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23:58 15/09/2009

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* A Siberian hydroelectric power station, where at least 74 people died in an accident on August 17, needs to be completely rebuilt, the Russian prime minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States of blocking Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)

* A Siberian hydroelectric power station, where at least 74 people died in an accident on August 17, needs to be completely rebuilt, the Russian prime minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that there would be no change to the current system of appointing regional governors

* A police officer and a militant were killed in a shootout in Chechnya, a police source told RIA Novosti

* Dmitry Medvedev said he is not ruling out that he may run for president in 2012

* President Dmitry Medvedev said the time had come for Russia to take more decisive steps to modernize the economic and social sectors

* The former head of the research institute that designed the Bulava and Topol-M ballistic missiles will most likely retain his post as general designer, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said

* President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that Russia had underestimated the effect of the worldwide financial crisis on the country, but said the economy had started growing again

* The Russian government headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is performing its duties well, President Dmitry Medvedev said

* Russia signed agreements on military cooperation with the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Russian defense minister's spokesman said

WORLD

* Georgia said it would resist any attempts by Russia to detain its ships in the waters of its former province of Abkhazia

* The Finnish-operated Arctic Sea cargo vessel, which is on its way back to Russia after being hijacked in late July, is to call at the port of Las Palmas, a Spanish marine spokesperson said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated that he saw no possibility of restoring bilateral relations with Georgia under its current leader, Mikheil Saakashvili

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of top foreign and Russian analysts that he believes efforts to find an alternative to the UN are "dangerous" and called the European security system insufficient

* Moscow is ready to discuss any issues with the United States, even those on which they strongly disagree, the Russian president said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Iran's recent proposals to six world powers on global issues require careful analysis and no hasty conclusions should be made

* The international community will continue to need the G20 for some time in the future, as the G8 format struggles to cope with the ongoing global credit crunch, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

*Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he hopes North Korea will pay attention to international appeals to stop nuclear tests and launches

* The Russian premier's spokesman confirmed that Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart had discussed France's possible role in the South Stream gas pipeline, but only in general

* Russia's Admiral Tributs destroyer and the Chinese Zhoushan frigate have successfully escorted a convoy of 18 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden, a Pacific fleet spokesman said

* The Bank of New York Mellon is near a deal to settle a $22.5 billion money laundering suit brought by Russia after the bank offered to restart trade-finance lending once the suit is resolved, The Wall Street Journal said citing people close to the talks

* The chief of the Russian General Staff has arrived in Cuba for a working visit at the invitation of the Cuban military leadership

BUSINESS

* Russia's Reserve Fund will be completely exhausted in 2010 and will not begin to be replenished until 2013, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said

* A Kremlin aide predicted the establishment of five or six currency unions based on new reserve currencies within the next ten year

* Naftogaz will hold talks on natural gas supplies with Russian monopoly Gazprom in Moscow amid media speculation that Ukraine's national energy firm will seek to revise the current gas deals

* Russia is likely to raise Urals oil export duty from the current $238.6 to $240.7 per metric ton from October 1, following trends on global oil markets, a senior Finance Ministry official said

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