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TNK-BP's Russian billionaire shareholders plan to go to court following a dispute with their British partners in the joint oil venture, a spokesman for the group said on Wednesday.
Ukraine is concerned over a Russian chemical weapons disposal plant currently being constructed 70 km (43 miles) away from its borders, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged on Wednesday the government's support for Russian-language foreign press. 
Ukraine is concerned over a Russian chemical weapons disposal plant currently being constructed 70 km (43 miles) away from its borders, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
Experts from Airbus will assist in the air accident investigation into the A310 Sudan Airways crash in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, which left at least 29 dead, the air company said Wednesday. 
A lawyer for an alleged Russian arms dealer in custody in Thailand on suspicion of illegal arms trading and other crimes, said Wednesday his client is unlikely to be extradited to the United States. 
Russia will deploy more personnel and equipment at its air base in Kyrgyzstan, the Air Force commander told a Russian daily on Wednesday. 
Russia is set to launch its first weather satellite, Meteor-M1, in the fourth quarter of 2008, the satellite's manufacturer said on Wednesday. 
Russia's president said on Wednesday that Moscow would take action to defend Russian-language media facing closure in countries with Russian speaking minorities. 
Russia's president said on Wednesday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is ill-equipped to address the security problems facing Europe. 
The U.S. secretary of state has said that while Russia has proved a valuable partner on certain issues over the past eight years, Washington is disappointed by the way the country has developed. 
Two Tu-142 aircraft from Russia's Northern Fleet have successfully conducted a reconnaissance flight over the Arctic Ocean in latitudes close to the North Pole, a Navy spokesman said on Wednesday. 
The U.S. Embassy in Russia has handed over to the Moscow police a 'suspicious' parcel containing an alarm-clock, a bible, and some dill and parsley, a police source said on Wednesday. 



