| April 2009 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday there is a good chance Russia will not have to place Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad Region in response to the U.S. missile shield in Europe. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that he saw in U.S. President Barack Obama a constructive individual who can honestly answer difficult questions. 
NATO wants to discuss with Russia its plans for military bases in the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the military alliance's secretary general said on Thursday. 
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has suggested establishing January 9 as the Day of the Return of the Chechen People from Deportation, the president's website said on Thursday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is in favor of proposals to increase the resources of international financial institutions by $1 trillion to help overcome the global crisis, a Kremlin aide said Thursday.

Russian international Andrei Arshavin has been voted Arsenal's player of the month for March by the club's supporters, the team's official website said on Thursday. 
Residents of Moscow's most elite region have seen a dramatic increase in crimes committed by maids and other domestic staff during the ongoing financial crisis, a Russian daily said on Thursday. 
Russia urges North Korea to show restraint with its upcoming rocket launch and related activities, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Friday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is in favor of proposals to increase the resources of international financial institutions by $1 trillion to help overcome the global crisis, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday. 
Former tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky who is standing trial for embezzlement, accused Russia's law-enforcement agencies on Thursday of involvement in oil theft. 
Police in East Siberia have completed their investigation into a gang of teenagers suspected of killing at least five people on the orders of a 22-year-old failed teacher, regional media said on Thursday. 
Dubai police have released everyone detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of former Chechen military commander Sulim Yamadayev, Russia's consul general to Dubai said on Thursday. 
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has criticized NATO's eastward expansion and the failure by Western powers to keep their promise not to deploy military bases near Russia's borders. 
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) welcomed on Thursday the newly announced U.S. and Russian commitment to reduce their nuclear arsenals. 
Russia is planning to launch three more Soyuz piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. 



