| September 2007 |
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Moscow denied media reports that Russian citizens died when an Antonov cargo plane crashed in Congo Friday, and reported that two Georgians and two Ukrainians were killed.
"As a result of the An-12 plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo, four people died - two Ukrainian citizens and two Georgian citizens. As Ukraine and Georgia do not have embassies in Congo, the Russian Embassy in Kinshasa is ready to provide representatives of these countries with necessary consular support," the head of Russian Foreign Ministry's press service, Boris Malakhov, said.

At least one person was killed and 23 injured in three separate traffic accidents in southwest Turkey, local media said Friday.

A Washington Post journalist has said that Russia's foreign minister regularly outmaneuvers U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in talks when it comes to securing foreign policy benefits for Russia. 
The Russian national soccer team has reached a critical stage in its quest to reach the finals of the Euro 2008 championship. 
Russia's president conveyed his condolences to his Algerian counterpart regarding a September 6 terrorist bombing that killed at least 14 people, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday. 
The Bushehr nuclear power plant that Russia is building in Iran will be commissioned no earlier than the fall of 2008, a source in the Russian nuclear sector said. 
Russia has the backing of the United States in its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), the economics minister, German Gref, said Friday. 
A Ukrainian tour guide died and 11 Russian and Belarusian tourists were injured when their bus collided with a car in Antalya, southwest Turkey, the Russian vice consul said Friday. 



