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Gazprom may fine EU buyers for not taking contracted volumes

20:45 09/11/2009

Gazprom could fine European consumers for falling short of contracted purchase volumes by 8-9 billion cubic meters of gas, an executive at the Russian gas monopoly said on Monday.

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AvtoVAZ sets up 2 firms to employ 15,000 redundant workers
20:21 09/11/2009
Struggling Russian auto giant AvtoVAZ has set up two affiliated companies to give jobs to 15,000 redundant workers
Medvedev visits Berlin for 'fall of wall' ceremony
19:04 09/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Berlin on Monday for events to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to Germany's unification 20 years ago.
Medvedev visits Berlin for 'fall of wall' ceremony
18:37 09/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Berlin on Monday for events to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to Germany's unification 20 years ago.
Whistle-blowing Russian policeman faces libel charges
17:41 09/11/2009
A police officer in southern Russia who posted a video clip on the Internet alleging endemic corruption is facing libel charges
Russia's confirmed swine flu cases hit 4,560 - health minister
17:31 09/11/2009
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Russia has hit 4,560, Health Minister Tatyana Golikova said on Monday.
Street in Rome named after Solzhenitsyn
16:27 09/11/2009
Rome has become the world's first city outside Russia to name a street after Russian Nobel-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Russia's Energia Corp. 'doubles' spacecraft production
15:46 09/11/2009
Russia's space corporation Energia is doubling production of manned spacecraft, Energia's president said on Monday.
Medvedev okays widened possible use of military force abroad
14:21 09/11/2009
The Russian president on Monday signed into law a bill expanding the use of the Russian Armed Forces abroad in certain situations.
Austrian chancellor to visit Russia on November 10-11
13:16 09/11/2009
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann will hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his November 10-11 visit to Russia.
Gazprom confirms Ukraine's gas payment for October
12:43 09/11/2009
Russian energy giant Gazprom confirmed on Monday that Ukraine's Naftogaz had paid in full for Russian natural gas supplies in October.
Russian Nobel laureate in Physics Ginzburg dies in Moscow
11:53 09/11/2009
Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Vitaly Ginzburg has died in Moscow at the age of 94, a spokeswoman for the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
Russia submits energy security proposals to EU - paper
11:44 09/11/2009
Russia's Energy Ministry has submitted to the European Commission proposals on an early warning system against disruptions in energy supplies to Europe, a Russian business daily said on Monday.
Six family members die in west Russia house fire
10:20 09/11/2009
A husband and wife and their four adopted children have died in a fire in a residential building in west Russia's Belgorod Region, a police source said on Monday.
Top Russian court set to rule on death penalty moratorium
06:11 09/11/2009
On behalf of a request from the Russian Supreme Court as of October 29, the Constitutional Court of Russia will consider at its plenary session on Monday whether capital punishment could again be legal from January 1.
Russian police officer who asked Putin for corruption probe fired
03:45 09/11/2009
A police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk has been fired after posting a video on the web asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a nationwide corruption probe, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday
Medvedev to arrive in Berlin to attend "fall of wall" celebrations
00:35 09/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is arriving in Berlin on Monday to take part in events marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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