| December 2006 |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov are upbeat on prospects for bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press service said Saturday. 
The Russian ultra-nationalist LDPR party has protested Saddam Hussein's execution, staging a rally outside the Iraqi Embassy in central Moscow, law enforcement agencies said Saturday. 
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] does not expect progress at gas talks with Belarus until a high-level Belarusian official comes to Moscow, a spokesman for the Russian energy giant said Saturday. 
The Kyrgyz parliament has passed a new Constitution expanding presidential powers, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Saturday. 
Saddam Hussein's execution may aggravate the military-political situation in Iraq and heighten ethnic tensions in the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday. 



