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American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Russian metals giant Mechel, which was criticized last week by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, plunged 32.25% on NYSE as trading opened Monday. 
The Bulgarian parliament has ratified an agreement on building a pipeline to pump natural gas to southern Europe, Vice Premier Igor Sechin said on Monday. 
Russia is negotiating with Jordan to set up a joint venture to make rocket-propelled grenade launchers, a Russian arms manufacturer said Monday. 
The Russian government will work out a specially targeted federal program to ensure that components for military hardware are produced domestically, the Russian prime minister said Monday. 
Five hostages, including two Russians, were released unharmed Monday by militants who kidnapped them after seizing their vessel in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria, a Russian diplomat said. 
Archaeologists in the Sverdlovsk Region in Russia's Urals have discovered the 9,000-year-old bones of a rhinoceros, a local museum worker said on Monday. 
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the Foreign Ministry on Monday to sign an agreement with Montenegro on visa-free travel. 
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) sees Russian steel giant Mechel's cooperation as a positive sign and will take no action against the company for the time being, a presidential aide said on Monday. 
With exactly half of the season's 30 games played, and the country's top soccer sides struggling to find form, some unfamiliar faces occupy the leading positions in Russia's Premier League. 
More than 8,000 troops are participating in strategic command-and-staff exercises in eastern Russia, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. 
TNK-BP's operations in Russia are not at risk over the ongoing dispute between British oil giant BP and the joint venture's Russian shareholders, the Kremlin's top economic adviser said on Monday. 
A Thai court postponed on Monday for a second time an extradition hearing for a Russian businessman charged with arms smuggling after his new Thai lawyer was unable to attend court, national media said.

A court in Thailand postponed an extradition hearing for a Russian businessman charged with arms smuggling, as his lawyer failed to show up in court, national media reported on Monday. 



