| January 2007 |
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Russia and the European Union signed Friday a trade accord to end a meat import dispute with EU-member Poland, the Russian agriculture minister said. 
During a phone conversation between Russia's foreign minister and Lebanon's prime minister, the sides discussed preparations for an international conference on Lebanon, the foreign ministry said Friday. 
Preliminary court hearings began Friday in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East in the case of a U.S. national charged with killing a relative of his Russian wife. 
Russia's agriculture minister said Friday the problem of meat supplies from the European Union to Russia had been settled. 
Evaluators put the value of Yukos [RTS: YUKO] assets awaiting liquidation at $22 billion, the press secretary of the Russian oil company's bankruptcy receiver said Friday. 
A Russian banker, accused of ordering the killing of a senior Central Bank license regulator, said he was being punished for refusing to participate in the money laundering operations of Russia's main bank, a leading business daily said Friday. 
Islamic countries are Russia's allies in fighting international terrorism and modern threats, the Russian foreign minister said Friday. 
Energy security and talks on a new partnership agreement between Russia and the European Union will dominate this year's first meeting between President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday.
The Russian defense minister denied Friday allegations that China launched a ballistic missile January 11 that destroyed a satellite. 
Tajikistan's Foreign Ministry said Friday that NATO's contingent will stay in the ex-Soviet Central Asian country until stability is restored to neighboring Afghanistan. 
A Russian banker, accused of ordering the killing of a senior Central Bank license regulator, said he was being punished for refusing to participate in the money laundering operations of Russia's main bank, a leading business daily said Friday. 
King Abdullah II of Jordan has told the Israeli daily Haaretz that his country would launch a civilian nuclear research program, following identical declarations of Egypt and other Gulf nations. 



