- 21:39 17/12/2008
A court in the U.S. state of Virginia on Wednesday acquitted Miles Harrison of the involuntary manslaughter of his 21-month-old son, according to a Fairfax County court verdict. 
- 20:36 17/12/2008
Russia's ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, denied on Wednesday reports he had resigned from the post.
- 20:33 17/12/2008
Russia's newly crowned Miss World, Ksenia Sukhinova, arrived in Moscow on Wednesday and will soon return to her home city and outpourings of congratulations from her family and friends.
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A Moscow Region court will begin next week an 'in absentia' trial of fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on charges of money laundering involving Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
- 19:33 17/12/2008
Russia will supply Lebanon with 10 used MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter planes free of charge, the head of the federal military cooperation service said on Wednesday.
- 19:08 17/12/2008
Russia will continue to take part in international efforts to crack down on piracy off the Horn of Africa, which will improve stability in Somalia, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 18:24 17/12/2008
LUKoil, Russia's largest independent crude producer, plans to spend 57 billion rubles ($2 billion) on environmental projects in 2009-2013, a company executive said on Wednesday.
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Russia is considering different options for its cooperation with OPEC, from observation to membership, a Russian deputy prime minister said Wednesday.
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Russia's Strategic Missile Forces plan 13 training missile launches for next year, the forces commander Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said Wednesday.
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Russia could cut oil output by 320,000 barrels per day in 2009 if current world oil prices persist, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told OPEC members at a summit on Wednesday.
