| March 2009 |
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The Paris Court of Appeals has upheld a 2008 court ruling ordering Swiss company Noga to unfreeze Russian accounts in France, including those of RIA Novosti, the news agency's lawyer said on Thursday. 
Russia and the West would be making a big mistake if they ignored or underestimated the potential missile and nuclear threat coming from Iran, a Russian military expert said on Thursday. 
President Dmitry Medvedev appointed on Thursday Yelena Skrynnik, who previously led a nationwide agricultural development program, as agriculture minister. 
Russia's foreign minister told his Azerbaijani counterpart on Thursday that Russia wants to continue using the Gabala early-warning radar after the current lease expires in 2012. 
Roscosmos and NASA have decided not to pursue a U.S.-initiated idea to make life on the International Space Station (ISS) a reality show, the Russian Space Agency announced on Thursday. 
Russia's Federal Security Services (FSB) has seized a stash of hashish worth 280 million rubles ($8 million) in the southern republic of Dagestan, an FSB spokesman said on Thursday. 
Russia's newest frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, will begin service before the end of this year, the Baltic Fleet commander said on Thursday. 
Low commodity prices and stock declines amid the global credit crunch have slashed the net worth of many of Russia's super-rich, sending them down the rankings in the Forbes rich list published on Thursday. 
North Korea has informed Russia that it has signed up to an international treaty and convention on space, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday. 
The Russian government's spending on anti-crisis measures will reach 12% of GDP in 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. 



