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The Russian stock exchanges MICEX and RTS suspended trading from 11:05 a.m. Moscow time (07:05 GMT) after their indexes plunged shortly after opening, spokesmen for the exchanges reported on Wednesday. 
The Russian stock exchanges MICEX and RTS suspended trading from 11:05 a.m. Moscow time (07:05 GMT) after their indexes plunged shortly after opening, spokesmen for the exchanges reported on Wednesday. 
The leaders of the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) will gather in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on October 10 to discuss joint measures to tackle the global financial crisis. 
Russian steel producer Severstal [LSE: SVST; RTS: CHMF] has said its investments in U.S.-based assets are set to reach $6 billion by the end of 2009. 
Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is expected to be out for three weeks with a partially torn knee ligament and will miss Russia's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Finland. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a CIS foreign ministerial meeting in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on October 9, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. 
The U.S. stock market has suffered a $700 billion paper loss in a single session, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, which tracks the stocks of 5,000 U.S.-based companies. 



