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22:03 16/04/2008

Tbilisi says Russia trying to annex Georgia's breakaway regions
21:59 16/04/2008
Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze accused Russia on Wednesday of trying to annex the country's unrecognized republics.
Libya to pay $4.6 bln debt to Russia - finance minister
21:42 16/04/2008
Russia and Libya have agreed that Tripoli will repay Moscow $4.6 billion in outstanding Soviet-era debt, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.
Russia dismisses Ukraine's reports on fleet withdrawal talks
21:32 16/04/2008
Reports by Kiev that consultations on the withdrawal of Russia's Black Sea Fleet from Ukraine are due to start this summer are untrue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Russia, Iran will continue to observe Soviet-era Caspian treaty
21:21 16/04/2008
Japan PM cancels European tour, but will visit Russia Apr. 25 - 2
20:16 16/04/2008
Putin orders aid for population in Georgia's breakaway regions
19:11 16/04/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday the president has instructed that measures be drawn up to provide support for the population in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Three killed, one injured in helicopter crash in Urals
17:48 16/04/2008
Three people have been killed and one injured in a helicopter crash in the Perm Territory in Russia's Urals, the company that owns the helicopter, Gazpromavia, said on Wednesday.
Cosmetic chain Arbat Prestige to close outlets in St. Petersburg
17:09 16/04/2008
Talks on Russian fleet withdrawal from Ukraine to start in June
16:55 16/04/2008
Moscow and Kiev will start consultations on the withdrawal of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from Ukraine in June this year, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Wednesday.
Military denies shootout in Chechnya with president's convoy
16:42 16/04/2008
Russian mobile operator MTS posts 90% rise in 2007 net profit
16:35 16/04/2008
Russia to build nuclear plant in Baltic exclave with foreign help -2
16:12 16/04/2008
Greek prime minister to visit Moscow late April
15:48 16/04/2008
Russia to build nuclear plant in Baltic exclave
15:48 16/04/2008
Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad with the participation of European companies, the head of nuclear power agency Rosatom announced on Wednesday.
Second probe against Yukos co-founders extended until Aug. 2
15:47 16/04/2008
France's Belvedere could purchase Russian distillery - paper
15:29 16/04/2008
Russian works fetch $36 million at Sotherby's New York art sale
14:51 16/04/2008
Russia could sign $2-4 bln arms contracts with Libya
14:27 16/04/2008
Russia's potential arms contracts with Libya could be worth between $2 bln and $4 bln, a Russian defense analyst said on Wednesday.
Russia's Severstal-Avto posts 52% net profit growth in 2007
13:17 16/04/2008

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