- 20:56 29/12/2006
A senior Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] official dismissed Friday Belarus's allegations that the energy giant was blackmailing Minsk in a dispute over a price on gas supplies in 2007. 
- 19:47 29/12/2006
Gas negotiations between Russia's natural gas monopoly and Belarusian authorities have so far brought no result, Gazprom's spokesman said Friday.
- 19:11 29/12/2006
Ukraine's election commission said Friday it had completed the verification of signatures under an initiative to hold a referendum on NATO accession, and would send it to the president for approval.
- 18:43 29/12/2006
The Russian national who attempted to hijack a Russian passenger airliner, forcing the crew to land in the Czech Republic, has been charged with threatening in-flight security, a Czech police officer said Friday.
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- 15:01 29/12/2006
Five volunteers have been selected for a simulated Mars mission, expected to be launched in Russia late next year, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency said Friday.
- 14:53 29/12/2006
A new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Russia and the European Union could be reached no earlier than 2008, an official with the Russian trade ministry said Friday.
- 14:14 29/12/2006
A delegation of the Belarusian Energy Ministry will fly to Moscow at 3:00 p.m. Moscow time (1:00 p.m. GMT) to sign a natural gas contract with Russia, an aide of the energy minister said Friday.
- 14:07 29/12/2006
Russian senior lawmakers condemned the death sentence passed on Saddam Hussein and said the execution of the ousted Iraqi leader will spark civil war in Iraq. Saddam was convicted last month of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.
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Moscow expects Tehran to take measures to restore international confidence in its nuclear program, the Russian ambassador to the UN said Friday.
- 13:08 29/12/2006
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] is continuing talks with Belarus on Russian natural gas deliveries and hopes an agreement can be reached by a January 1, 2007 deadline, an official spokesman for the company said Friday.
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Belarus intends to impose a blockade on all Russian media beginning January 1, 2007, a source in Minsk said Friday. Russia and Belarus failed to reach an agreement on a new gas price for Minsk Thursday.
- 09:57 29/12/2006
Russia's investment index will open Friday at 776.64 points, up 1.54% on the previous day's trading, following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
- 09:51 29/12/2006
