| February 2007 |
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The Russian Foreign Ministry Thursday called statements by the U.S.-based human rights organization Freedom House that Russia suppresses civil liberties "absurd." 
Private capital inflow into Russia reached $41 billion in 2006, including $31 billion in direct foreign investment, President Vladimir Putin told a news conference Thursday. 
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei's proposal to declare a timeout in talks on the Iranian nuclear dossier "deserves serious attention," the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. 
Unknown groups exchanged gunfire early Thursday near Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia, a commander of the joint peacekeeping forces said. 
Russia has lifted a ban on pork imports from the United States and cattle from some parts of the Czech Republic, the Russian veterinary service said Thursday. 



