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Russian-produced Ford Mondeo cars go on sale

11:47 01/04/2009

The first Ford Mondeo cars to be produced at a Ford car plant near Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg have gone on sale in Russia, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

Russia's Urals blend averages $43.51 per barrel in Jan.-Mar.
11:29 01/04/2009
World prices for Russia's benchmark Urals oil blend averaged $43.51 per barrel in the first quarter of 2009, a Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.
Lenin monument damaged in St Petersburg blast
11:23 01/04/2009
A statue of Vladimir Lenin near the Finlyandsky railway station in St. Petersburg was badly damaged in an explosion on Wednesday, a local police spokesman said.
Russia hope to avoid April Fool's Day slipup in Liechtenstein
11:19 01/04/2009
The Russian national soccer team take on minnows Liechtenstein on Wednesday evening in Vaduz in a World Cup qualifying tie that they are expected to win easily.
Dubai police have leads in Yamadayev assassination
11:12 01/04/2009
Police in Dubai have a number of positive leads, which could help to uncover the mastermind behind the assassination of former military commander, Sulim Yamadayev, the Dubai police chief said on Wednesday.
Medvedev in London for G20 summit, talks with Obama
10:24 01/04/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is to meet his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in London aimed at finding ways to tackle the global financial crisis.
Prominent human rights official attacked in east Moscow
10:17 01/04/2009
A prominent Russian human rights official is in hospital after being beaten in east Moscow overnight, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

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Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

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Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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