| March 2009 |
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Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) may decline by 4.5% this year, the World Bank said in a revised report published on Monday. 
Around 20,000 troops from Russia's Interior Ministry forces will be withdrawn from Chechnya if the antiterrorism operation ends in the North Caucasus republic, the ministry said on Monday. 
Siblings Marat and Dinara Safin led a succession of Russians out of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami, although four women did make Monday's fourth round. 
Police in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg have seized more than 12 kilograms of heroin from two citizens of Kyrgyzstan, the local drugs control service said on Monday. 
Japanese carmaker Toyota on Monday suspended for six working days the production of Camry cars at its plant near St. Petersburg, a company spokesman said. 
Sulim Yamadayev, the former commander of the Chechen Vostok battalion, is in hospital in a serious condition after surviving an assassination attempt in Dubai, a relative told RIA Novosti. 



