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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the Russian economy would not be subject to nationalization. 
St. Petersburg shipyard Baltiysky Zavod has started sea trials of a new diesel-electric icebreaker in the Baltic Sea, the company said on Wednesday.
RTS, a leading Russian stock exchange, showed robust growth in Wednesday trading, with its index climbing almost 12%. 
Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of energy giant Gazprom, said on Wednesday it had revised its 2008 oil output forecast down from 31.7 million tons (232 million barrels) to 31.2 million tons (229 million barrels). 
Iran is planning to manufacture over 50 Russian-designed Ka-32 helicopters under a production license, an Iranian aircraft industry official said on Wednesday. 
Legendary Soviet-era baritone Muslim Magomayev, who died after a long illness at the age of 66 on Saturday, was buried on Wednesday in Baku, the capital of his native Azerbaijan. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will deliver his first state of the nation address to both houses of parliament on November 5, the Kremlin said Wednesday. 
The Russian fashion market will survive the ongoing global financial crisis while foreign houses are likely to go to the wall, the producer of Russian Fashion Week (RFW) said. 
Iran will need an additional 20 An-140 turboprop aircraft to ensure effective patrols of its national borders, Iran's aircraft industry official said on Wednesday. 
Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the Russian republic of Chechnya, said on Wednesday he opposed the idea of merging the province with the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. 
Russians marked 90 years on Wednesday since the establishment of the Soviet-era Young Communist League, or the Komsomol. 



