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RIA Novosti looks back at the main events of the outgoing year.
Ukraine's Naftogaz said in a letter addressed to energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday it could start confiscating Russian natural gas meant for European consumers after January 1 if no new contract is agreed for 2009.
Russia' s president and prime minister on Wednesday evening discussed the situation regarding last-ditch gas talks between Gazprom and Ukraine as Kiev rejected a new offer of $250 per cu m in 2009. 
Israel will continue its military operations in the Gaza Strip but has not ruled out a possible diplomatic solution in the future, the country's prime minister announced on Wednesday. 
Ukraine's Naftogaz said Wednesday it could start confiscating Russian natural gas meant for European consumers after January 1 if no new contract is agreed for 2009. 
The Russian Foreign Ministry accused on Wednesday the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union of inaction on Georgia's gas cutoff for its breakaway Republic of South Ossetia. 
Space Adventures, a U.S.-based company that organizes private space flights under an arrangement with Russia's space agency, has published a price list for "space services" on its website. 
A former mayor of the capital of Russian republic of North Ossetia, was assassinated on Wednesday, a police source said. 
A former mayor of the capital of Russian republic of North Ossetia, was assassinated on Wednesday, a police source said. 
Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves decreased from $450.8 billion to $438.2 billion in the week of December 19-26, the Russian Central Bank said on Wednesday. 
Russians expressed their New Year's wishes as finding a new job, staying healthy, and happiness among their family members and close friends, according to a survey released on Wednesday. 
Spain has extradited to Russia a suspected Chechen militant who was arrested in the country in 2006, a spokeswoman for the Russian General Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday. 
Russia's penitentiary authorities confirmed on Wednesday the release of terminally ill ex-Yukos official Vasily Aleksanyan on a 50 million ruble ($1.8 million) bail. 



