| September 2009 |
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A Russian cab driver admitted spying for Georgia during his trial at a Supreme Court in Russia's southern republic of North Ossetia, a source in the court said on Thursday.
Gazprom's board approved on Thursday a 17% cut in the gas giant's 2009 investment program and a $6.8 bln increase in borrowing this year.
Gazprom expects Ukraine to increase gas transit fees by up to 58% in 2010, a spokesman for the Russian energy giant said on Thursday.
The lack of a genuine threat from Russia makes it far harder for NATO to decide on its polices than during the Cold War, a Moscow-based analyst said on Thursday.
A British court has issued an arrest warrant for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, wanted in Russia on kidnapping and extortion charges, a spokeswoman for the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
Rescuers have found a body among the debris of an underground multi-story car park in Moscow, which collapsed during construction work on Thursday morning, an investigator said.
A new round of talks on a nuclear arms reduction deal between Russia and the U.S. will take place in Geneva on September 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Thursday.
Russia and Saudi Arabia are holding talks on military-technical cooperation, which may include sales of military equipment to the Arab country, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Russia's budget deficit amounted to 5.9% of GDP in the first eight months of the year, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Thursday.
Iran's controversial nuclear program will be discussed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on September 15, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Georgia's attempts to seize ships off the Abkhazian coast could lead to new armed conflicts.
Over 5,000 people attended a service on Thursday in Russia's North Caucasus town of Beslan to remember those who were killed in a school siege five years ago.
The Arctic Sea cargo ship that was missing for more than two weeks before being freed from hijackers is preparing to enter the Mediterranean Sea, a Russian military source said on Thursday.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday that Kiev would raise Russian natural gas transit fees by 65-70% in 2010, depending on oil prices.
A new deal on the funds Russia needs to finish a refit of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier for India will be signed in mid-October, the head of the state technology corporation said on Thursday.
Russia and the U.S. are making headway on work to have a new nuclear arms reduction deal in place by the time the current treaty expires on December 5, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Russia's Supreme Court has ruled legal the annulment of a not guilty verdict in the case of the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a defense lawyer said on Thursday.
Russia and Syria are in talks on the delivery of at least eight MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors under a contract signed two years ago, a Russian business daily said on Thursday, citing an industry official.
Bilateral trade between Russia and India will hit $10 billion in 2010, Indian President Pratibha Patil said on Thursday. 



