| March 2006 |
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Russia may double the quota on foreign stakes in its insurance companies and banks as part of a bid to join the World Trade Organization, an economics ministry official said Sunday. 
Alexander Milinkevich said, "I am appealing to all those advocating reform to come to tonight's rally. This will be a peaceful gathering, with people bringing along flowers."
More than 30,000 domestic and 1,300 foreign observers are monitoring Belarus' election, contested by the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who has been dubbed "Europe's last dictator," and the opposition candidates Alexander Milinkevich, Alexander Kozulin and Sergei Gaidukevich. 



