| November 2008 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the country must develop a set of measures to influence world oil prices. 
The next round of talks on Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization will be held on November 24-25, Moscow's top WTO negotiator 
The European Union said on Monday that talks on a new strategic partnership agreement with Russia would resume later this month, despite opposition from Lithuania. 
Mayors of 15 Czech cities are to ask U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to abandon the Bush administration's plans to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic, a member of the European parliament said on Monday. 
The Caucasus security meeting to be held in Geneva on November 18 will fail to produce results if Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not admitted as full-fledged participants, the Abkhazian president said Monday. 
Novolipetsk Steel [LSE: NLMK] said on Monday its net profit under Russian Accounting Standards increased almost 200% in July-September from a year ago to 30.68 billion rubles ($1.14 billion). 
The EU-Russia summit to be held in Nice on Friday will focus on the global financial crisis, Russia's envoy to the European Union said on Monday. 
The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches could meet in a year in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, church representatives said on Monday. 
Russia is discussing with the Cambodian leadership the possibility of writing off most of Cambodia's debt, which stands at around $1.5 billion, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday. 
The Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft will undock from the international space station on Friday evening, mission control said on Monday. 
Poland should not lobby the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on missile defense but should accept any decisions Washington takes, the foreign minister has told a Polish newspaper. 



