| October 2008 |
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A car exploded Wednesday evening outside a hotel in the center of Vladikavkaz in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, wounding deputy city mayor Mairam Tamayev, a law enforcement official said.

The Central Bank of Russia will auction 400 billion rubles ($15 billion) in unsecured loans on Thursday, the bank's press service said on Wednesday. 
A car exploded Wednesday evening outside a hotel in the center of Vladikavkaz in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, a law enforcement official said. 
Russia welcomes Washington's decision to host an international summit on the global financial crisis on November 15, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry believes media speculation about the possibility of a war over the Arctic are ungrounded and "alarmist," an ambassador at large said Wednesday. 
A giant 1930s Soviet-era statue will be mounted on a 37 meters (121.4 feet) high platform in Moscow once its restoration is completed, a Moscow official said on Wednesday. 
The Somali pirates holding the MV Faina Ukrainian vessel have threatened to kill the crew tomorrow, Ukraine's Segodnya newspaper said on Wednesday.

Moscow will be ready to discuss the extension of its naval presence in Sevastopol, Ukraine 'at a later stage,' the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
A new-generation RS-24 multiple-warhead missile system will enter service with Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) in 2009, the force commander said on Wednesday. 
Russian TV channels broadcasting news in Georgia are still blocked, although restrictions on Russian-domain websites have been lifted, the Civil Georgia information portal reported on Wednesday. 
The granddaughter of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has given birth to a girl, a spokesperson for the Gorbachev Foundation said on Wednesday. 
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) have successfully launched an RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the SMF said on Wednesday. 
Tokyo Mayor Shintaro Ishihara opened on Wednesday a two-day conference on climate change with criticism of Russian and U.S. Arctic policies. 



