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Russia backs current status of UN Security Council - envoy

11:12 20/02/2009

Russia supports the current format of having five veto-holding permanent members on the UN Security Council, Russia's envoy to the UN said.

Ambassador denies Russian involvement in Riga clashes in Jan.
11:11 20/02/2009
The Russian ambassador to Latvia has denied rumors that Russia was involved in violent unrest last month in the Latvian capital, when some 50 people were injured, a Latvian news website said on Friday.
Russian Mechel to supply up to 300,000 tons of coal to S. Korea
09:40 20/02/2009
Russian steel giant Mechel has agreed to supply annually between 100,000 to 300,000 metric tons of coking coal to South Korea's Hyundai Steel from 2010, a Russian delegation source said on Friday.

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PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

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Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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