- 19:58 25/01/2007
Russia's president met with his Indian counterpart Thursday as part of his two-day visit to the economically vibrant Soviet-era ally. India's Abdul Kalam received Vladimir Putin at his residence, Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
- 19:00 25/01/2007
The procedure by which foreign investors gain access to the Russian continental shelf will be toughened, the Russian natural resources minister said Thursday.
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- 18:34 25/01/2007
Georgia has withdrawn all its objections but one on Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization, a Russian economics ministry spokesman said Thursday.
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Polonium-210, which Russia supplies to the United States, is worth no more than several tens of thousands of dollars, a source in the Russian nuclear section said Thursday.
- 17:50 25/01/2007
Boris Gryzlov, speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, said the lack of a free trade zone and a single emission center made it impossible to introduce a single currency for the Russia-Belarus union project.
- 17:43 25/01/2007
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Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has refused to cooperate in a new embezzlement investigation until he hears "clear and concrete charges," one of his lawyers said Thursday.
- 17:18 25/01/2007
Ukraine's government urged Moscow Thursday to obey a court ruling on the return of navigation facilities being used by the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the post-Soviet state's Crimean Peninsula.
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Boosting trade ties and securing energy deals was a crucial part of the agenda on the first day of talks Thursday during the Russian president's two-day visit to India.
- 16:37 25/01/2007
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At talks in New Delhi Thursday, the Russian and Indian leaders discussed key international problems and pledged their countries' efforts in handling them.
- 16:18 25/01/2007
Any gas or oil pipelines across the floor of the Caspian Sea would be environmentally unacceptable, an official with the Russian Natural Resources Ministry said Thursday.
