| November 2008 |
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One person died and three were injured in a household gas explosion in southern Russia's Rostov Region on Monday. 
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the country must develop a set of measures to influence world oil prices. 
The next round of talks on Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization will be held on November 24-25, Moscow's top WTO negotiator 
The European Union said on Monday that talks on a new strategic partnership agreement with Russia would resume later this month, despite opposition from Lithuania. 
Fitch has downgraded rating outlooks for 12 Russian banks to negative from stable, the international rating agency said on Monday. 
Novolipetsk Steel [LSE: NLMK] said on Monday its net profit under Russian Accounting Standards increased almost 200% in July-September from a year ago to 30.68 billion rubles ($1.14 billion). 
Russia's Admiralty Shipyard has started construction of a second enhanced ice-class tanker designed to ship oil from an Arctic oil field, a company spokesperson said on Monday. 
The EU-Russia summit to be held in Nice on Friday will focus on the global financial crisis, Russia's envoy to the European Union said on Monday. 
The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches could meet in a year in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, church representatives said on Monday. 
Dynamo Moscow, one of Russia's oldest and most famous clubs, moved closer to their first appearance in the Champions League after a 2-0 win on Sunday over Vladivostok's Luch-Energiya. 
The Russian Defense Ministry denied on Monday media reports that the former commander of the Chechen Vostok battalion, Sulim Yamadayev, had been assigned to a new post. 



