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Russia's budget surplus at 8.2% of GDP in Jan.-May

13:40 09/06/2008

Pyramid scheme fraud suspects detained in Moscow
13:27 09/06/2008
Two men were arrested in Moscow on Monday on charges of setting up a pyramid scheme that defrauded around 250,000 people of 18 billion rubles ($765 million), the Interior Ministry said.
Russian, Norwegian foreign ministers to visit border towns
13:17 09/06/2008
The foreign ministers of Russia and Norway will visit border towns and discuss cross-border and fishing cooperation on June 9-10, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Gazprom, SUEK coal producer drop $16 bln merger - news release
12:13 09/06/2008
Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom and largest coal producer SUEK have dropped plans to merge their electricity and coal assets worth $16 billion, but signed a strategic cooperation deal, the companies said in a joint news release.
Petersburg Economic Forum brings $14.6 bln in deals
11:55 09/06/2008
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which brought together politicians and business leaders from June 6-8, produced $14.6 billion in deals, the economics minister said on Monday.
Asset value of Russian banks grows 2% in April
11:21 09/06/2008
One dead, 2 wounded in separate militant attacks in South Russia
09:59 09/06/2008
Attacks on troops and police in two of Russia's Caucasus republics overnight left one dead and two injured, local police said on Monday.

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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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The U.S. Department of State criticized Russia for continuing violation of human rights and democratic freedoms in an annual report published on Thursday.

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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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Third of Russians Approve of Anti-Putin Camp Closure

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