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22:06 17/03/2008

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Russia's future leader calls for more stable relations with U.S.
20:52 17/03/2008
Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev told top United States officials on Monday that the two countries need to work to overcome their disputes and build a more stable relationship.
Serbia in talks with Russia to end N. Kosovo violence
20:10 17/03/2008
Serbia has started consultations with Russia on joint action to end the ongoing violence in northern Kosovo, the Serbian prime minister said on Monday.
Russia boosts spending on Strategic Missile Forces' training
19:53 17/03/2008
Annual spending on combat training in Russia's Strategic Missile Forces has increased five-fold since 2004, an SMF spokesman said on Monday.
Ukraine wants Russia to pay more for gas storage, transit
19:44 17/03/2008
Ukraine wants to discuss with Russia the issue of raising tariffs for the storage of Russian gas and its transit to Europe in 2009, the fuel and energy minister said on Monday.
Putin satisfied with Russia's banking sector development
17:05 17/03/2008
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed on Monday his satisfaction with the development of the country's banking sector.
Siberian tomcat to replace Connie as Kremlin pet
16:43 17/03/2008
Russian auto maker GAZ to supply 1,700 vehicles to Iran
16:39 17/03/2008
Russia says no plans to supply arms to Georgian breakaway region
16:33 17/03/2008
Russia's decision to lift sanctions against Georgia's unrecognized republic of Abkhazia does not mean Russia will supply weapons to the conflict zone, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Monday.
Russia condemns Nazi veterans' march in Latvia
15:38 17/03/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry has condemned a march by Waffen SS veterans in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Ethnic Serbs and UN forces clash in north Kosovo -2
15:22 17/03/2008
UN forces in the north of Kosovo have come under attack by ethnic Serbs after an operation to retake a UN court building occupied by protestors since last Friday, a police spokesman said.
Russia, EADS Astrium to build high-power satellite
15:11 17/03/2008
Natural gas exchange to fix St. Petersburg's finances - paper
15:01 17/03/2008
Russia's industrial output up 7.6% in February year-on-year
14:59 17/03/2008
Sea Launch postpones DirecTV 11 satellite launch
14:57 17/03/2008
VEB plans to transfer 5% stake in EADS to UABC in 2H08
14:33 17/03/2008
Russian-launched U.S. satellite unlikely to reach target orbit
14:15 17/03/2008
A U.S. AMC-14 satellite launched from a space center in Kazakhstan on early Saturday is unlikely to reach the designated orbit from its current position, a Russian space expert said on Monday.
Russia's metals giant MMK posts 24% net profit growth in 2007
13:41 17/03/2008
Russia's Air Defense to fire missiles in East Siberia
12:13 17/03/2008
The Russian Air Force's Air Defense units will fire over ten surface-to-air missiles at the Telemba firing range in East Siberia's Chita Region, a military spokesman said on Monday.
Putin, Medvedev to meet top U.S. officials over security issues
12:00 17/03/2008
Russia's outgoing president and his elected successor will meet with top U.S. officials arriving in Moscow Monday for talks on missile defenses in Europe, a Kremlin official said.

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