| March 2009 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to reform the civil service system in 2009-2013 as part of a drive against corruption, the Kremlin press service said Tuesday. 
The recent raid by Ukraine's security service on the gas company Naftogaz could damage trust in the country and force Russia to consider alternative routes, Russia's prime minister said on Tuesday. 
Russia's prime minister said on Tuesday that the South Stream gas pipeline would be commissioned in 2015, and that construction costs were estimated at 10 billion euros ($12.7 billion). 
A missile battalion equipped with mobile Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs has been put on combat duty in central Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Missile Forces (SMF) said on Tuesday. 
Iran hopes Russia will keep to the September schedule for the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a former Iranian president said on Tuesday. 
Russia's president said on Tuesday he would discuss all issues on the bilateral agenda, including nonproliferation, with the U.S. president when they meet in London on April 1. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that all state officials, himself included, must make public annual data on their income and private assets, including property. 
Belarus and Russia will stage a large-scale strategic military exercise in the fall, the Belarusian defense minister said on Tuesday. 
Lokomotiv Moscow have made an offer for Schalke 04 forward Kevin Kuranyi, the Bild newspaper said on Tuesday. 
Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser returned to its main base in northern Russia on Tuesday after an almost six-month tour-of-duty of the world's oceans, a Navy spokesman said. 
UEFA is to consider bids from France, Italy, Turkey and a joint proposal from Sweden and Norway to host Euro 2016, European soccer's governing body said on Tuesday. 
Gazprom and the Hungarian Development Bank will sign an agreement on Tuesday on a joint venture to build the Hungarian section of the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. 
Libya has signed with Russia a contract worth up to an estimated $200 million to buy three missile boats, a Russian military journal reported on Tuesday. 



