| December 2006 |
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Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] is continuing talks with Belarus on Russian natural gas deliveries and hopes an agreement can be reached by a January 1, 2007 deadline, an official spokesman for the company said Friday. 
Belarus intends to impose a blockade on all Russian media beginning January 1, 2007, a source in Minsk said Friday. Russia and Belarus failed to reach an agreement on a new gas price for Minsk Thursday. 
Aircraft have joined a search-and-rescue operation in Russia's Far East for a helicopter with three people on board missing since Tuesday, a local emergencies official said. 
Russia's investment index will open Friday at 776.64 points, up 1.54% on the previous day's trading, following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill on the ratification of the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, the Kremlin press service said Friday. 
A Russian passenger jet diverted from its course Thursday owing to an apparent highjack attempt has now touched down in Moscow, an airport official said Friday. 



