| October 2008 |
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has proposed building a new Russian church in Caracas, the chief spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church said Friday.
The Russian government was forced to shut down the two main stock exchanges on Friday, after they shed over 13% as share prices tumbled in the United States and Europe. 
Daylight saving time ends in Russia in the early hours of Sunday, when the country will put clocks back one hour, giving people extra hour in bed. 
Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport on Friday linked the sanctions imposed by the United States on the company with a growth of Russian arms exports. 
A passenger who threatened to blow up a plane flying from south Russia to Moscow on Friday has been detained, and is known to have a criminal record and a history of mental illness, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said. 
Russia's president appointed on Friday ambassadors to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, cementing support for the Georgian separatist regions Moscow recognized as independent states after the August conflict. 
U.S. sanctions against Russia's state-run arms exporter are retaliation for Moscow's completely legitimate military-technical cooperation with Iran, a Russian MP said on Friday. 
Ukraine has accused Russia of supplying arms to both Abkhazia and Georgia before a five-day conflict over South Ossetia in August, a spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry said on Friday. 
Russia should start preparing to withdraw its Black Sea Fleet from bases in the Crimea now, because the process could take up to six years, a Ukrainian diplomat said on Friday. 
An opinion poll said on Friday that over 30% of Russians believe that the results of U.S. presidential elections slated for November will make no difference to "tense" Russia-U.S. relations. 
The sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia's state-run arms exporter contravene international law and will affect ties with Washington, Russia's foreign minister said Friday. 



