| October 2008 |
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The mayor of Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort due to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, announced on Thursday his resignation due to health problems. 
Christie's will hold a series of Russian art sales in London on November 24-27, a spokesman for the auction house said on Thursday. 
Russia's state-controlled Vnesheconombank (VEB) will invest up to 5 billion rubles ($184.5 million) daily on the Russian stock market to ease the effects of the ongoing global financial crisis, VEB chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev said. 
Russia's PM Vladimir Putin urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Thursday to boost cooperation with observer countries and international organizations. 
Russia's two main stock exchanges, MICEX and the RTS, opened trading on Thursday with their indices up from Wednesday's close. 
Zenit St. Petersburg drew for a fourth time in a row on Wednesday evening, and now need a "miracle" to qualify for next season's Champions League, said Andrei Arshavin. 
The head of Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency forecast that around 20 to 40 national banks could require bailing out amid the global financial crisis, the Kommersant business daily said on Thursday. 



