- 20:00 10/03/2009
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has officially informed Georgia that its entry for the Eurovision 2009 song contest does not comply with the rules of the competition, the EBU said on its website on Tuesday. 
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The recent raid by Ukraine's security service on the gas company Naftogaz could damage trust in the country and force Russia to consider alternative routes, Russia's prime minister said on Tuesday.
- 17:55 10/03/2009
Russia's prime minister said on Tuesday that the South Stream gas pipeline would be commissioned in 2015, and that construction costs were estimated at 10 billion euros ($12.7 billion).
- 16:59 10/03/2009
Iran hopes Russia will keep to the September schedule for the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a former Iranian president said on Tuesday.
- 16:49 10/03/2009
Russia's president said on Tuesday he would discuss all issues on the bilateral agenda, including nonproliferation, with the U.S. president when they meet in London on April 1.
- 16:38 10/03/2009
Belarus and Russia will stage a large-scale strategic military exercise in the fall, the Belarusian defense minister said on Tuesday.
- 16:00 10/03/2009
Bolivian President Evo Morales is poised to promote the growing of coca in his country during a UN drugs meeting in Vienna this week, according to South American media reports on Tuesday.
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- 15:39 10/03/2009
Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser returned to its main base in northern Russia on Tuesday after an almost six-month tour-of-duty of the world's oceans, a Navy spokesman said.
- 15:22 10/03/2009
Gazprom and the Hungarian Development Bank will sign an agreement on Tuesday on a joint venture to build the Hungarian section of the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
- 15:07 10/03/2009
Libya has signed with Russia a contract worth up to an estimated $200 million to buy three missile boats, a Russian military journal reported on Tuesday.
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- 13:58 10/03/2009
Russia has refused to sell its Su-33 carrier-based fighters to China over fears that Beijing could produce cheaper export versions of the aircraft, a Russian daily said on Tuesday.
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- 12:39 10/03/2009
Russia will cut its oil export duty from the current $115.3 to $108-$112 per metric ton from April 1, a Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday.
- 12:35 10/03/2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is to ask Russia to write off the remainder of the country's debt to Moscow during a visit to the Russian capital in April, an Iraqi government spokesman said on Tuesday.
