| October 2008 |
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Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is optimistic about MiG-35 Fulcrum's chances of winning a lucrative tender to supply 126 multirole fighters to the Indian air force, the company's president said on Friday. 
The Russian lower house of parliament rejected on Friday a proposal to hold a minute's silence in memory of those who died during a struggle for control of the country fifteen years ago. 
Milk powder containing melamine, a toxic industrial additive that has caused the deaths of at least four babies in China, has been found in the southwest Siberian city of Tomsk, a source said Friday. 
Russia backs the idea of establishing a Caspian economic cooperation organization to oversee the littoral states' joint projects in energy, transportation and trade, a Russian first deputy prime minister said on Friday. 
The long-awaited iPhone smartphone went on sale at stores throughout Russia at midnight on Friday, with the first phones bought in country's Far East. 
The new board of directors of Russian electricity export-import operator Inter RAO UES could be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, a source close to shareholders said on Friday. 
"Lots of people in Europe don't like the fact that Russian soccer is growing stronger," Mutko said. "We have started to take our place among the world leaders, and this doesn't sit well with a lot of people." 
Siberia's Chita District Court will consider an appeal against a ruling to deny parole for jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky on October 15, defense lawyer Semyon Rosenberg said on Friday. 
Russia's largest oil company Rosneft [RTS: ROSN] plans to invest around $30 billion on the development of Russian offshore deposits, a top company official said on Friday. 



