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Russian analyst says BRIC unlikely to evolve into organization

21:43 09/06/2009

The world's largest emerging economies known under the acronym BRIC are unlikely to form an influential organization due to major differences in their economies and culture, a leading Russian economist said on Tuesday.

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Russia bans dairy products from Belarus
21:42 09/06/2009
Russia has expanded its list of banned food products from Belarus to include most dairy products, the head of Russia's consumer rights regulator said Tuesday.
Russian to spend month on Siberian rock to protest bear cull
21:08 09/06/2009
A Russian photographer is to spend a month on a rocky mountain peak in an East Siberian nature reserve in protest against a planned cull of local bears.
Russian MP returns from Ukraine after detention on aircraft
20:43 09/06/2009
A Russian lawmaker who is blacklisted from entering Ukraine has returned from the country after a failed attempt to attend a Russian language festival, Russia's consulate in Simferopol said on Tuesday.
Russian deputy foreign minister runs for UNESCO chief
19:59 09/06/2009
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko has been chosen as a candidate for the post of UNESCO director general, the organization said in a press release.
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan seek to join WTO as customs bloc
19:56 09/06/2009
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan intend to join the WTO as a single customs union, not individually, the Russian prime minister said on Tuesday.
Russian president says N.Caucasus situation remains difficult
18:55 09/06/2009
The situation in the North Caucasus remains complicated, with 308 terrorism-related crimes committed since the start of the year, the Russian president said Tuesday.
Dmitry Medvedev in Daghestan
18:55 09/06/2009
The situation in the North Caucasus remains complicated, with 308 terrorism-related crimes committed since the start of the year, the Russian president said Tuesday.
Obama to face gay parade during July visit to Moscow
18:45 09/06/2009
Russia's sexual minorities plan to gather in Moscow in favor of same-sex unions during U.S. President Barack Obama's visit on July 7, the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reported on Tuesday.
Russian budget deficit up to $16 bln in January-May
17:58 09/06/2009
Russia's federal budget deficit increased in May by 140.9 billion rubles ($4.5 billion), to reach 511 billion rubles ($16.3 billion) for the first five months of the year, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Russia says Eurasec could lend Belarus $500 mln
17:53 09/06/2009
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin suggested on Tuesday that Eurasec's anti-crisis fund could be used to grant Belarus a $500 million loan.
Russian ships head home after anti-piracy duty off Somali coast
16:46 09/06/2009
Russia's Pacific Fleet task force led by the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer is heading back to its base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, a Fleet statement said on Tuesday.
Chinese leader to visit Russia for BRIC, SCO summits next week
16:37 09/06/2009
President Hu Jintao will visit Russia next week for a regional summit as well as the first summit of the world's four largest emerging economies, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia imposes ban on another 800 Belarusian dairy products
16:27 09/06/2009
Russia's consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor has banned the imports of another 800 dairy products from Belarus, the watchdog's head told RIA Novosti.
Russian prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for tycoon Berezovsky
16:15 09/06/2009
The prosecution is demanding that fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky be given a 15-year prison term in absentia for his part in embezzling 140 million rubles ($4.5 mln), a court-appointed lawyer said on Tuesday.
Russia denies Belarus cooperation linked to S.Ossetia, Abkhazia
15:56 09/06/2009
Russia's foreign minister denied on Tuesday that practical cooperation with Belarus, including granting a loan, was linked to the country's recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence.
Russia's broad monetary base up 5.1% in May- Central Bank
15:31 09/06/2009
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 5.1% to 4.712 trillion rubles ($151 bln) as of June 1 from 4.484 trillion ($143.7 bln) on May 1, the Central Bank reported on Tuesday.
Magna, Sberbank to pay $139 mln upfront for Opel deal - paper
14:41 09/06/2009
Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank will pay 100 million euros ($139 million) upfront as part of the deal to buy struggling German auto maker Opel, a Russian business paper said on Tuesday.
Divers discover wreckage of Soviet WWII submarine in Baltic Sea
14:25 09/06/2009
A team of Swedish and Finnish divers have located the wreckage of a Soviet WWII S-type diesel submarine near the Aland islands in the Baltic Sea, a Swedish news agency said
Egypt to deport eight Russian students
13:59 09/06/2009
Egyptian authorities were due on Tuesday to deport eight Russian students held in detention in the northern African country, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Cairo said

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