| May 2009 |
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Metals magnate Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's richest man, has received permission to build a 'seven star' hotel near Izmir on Turkey's Aegean Sea coast, national media reported on Friday.
The head of the United Nations has dismissed a claim by Georgia that he was forced to amend a report on the UN Caucasus mission due to Russian "blackmail", and called the allegation "unfortunate."
Russia opened on Friday the first unit of a chemical weapons destruction facility in Siberia's Kurgan Region, and pledged to destroy 45% of existing stockpiles by the end of 2009.
One policeman and one robber died in armed attacks in Moscow overnight, and a senior Defense Ministry official was robbed. 
NASA has signed a $306 million deal with Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos extending the current contract for transporting crew to the International Space Station.



