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Russia and Belarus signed on Thursday an agreement to grant Minsk a $2 billion loan, and agreed to switch to rubles when trading in oil and gas, the Belarusian finance minister said. 
The Russian General Staff has decided to buy unmanned planes from Israel over the next two to three years, a lawmaker in the lower house's defense committee said Thursday. 
The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine on Thursday of attempting to conceal the truth over Georgia's August 8 offensive on breakaway South Ossetia, and Kiev's role in the armed conflict. 
The Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier could be handed over to the Indian Navy in 2012 if Delhi provides sufficient funding for the project, the director of a Russian shipyard said on Thursday. 
The decision on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization should be made as soon as possible, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. 
Russia and Abkhazia are in talks on establishing a permanent Russian naval presence in the disputed Georgian republic, the Abkhazian foreign minister said on Thursday. 
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed on Thursday Russia's proposal that the two countries abandon their plans to deploy missiles in Central Europe. 
Russia's Supreme Court has ruled to ban al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, classifying it as a terrorist organization, the General Prosecutor's Office said on Thursday. 
A crew member activated without permission a fire safety system on board the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing the deaths of 20 people, investigators said on Thursday.

Russia is considering opening a base for its Black Sea Fleet in Abkhazia, a lawmaker and former fleet commander said on Thursday. 
A Kazakh national will fly to the International Space Station in October 2009, a spokesman for the Kazakh National Space Agency said on Thursday. 
Russia's foreign minister expressed his support on Thursday for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's announcement of a ceasefire in the restive Darfur region. 



