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19:26 29/06/2008

Russia's Putin warns Ukraine over plans to join NATO
17:31 29/06/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine over its plans to join NATO and said Russia would transfer its space and hi-tech facilities to domestic soil, if the ex-Soviet republic enters the alliance.
Russia's public sector wages to rise 30% from Dec. 1 - PM Putin
15:02 29/06/2008
Public sector wages in Russia will increase by 30% from December 1, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
Six killed in militant attacks in Chechnya in North Caucasus
14:04 29/06/2008
Three police and three civilians have been killed in two separate clashes with militants in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, a local law-enforcement official said on Sunday.
Apparent stomach infection hits 11 children in east Siberia
13:49 29/06/2008
Eleven children aged 3-6 were hospitalized with an apparent stomach infection in the East Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, a spokeswoman for the city's health department said on Sunday.
Road accident in northwest Russia leaves 8 dead, 18 injured
11:39 29/06/2008
At least eight people died and another eighteen were injured after a bus collided with a truck in the Leningrad Region in northwest Russia, the regional emergencies center said on Sunday.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set out his agenda for the future of Russian business on Thursday at a meeting with entrepreneurs, promising less regulation and taxes and asking business to help plan its future.

Greece Agrees to Fresh Austerity Measures

Greece Agrees to Fresh Austerity Measures

Greek political leaders have finally struck a deal on new austerity measures demanded by creditors to secure a 130-billion euro bailout to avoid default and keep the country afloat, local media reported on Thursday.

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The State Duma will invite political parties that have no parliamentary representation to discuss reform of the country’s political system on February 28, Oleg Morozov, deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament, said on Thursday.

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Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is welcome to join but not head the grassroots protest group League of Voters, the organization’s founders said.

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