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Defense lawyers for former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner accused on Wednesday the presiding judge of bias in their clients' new case, and called for his dismissal.

Russia's leading carmaker AvtoVAZ said on Wednesday it could resume production on March 5, following a suspension earlier in the day over problems with suppliers. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that women should be encouraged to take key government positions in the country. 
The work of the Russia-NATO Council, frozen after the war with Georgia last August, could resume later this month, the Russian envoy to the military alliance said on Wednesday. 
Moscow's budget will not be severely affected by the closures of casinos and other gambling establishments, the Russian capital's deputy mayor said on Wednesday. 
Defense lawyers for former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev accused on Wednesday a Moscow judge of bias in their clients' case, and called for his dismissal. 
Zenit St. Petersburg captain Anatoly Tymoschuk has called on the side's fans to take part in a club program aimed at combating racism in the game, Zenit's official website said on Wednesday. 
Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company will deliver its first Superjet 100 medium-haul airliner to the country's flagship carrier Aeroflot in December, the SCA president said on Wednesday. 
Russia's Pacific Fleet will reduce its numbers by 5,000 personnel in the next three to four years, a fleet source said on Wednesday. 
Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will conduct joint air defense exercises from August 7 until September 18, the first deputy commander of Russia's Air Force said on Wednesday. 
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of a vast oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast, said on Wednesday a sale and purchase agreement had been signed for LNG supply to the Japanese company Osaka Gas. 
Russia's leading carmaker AvtoVAZ has halted its main assembly line until further notice due to problems with suppliers, the company's press office said on Wednesday. 
Fraud charges have been brought against a group of Defense Ministry officials involved in the disposal of airplane bombs and missiles, investigators at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Wednesday. 



