| November 2008 |
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Georgia's request to move the 2014 Winter Olympics from a resort in southern Russia has been rejected by the International Olympic Committee, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Friday. 
Kamaz is considering setting up an assembly line to produce 500 trucks annually in Cuba, Russia's largest truck maker said Friday. 
Russia currently has around two billion tons of toxic waste on its territory, and there is no effective way to dispose of it, the Russian consumer rights regulator said Friday. 
Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom, has extended a contract to supply natural gas to Slovakia until 2028, Gazprom and Slovensky plynarensky priemysel a.s. (SPP) said in a joint press release. 
The speaker of the lower house of the Czech parliament said on Friday that he doubted a U.S. missile defense radar would be deployed in the Czech Republic.
The reactor on Russia's newest strategic nuclear-powered submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, was started up on Friday, a Sevmash shipyard spokesman said. 
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ordered the government on Friday to pay the country's debt to Russia for natural gas supplies within five days, Kiev's UNIAN news agency reported. 
Russia's Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate is escorting an international convoy of nine vessels past the Horn of Africa to protect them from Somali pirate attacks, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday. 
Russia will consider its Western partners' proposals on the U.S. missile defense plans for Europe only when they are legally formalized, the chief of the General Staff said on Friday. 



