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Main news of June 28

19:05 28/06/2008

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted an invitation from his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen to visit Finland

* Presidents of Russia and Estonia met for the first time since 2005 to discuss ways of improving strained relations between the two states

* The government of Russia is ready for discussion of all economic cooperation issues with the Cabinet of Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

* Law enforcement bodies in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya launched a search operation for a group of militants suspected of killing four and wounding four more policemen, a police source said

* Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations' cargo plane has delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza, a spokesman for the ministry said

* The Russian Foreign Ministry said there were no Russian citizens on board of an An-12 cargo plane, which crashed on Friday in Sudan, killing seven people

* Presidents of Russia and Finland have discussed trade and economic relations and particularly the issue of forestry, a Russian presidential aide said

* The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe speaks for the preservation of Georgia's territorial integrity, organization's high ranking official said

* Russia's former World No. 1 Marat Safin advanced on late Friday to the fourth round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament after defeating 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Italy's Andreas Seppi (seeded 29)

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