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Any possible halt in Russian gas supplies to Ukraine is unlikely to affect European consumers, the European Commission energy spokesman said Thursday. 
Moscow hit out furiously on Thursday at an announcement by the OSCE's main election watchdog that it would stay away from Russia's March 2 presidential polls, calling the decision "unacceptable". 
Advanced S-400 anti-aircraft / anti-missile systems will be deployed in northwest Russia in the near future, an army commander said on Thursday. 
Russia's State Duma received on Thursday confirmation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) plans to send 30 observers to the March 2 presidential polls, a senior MP said. 
A research center in Siberia is conducting the second phase of clinical trials for a human vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the center's deputy director said on Thursday. 
The OSCE's election monitoring body deliberately set out to boycott Russia's March 2 presidential elections, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Thursday.
Two of Europe's main election monitoring bodies refused on Thursday to send observers to Russia's March 2 presidential polls, citing restrictions imposed by the country's top election officials. 
Russian companies face tough competition from other emerging markets as they push the country's investment case at the World Money Show in Florida, which enters its second day on Thursday. 
A fire in a central Moscow nightclub that left two people injured has now been put out, Viktor Beltsov, an emergencies spokesman, said on Thursday. 
Net capital outflow from Russia reached $9 billion in January 2008, following a twofold increase in net capital inflow into the country in 2007, a Central Bank official said Thursday. 



