- 21:48 20/12/2006
Experts have confirmed the authenticity of a painting stolen from St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum five years ago and presented Wednesday morning to Russia's Communist leader, the cultural watchdog said. 
- 20:55 20/12/2006
- 20:17 20/12/2006
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] has signed a memorandum on mutual understanding with Serbia, expressing the sides' interest in the construction of a new natural gas pipeline through the Balkan country's territory, the Russian energy giant said Wednesday.
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- 18:52 20/12/2006
A painting believed to have been stolen from St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum five years ago was presented Wednesday to the leader of Russia's Communist Party.
- 18:35 20/12/2006
The autopsy results of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko cannot be expected before Christmas, a London court spokesman said Wednesday.
- 18:26 20/12/2006
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed a bill Wednesday in the third and final reading on setting up four gambling zones in the country. The bill is aimed at tackling the rise in gambling outlets throughout Russia.
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- 17:41 20/12/2006
Russia's president said Wednesday the socio-economic isolation of the Far East region near China and its failure to effectively exploit its natural resources are a threat to national security.
- 16:30 20/12/2006
Russia's energy giant Gazprom has set the price of natural gas for Georgia at $235 per 1,000 cubic meters, the company spokesman said Wednesday.
- 16:19 20/12/2006
- 16:08 20/12/2006
President Vladimir Putin signed Wednesday the 2007 federal draft budget law, the Kremlin news service said. The law was adopted by the State Duma, the lower house, November 24 and approved by the Federation Council, the upper house, December
- 16:02 20/12/2006
A painting believed to have been stolen from St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum five years ago was presented Wednesday to the leader of Russia's Communist Party.
- 15:59 20/12/2006
All armed formations in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia are illegal and Georgia insists on their disbandment, a Georgian minister said Wednesday.
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All Middle East nations, including Iran and Syria, must be involved in regional peace talks rather than isolated from the process, Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday.
- 15:19 20/12/2006
