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Copenhagen climate declaration could be adopted - Kremlin aide

20:53 18/12/2009

A Kremlin aide described on Friday the ongoing UN climate change Copenhagen conference as unsuccessful, but said there was still a chance a declaration could be adopted.

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Militant leader killed in Chechnya
19:53 18/12/2009
A Chechen militant leader has been killed in an ongoing special operation in Chechnya's Vedeno District, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday.
Putin prioritizes production line shipbuilding
18:56 18/12/2009
Russia should focus on production line shipbuilding, rather than one-of-a-kind projects, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
Russia approves construction of its leg of Nord Stream
18:40 18/12/2009
Russia to launch ESPO pipeline in last week of December
17:33 18/12/2009
The first tanker with 100,000 metric tons of oil will arrive at a Russian Far East port in the last week of December, symbolizing the launch of a major new pipeline, the pipeline operator said on Friday.
Daimler in talks to buy another 6% in Kamaz truck maker
16:26 18/12/2009
Auto giant Daimler AG is in talks with KamAZ to purchase another 5-6% stake in Russia's largest truck maker, a Russian shareholder said on Friday.
Russian lower house passes trade law after 3rd reading
15:41 18/12/2009
Russia's lower house of parliament passed on Friday a law on state regulation of commerce, setting tougher anti-monopoly requirements, in the third and final reading.
No deal in sight at UN climate change conference - source
15:27 18/12/2009
A political agreement at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen may not be ready by the end of the forum, a Russian delegation source said on Friday.
Russian market reform architect Gaidar to be cremated - daughter
15:02 18/12/2009
Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, will be cremated after a memorial ceremony on Saturday, Maria Gaidar said.
RIA Novosti, Ekho Moskvy, Izvestia launch new history project
14:26 18/12/2009
RIA Novosti, the Ekho Moskvy radio station and Izvestia newspaper have launched a new historical investigation project, headlined "Attention, History."
Russia, U.S. set to sign new arms reduction treaty in mid-Jan
12:42 18/12/2009
Russia and the United States could sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty in a month's time, a Russian diplomat said on Friday.
NATO chief set to leave Moscow after plane trouble
12:20 18/12/2009
NATO's secretary general is set to leave Moscow for Brussels, after being delayed overnight due to technical problems with his plane
World leaders head for Denmark as climate talks enter final day
12:00 18/12/2009
Dozens of world leaders will be arriving in Copenhagen on Friday for the final day of United Nations talks on climate change.
Ecologists to survey Amur tiger numbers in Russia's Far East
11:49 18/12/2009
Russian ecologists will carry out a census of the Amur tiger population in the Primorye and the Khabarovsk territories, a World Wildlife Fund spokesman said on Friday.
Russian cadet briefly takes 4 hostage after row with girlfriend
10:56 18/12/2009
A Russian military cadet armed with an assault rifle briefly took four people hostage in the southwest Siberian city Omsk on Friday following an argument with his girlfriend, military officials said.
Over 100 spies uncovered in Russia's Novosibirsk Region in 2009
09:01 18/12/2009
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) indentified more than 100 foreign agents operating in the Novosibirsk Region in 2009, the regional department said on Friday.
Large fire successfully put out in Moscow
07:17 18/12/2009
A large fire, which broke out in an old residential house in the center of Moscow early on Friday, was successfully put out
Russia's fastest train gets from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 3h 45m
05:02 18/12/2009
Sapsan, Russia's first train capable of travelling at a speed of 250 kmph (155 mph), made its first commercial run between Russia's two largest cities in a record time of 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Large fire breaks out in Moscow
02:27 18/12/2009
A large fire broke out in an old residential house in the center of Moscow early on Friday, a spokesman for a local emergencies service said.
Man presenting stolen roses to women arrested in Russia's Urals
01:21 18/12/2009
Police in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan in the southern Urals have arrested a young local resident who was presenting roses to women in the street over charges of robbing a flower shop

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