| February 2007 |
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Gazprom's board of directors approved Wednesday the purchase of a majority stake in a major oil and gas project in Russia's Far East, the energy giant said in a statement. 
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has resubmitted two candidacies for high-ranking posts in the country's government, the presidential press service said Wednesday. 
The orbit of the International Space Station will not be adjusted March 2 as planned, because the launch of the Atlantis space shuttle has been postponed, Russia's Mission Control said Wednesday. 
The Ukrainian Security Service and the Foreign Minister said Wednesday that Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who is heading a delegation to the country, had no authority to comment on Ukraine's foreign policy and territorial integrity. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry said there was no need to evacuate Russians from Guinea because the situation in the bauxite-rich country was returning to normal after two months of union strikes. 
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial evacuation of Russian citizens and people from other ex-Soviet republics from bauxite-rich Guinea, which has been swept by union strikes in the past two months. 
Russia has been involved in the formation of a working group for peace and stability in northeast Asia as part of the six-nation talks for the Korean nuclear problem, a source at the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. 
A senior member of the Finnish parliament said Wednesday the placement of elements of the U.S. missile shield in Central Europe could threaten Finland's security. 
The Party of Regions plans to register Friday with the Ukrainian parliament a draft law to hold early presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine on September 30, a deputy head of the faction said Wednesday. 
Russia's Gazprom Export and Turkey's Shell Enerji A.S. have signed a contract to supply Turkey with 250 million cubic meters of gas annually until 2021, a joint news release said. 
Russia may open a new launch site for manned space missions, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday. 
The Russian Trading System (RTS) index, which is the benchmark index of Russia's stock market, fell Wednesday 2.94% to 1850.09 points, while the MICEX index fell 4.14% to 1682.12 points. 



