| April 2009 |
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Russia's foreign minister asked the Orthodox Church on Wednesday to continue to provide support in organizing interfaith dialogue and countering racism in the country. 
A prominent Russian lawyer and a member of the Russian Public Chamber, Anatoly Kucherena, will try to reach an amicable agreement over a custody dispute between the parents of a three-year-old French-Russian girl. 
Popular Russian singer Diana Gurtskaya, who is blind, has demanded an apology from the British embassy after she was asked to remove her dark glasses while having her photograph taken for a U.K. visa. 
Popular German pop singer Thomas Anders, who is in Moscow to promote his new solo album Good Karma, will give a concert at the Kremlin Palace on April 23. 
The Russian-British oil joint venture TNK-BP plans to spend more than 3 billion rubles ($88 million) on environmental protection in Russia this year, the company's vice president for health, safety and environment said. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted his first live blog on the LiveJournal.com website on Wednesday on the theme of the Internet. 
Svetlana Bakhmina, a former Yukos legal executive and mother of three, could be released on May 1, 10 days after a court upheld her parole request, a defense lawyer said on Wednesday. 
The missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, will lead a fleet of foreign warships participating in a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of China's Navy. 



