| December 2008 |
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Russia's Reserve Fund has grown by 88.59 billion rubles ($3.2 bln), while the country's National Prosperity Fund has increased by 440.98 billion rubles ($16 billion) since November 1, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. 
Russia's naval task force from the Northern Fleet has started deployment in the southern Caribbean in preparation for joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Monday. 
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed an instruction on the design and construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System, the government said on Monday. 
A Russian chemical weapons disposal facility has completed the destruction of VX nerve agent, a regional government official said on Monday. 
A meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State has been delayed upon a request from Belarus, the Kremlin said on Monday. 
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's announcement of Hillary Clinton as the country's secretary of state has been partially motivated by the ongoing financial crisis, a Russian expert said on Monday. 
Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil said on Monday it had completed a deal with Italy's ERG S.p.A. on acquiring a 49% stake in a joint venture in a refinery in southern Italy. 
Tajik nationals working as construction workers in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg are striking over wage arrears in the first major protest in the country since the start of the financial crisis.

Russia's state-controlled crude producer Rosneft said on Monday its US GAAP net income grew 140% year-on-year in January-September to a record $10.35 billion. 
The Ukrainian government approved on Monday a draft agreement with Russia and Kazakhstan on involvement in the work of an international uranium enrichment facility in East Siberia. 
The Russia-NATO Council may resume work, suspended after Russia's five-day military conflict with Georgia in August, at ambassadorial level, NATO's official spokesman said on Monday. 
Russia's political opposition has applied to the St. Petersburg authorities to hold a so called March of Dissent on December 14 to protest the extension of parliamentary and presidential terms. 
The Swedish government has requested additional information on the Nord Stream pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea to pump Russian natural gas to Germany, the project operator said on Monday. 
Robert Dudley stepped down on Monday as CEO of TNK-BP, the Russian-British joint oil venture said. 



