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23:59 13/10/2009

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Russian, Czech presidents to discuss trade, security in Moscow
23:49 13/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Klaus, in Moscow on Wednesday for talks on bilateral trade, energy cooperation and European security, a Kremlin source said on Tuesday.
Russia to ask Finland for extradition of Salonen's ex-husband
22:59 13/10/2009
Russia will ask Finland for extradition of a Russian woman's former husband, accused by a Russian court of kidnapping his son, a spokesman for the Russian Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday.
Georgian Labor leader urges probe of U.S. role in 'rose revolution'
22:56 13/10/2009
The head of a Georgian opposition party on Tuesday urged Washington to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the financial involvement of some U.S. officials in "bankrolling" Georgia's 2003 "rose revolution."
Medvedev to visit Kazakhstan on October 15-16
21:57 13/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will arrive in Kazakhstan on Thursday for a two-day working visit, the Kremlin said in a statement Tuesday.
Ukraine cannot guarantee Russian gas transit to Europe next year
21:09 13/10/2009
Under the existing contracts with Gazprom, Ukraine will be unable to guarantee gas supplies from Russia to Europe during the 2010-11 winter season, the Ukrainian president's point man on energy security said Tuesday.
Yushchenko criticizes lack of progress on new Chernobyl cover
20:54 13/10/2009
Ukraine's president criticized the government on Tuesday for a slow pace of the construction of a new shelter over the fourth nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Daughter of senior Iranian official seeks asylum in Germany
20:23 13/10/2009
The daughter of an Iranian presidential adviser for cultural and media affairs has applied for asylum in Germany, the Persian-language Peykeiran website reported on Tuesday.
Pig not welcome in Belgian apartment block
20:19 13/10/2009
Residents of an apartment block in the Belgian city of Mechelen have asked a court to evict an unusually noisy and smelly neighbor, the Sud Presse newspaper group reported on its website on Tuesday.
Medvedev praises better Russia-U.S. ties at meeting with Clinton
19:33 13/10/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to his official country residence on Tuesday, hailing improving ties between Moscow and Washington.
Hamas urges probe into Palestinian's death in Egyptian jail
19:03 13/10/2009
Hamas accused Egypt on Tuesday of torturing to death in jail the brother of one of the group's senior officials.
Rosneft, CNPC project to create 500 gas stations in China
18:24 13/10/2009
A joint refinery project between Russian state-owned oil producer Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) could see the creation of 300-500 gas stations in China.
France to open talks with Russia on warship contract
18:14 13/10/2009
France has decided to start official negotiations on the sale of a warship to Russia, a French economic journal reported on Tuesday.
Rosatom rejects reports of Siberian open-air nuclear waste storage
18:04 13/10/2009
Russia's state-controlled civilian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom rejected on Tuesday French media reports claiming that spent fuel from French power plants was being stored at an open-air site in Siberia.
Russian-Chinese relations stronger despite crisis - Putin
17:38 13/10/2009
Russia and China can intensify their political dialog and economic cooperation, which have withstood the economic crisis, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at the end of his visit to China.
Russia, U.S. in talks on new missile defense system - Lavrov
17:13 13/10/2009
Russia and the U.S. will continue talks on a new missile defense system, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks with the U.S. secretary of state.
Moscow wants to be invited to NATO-Afghanistan talks - Lavrov
17:03 13/10/2009
Russia is waiting for an invitation from NATO to take part in talks on Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Russian woman convicted of kidnapping own son in Finland
16:49 13/10/2009
A court in Finland has given an 18-month suspended sentence to a Russian mother accused of kidnapping her own son, who has both Russian and Finnish citizenship, the woman's Finnish lawyer said on Tuesday.
Russia could start gas supplies to China in 2014-2015
15:44 13/10/2009
Russia could start natural gas supplies to China in 2014-2015, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Tuesday.
Clinton, Lavrov agree to delay sanctions against Iran
14:28 13/10/2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after talks with Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday that neither country is seeking to impose sanctions against Iran under the current circumstances.

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