bulgaria signed a set of documents Monday on further developing Russian-Bulgarian relations in the supply and transit of Russian natural gas. 
A key witness in the poisoning death of former Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko said Monday he has again been questioned by investigators probing the case. 
Russia's defense industry must increase its integration in the civilian sector of the economy, the defense minister said Monday. 
A Russian cargo plane carrying around 330 kilograms (730 lbs) of enriched uranium from Germany has landed at an airport near Moscow, Russia's nuclear watchdog said Monday. 
Russia's inflation rate will not exceed 9% in 2006, and GDP growth will be 6.9-7%, the economics minister said Monday. 
Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement to jointly manufacture two An-124 Condor heavy transport aircraft, the Volga-Dnepr aircraft manufacturing consortium said Monday in a press release. 



