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RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below starts a month-by-month review of 2009, beginning with January
Russia will launch research into nuclear engines for spaceships from 2010, the head of the Federal Space Agency said on Sunday. 
Russia is concerned over the stance of the United States and the European Union on a UN resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism and the desecration of WWII monuments, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Russia on Sunday welcomed a decision by the authorities of the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia to pardon and release two Georgian trespassers.
Investigators will hold a probe into the emergency landing of a helicopter near Vorkuta in Russia's Arctic, in which 13 people were injured, the Investigative Committee said on Sunday.
The accident with a Moldova-flagged cargo vessel, which broke into two during a powerful storm off Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, did not cause any oil spill, the regional emergencies ministry said Sunday.
Gas supply in the north of Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia has restarted after an accident at the trunk pipeline, the republic's emergencies ministry said on Sunday.
A powerful storm broke in two a Moldova-flagged cargo vessel off the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi in the early hours of Sunday
The international conference called "Middle East 2020: Is the Comprehensive Settlement Possible?" will open in Jordan on Sunday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Cairo on December 20-21 to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict resolution and bilateral issues with his Egyptian counterpart



