| May 2009 |
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Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil will have an opportunity to renew its contract for the West Qurna-2 oil field in southern Iraq, a senior Iraqi lawmaker said on Monday.
The controversy over U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe may prevent Washington and Moscow from striking a new strategic arms reduction deal before yearend, a Russian business daily said Monday.
Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot announced on Monday its net profit under Russian Accounting Standards increased 23%, year-on-year, in January-March 2009 to 1.6 billion rubles ($50 million).
AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest carmaker, announced on Monday a loss of 6.33 billion rubles ($198 million) in January-March 2009 against a net profit of 281 million rubles ($8.8 million) in the same period of 2008. 
Russia's Dinara Safina continued her recent dominance of women's tennis with victory at the Madrid Open over the weekend cementing her position atop the WTA rankings, published on Monday.
The Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Monday before plunging into a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, Russia's Mission Control said.



