| April 2009 |
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Russia's foreign minister said on Friday that the country is still waiting for information from the United Arab Emirates on the March 28 shooting of a Russian army commander. 
A court in a Black Sea resort city ruled against an appeal by former Bolshoi Theater ballerina Anastasia Volochkova to allow her to run in the Sochi mayoral elections. 
Iraq is seeking to expand the presence of Russian companies on its market, the premier of the oil-rich country said at a meeting on Friday with his Russian counterpart. 
Russian diamond producers have been hit by the oversaturated global market, the Association of Manufacturers Producers of Russia said on Friday. 
Russian astronaut Yury Lonchakov dismissed media reports that Russian and American crewmembers were discriminating against each other on the International Space Station. 
Russian-Chinese military-technical cooperation totals $16 billion since 2001, but the Chinese share of Russian arms exports is decreasing, the head of Russia's arms export monopoly has said. 
Russia plans 14 test launches of ballistic missiles this year, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said on Friday. "Fourteen launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles of various types are planned for 2009," Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said.

"The extension in the service life of the [Voyevoda-M] missile will allow us to keep these missiles, the most powerful in the world, in the SMF for another eight-10 years," Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said. 
Chelsea's Champions League hero Branislav Ivanovic says Guus Hiddink has completely transformed the London club since taking temporary charge at Stamford Bridge in February. 
Russia successfully test launched on Friday a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile to assess the possibility of extending its service life up to 22 years, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said. 
Russia's TVEL, a subsidiary of state-controlled nuclear power company Atomenergoprom, has delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel for Indian heavy-water reactors, Atomenergoprom said Friday. 
Russian experts will be flown to Italy on Sunday to assist in assessing building safety in the aftermath of this week's devastating earthquake, an emergencies ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. 



