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Russian Superjet 100 makes first test flight

12:46 19/05/2008

Russia's new Superjet 100 medium-haul passenger airliner made its first test flight on Monday, a spokesman for manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft said.

Syrian military delegation arrives in Moscow
12:24 19/05/2008
A group of Syrian military officials arrived in Moscow on Monday to discuss prospects for bilateral military and technical cooperation, a Russian Air Force spokesman said.
Russia's oil exports down 3.3% to 448 mln bbls in Jan-March
11:46 19/05/2008
Severstal to issue $1.5bn in Eurobonds, buy U.S. assets - paper
11:24 19/05/2008
Georgia, Abkhazia agree peace plan - paper
10:51 19/05/2008
Georgia and its breakaway republic of Abkhazia have drawn up a plan to resolve their long-running conflict, which the province's leader, Sergei Bagapsh, will be discussing in Moscow on Monday, a Russian business daily said.
RUXX investment index set to open 2.44% up
10:02 19/05/2008
Russia set to continue WTO talks in Geneva
09:38 19/05/2008
A new round of bilateral and multilateral talks on Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will begin in Geneva on Monday, Russia's chief delegate to the talks said.
Tourist bus with Russians crashes in Ukraine, 18 injured
09:18 19/05/2008
Eighteen people including 15 Russians were injured when a tourist bus crashed in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, a spokesman for the local emergencies service said on Monday.
Russia wins ice hockey World Championship
08:56 19/05/2008
Russia's national ice hockey team beat Canada 5-4 in overtime in the final of the 2008 IIHF World Championship in Canada to become world champions for the first time in 15 years.

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Scuffle in Ukraine’s Parliament Thwarts Language Bill Consideration

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A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

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Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.

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