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Russia on Tuesday expressed concern over a surge in violence in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law on Tuesday making first time tax evasion a civil rather than a criminal offence.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill allowing courts to sentence people to house arrest, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Further sanctions against Iran have until recently not been an option, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned the country's governors on Tuesday that most provincial heads would be able to hold office for three terms in the future.
Moscow is calling on Israel to scrap plans for further settlement construction in East Jerusalem, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Three people were killed and six injured when a butane gas tank exploded in a cafe in west Siberia on Tuesday.
Russia and the United States have not halted talks on a new arms reduction treaty to replace a landmark deal that expired on December 4, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Iranian authorities need to determine whether to retort to more repressive measures or to democratic methods in order to bring opposition protests back under control, a Russian expert said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill on state regulation in retail trade, setting tougher antitrust requirements, the Kremlin website said on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in an international conference on Afghanistan in London on January 28, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
The Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund is celebrating on Tuesday its 15th anniversary.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday oil producers were lining up to pump their crude through an inaugurated strategic oil pipeline.
A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has delivered into orbit the U.S. telecommunications satellite DirecTV-12, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.
Russia and Ukraine have settled their oil transit dispute that threatened supplies to the EU, agreeing to hike tariffs by 30% in 2010, an official for Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin leads the 2009 Russian elite rating, with President Medvedev as a runner-up and pop diva Alla Pugachyova in third place, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center said on Tuesday.
Russia's government will gradually move to a floating ruble exchange rate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Russia will continue developing offensive armaments to counter U.S. missile defenses, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told reporters on Tuesday.
China Investment Corporation is considering the purchase of shares in Russia's aluminum giant RusAl worth $300 million, the Zhongguo Wang news service said on Tuesday.



