| June 2009 |
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has released a disc of Russian love songs in memory of the 10th anniversary of his wife's death, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper said on Tuesday.
Russian oil output fell by 0.1% year-on-year to 202 million tons (1.48 billion bbl) in the first five months of 2009, the country's statistics service said on Tuesday.
The leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries backed on Tuesday Russia's proposal on using national currencies in mutual settlements and introducing a common currency for the group.
More energetic efforts by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in implementing joint economic and energy projects will strengthen security in Central Asia

Russia's newest frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, has completed sea trials and the official testing procedure will be over in a few days, a spokesman for the Yantar shipyard said on Tuesday.
There is no official information to confirm reports that St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko will be the next Russian ambassador to Ukraine, her press secretary said on Tuesday.
Georgia's destructive position was responsible for the withdrawal of the UN mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, the chairman of the Russian lower house's international committee said Tuesday.
Russian and Chinese business representatives signed about 40 contracts worth $3 billion at a business forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
The leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries strongly backed efforts to agree a new Russia-U.S. arms control treaty in a declaration at the end of their two-day summit on Tuesday.
Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a third task force later this month to protect shipping routes from Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet commander said on Tuesday.
Russia's president, hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Urals, said on Tuesday that the group considers recent threats made by North Korea to be unacceptable.
Around 500,000 Russians die annually of alcohol abuse, the Russian Public Chamber said in a report on Tuesday.
Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and Avialeasing announced on Tuesday that they had signed a $715 million contract for the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliners in 2011-2013.
Iran's controversial president said on Tuesday that ongoing regional conflicts and the global economic crisis proved that the current unipolar world dominated by the United States is not viable.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved draft changes to an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the lease of a Russian Air Force base in the Central Asian republic, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Russia's president has issued instructions for military cooperation deals to be negotiated with the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
The leaders of India and Pakistan met on Tuesday in Russia's Yekaterinburg for their first talks since last November's terrorist attack in Mumbai.
Gazprom plans to produce 507 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010 but could boost output to 600 billion cu m if necessary, a deputy board chairman said on Tuesday.
A commission to investigate the May 10 pipeline blast in Moscow has found that seven people bore responsibility for the accident, the chief of Moscow's gas distributor said



