| October 2009 |
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The Russian government expects privatization of state property in 2010 to yield 70 billion rubles ($2.3 bln), 10 times more than previously expected, the economic development minister said on Tuesday.
Russia face Germany in Moscow on Saturday in the weekend's biggest European qualifier.
A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the Memorial human rights group and its head Oleg Orlov to pay Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov 70,000 rubles ($2,350) in libel damages.
Moscow possesses no information to suggest that Russian scientists are secretly involved in the development of Iran's nuclear program, national security chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday.
Warships and aircraft from the Russian Black Sea Fleet are carrying out a series of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises involving live-firing drills, a fleet's spokesman said on Tuesday.
The Indonesian Navy is planning to arm its new patrol boats with Russian and Chinese missiles, the Antara national news agency reported on Tuesday.
New suspects have surfaced in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, the chief editor of the newspaper where the investigative journalist worked said on Tuesday.
The Opel plant in the Belgian city of Antwerp is likely to be closed by the carmaker's new owners and production could be moved to Russia, the Belgian economic magazine Trends said on Tuesday.
Russia's international reserves comprising gold, foreign currencies and a range of other assets declined 3.2% in January-September 2009 to $413.45 billion, the Central Bank said on Tuesday.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has filed another libel suit against the chief editor and several reporters of Novaya Gazeta daily, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian state-run energy company Naftogaz is ready to meet its gas supply and gas transit obligations this winter, although its financial position is disastrous, a presidential energy envoy said on Tuesday.
Russia has begun mass production of two vaccines for the swine flu virus, a deputy health minister said on Tuesday.
A mixed task force from the Russian Pacific Fleet has started a series of anti-submarine warfare drills in the Sea of Japan, a fleet spokesman said on Tuesday.
Russia's foreign trade declined 45% year-on-year in January-August to $277 billion, the Federal Customs Service reported on Tuesday.
Russian coastguard boats will escort cargo vessels in Abkhazia's territorial waters and the Black Sea Fleet will protect Abkhazia-bound ships in neutral waters, a Russian security source said on Tuesday.
A Rokot carrier rocket with two European satellites is being prepared for a November 2 launch from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia, a spokesman for the Khrunichev center said on Tuesday.
The French carmaker Renault, which holds a blocking interest in AvtoVAZ, is willing to invest in the ailing Russian auto giant, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Tuesday.
AvtoVAZ has a production capacity of over 800,000 vehicles annually. It has
made more than 25 million Lada cars since it was established in 1970 as a joint
project with Italian carmaker Fiat. The company currently produces 15 models
priced between 150,000 rubles ($4,800) and 350,000 rubles ($11,240).

Russia plans to launch a cargo spaceship to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 15, a Mission Control official said on Tuesday.



