| July 2009 |
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Moscow asked Ukraine on Wednesday to recall two senior diplomats from Russia, following a similar request from the Ukrainian side, the Foreign Ministry said.
Russia's antimonopoly agency has found state oil producer Rosneft to have broken antitrust laws in forcing up petrochemical prices, an agency spokesman said on Thursday.
A Moscow court turned down a compensation claim filed by a man injured by an off-duty police officer who went on a shooting spree, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom on Wednesday.
The deployment of a Russian military base in southern Kyrgyzstan has been coordinated with Kyrgyz authorities, an aide to the Russian president said on Wednesday.
Russian paratroopers will receive new weaponry and equipment in 2009 to increase their effectiveness in light of the recent conflict with Georgia, the Airborne Troops commander said on Wednesday.
Russia objects to a recent statement from a senior Belarusian official, apparently recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia as falling under Georgia's legal system, a Kremlin official said on Wednesday.
Russia's Progress M-67 cargo spacecraft successfully docked on Wednesday with the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said.
Russian investigators have detained a suspect in the attempted murder of Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, an investigative committee spokesman said.
Russia will raise its oil export duty from the current $212.6 to $222 per metric ton from August 1, in line with a government resolution published on Wednesday.
Moscow will grant a $150 million loan for two years to Cuba to finance deliveries of Russian construction and agricultural machinery and equipment.
Russia's largest gold producer, Polyus Gold, said its gold output declined 14.4%, in January-June 2009, year-on-year, to 14.9 metric tons (479,000 troy ounces)
Russia's Finance Ministry has submitted a draft budget for 2010-2012 to the government for consideration, a ministry source said on Wednesday.
Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, said on Wednesday that an attempt on his life had been made.
Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft said on Wednesday its net profit under Russian Accounting Standards had declined almost 50% in January-June 2009, year-on-year, to 81.32 billion rubles ($2.6 bln). 
Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Tbilisi's actions prove Georgia's administration is only thinking about creating military and political hysteria.
A Russian crime boss who has kept a low profile since his 2005 acquittal by the Russian Supreme Court over a 1992 murder has been wounded in a shooting in Moscow.
Russia and Nicaragua are to introduce visa-free travel for their citizens under an agreement signed during Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin's visit to the Central American country.



