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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
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The World Bank may provide Belarus with $260 million in credit and investment in 2010, the institution's representative in Minsk said on Thursday.
Russia is working to reach an agreement with China on copyright protection of Kalashnikov assault rifles, the head of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Thursday.
Russia believes that the new U.S. plans to deploy ship-based interceptor missiles in Europe and later mobile land-based interceptors on the continent may never be realized, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Moldova's parliament on Thursday postponed for an indefinite period the presidential election, which had been scheduled for October 23, pending amendments to electoral laws.
Kazakhstan's president confirmed on Thursday that his country is willing to pump crude into a planned $1.5-billion pipeline to bring Caspian oil to the Mediterranean via Turkey.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a brief working visit to Sri Lanka on October 26, the ministry said on Friday. 
ItAli Airlines S.p.A., which has signed a contract with Russia's Sukhoi aircraft maker for 10 Superjet regional airliners, will receive the first planes next year, a Russian government spokesman said on Thursday.
Russia has no plans to stop military cooperation with Iran, a federal military cooperation body said on Thursday.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Moscow on December 15-17, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
The South Stream natural gas pipeline to the Balkans could be completed before the Russian-German Nord Stream pipeline, the Russian prime minister said on Thursday.
The presidents of Russia and Tajikistan met on Thursday and pledged to settle differences on energy projects, a military base and the Russian language's status in the ex-Soviet Central Asian state.
The Russian Interior Ministry will buy two Israeli-built unmanned aerial vehicles in 2010, a senior police official said on Thursday.
Georgia could join NATO without participating in the Membership Action Plan, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov said on Thursday.
Russia's defense minister said on Thursday the issue of paying rent for a Russian military base in Tajikistan was still being discussed.
The Olympic flame for the XXI Olympic Winter Games, to take place in Vancouver on February 12-28, was lit in Greece's ancient stadium of Olympia on Thursday.
Russia's Memorial human rights group was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament on Thursday.
A Moscow Arbitration Court on Thursday terminated proceedings instituted on a $22.5 billion lawsuit brought by the Federal Customs Service against the Bank of New York Mellon.
The October 29 launch of a carrier rocket bearing three Glonass navigation satellites has been delayed until February 2010, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
A performing bear turned violent during a show at a circus in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, killing one man and injuring another, a health ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.



