| January 2012 |
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Bulgaria’s antitrust watchdog has approved the purchase of another seven filling stations by NIS Petrol EOOD, a company owned by Russian energy giant Gazprom, the Sofia news agency reported on Monday.
The Croatian movement against accession to the European Union said on Monday it would not recognize the vote in favor of EU accession in Sunday’s referendum.
The European Union slapped an embargo on Iranian oil supplies on Monday, the Council of the European Union said in a press statement.
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Russia's December parliamentary elections were “slanted in favor of United Russia,” a report by the election observers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said on Monday.
Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has between nine and 12 months to live, the ABC Spanish daily quoted his doctors as saying on Monday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was appointed new presidential envoy to the Middle East, the Kremlin reported on Monday.
The European Union foreign ministers on Monday adopted new sanctions against Syria, the EU press service said.
The latest round of talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders on Nagorny Karabakh yielded no breakthroughs, but the presidents agreed to step up efforts to achieve a lasting peace.
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Russian lawmaker Adam Delimkhanov, who has been accused of murdering Russian Army Commander Sulim Yamadayev, was removed from Interpol's wanted list, Rosbalt news agency said on Monday.
Russia and Iran are about to sign an agreement on tackling drug trafficking, extremism and cybercrimes, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.
Russia and Syria have signed a $550-million contract on the delivery of 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer, the Kommersant daily quoted on Monday a source close to Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport as saying.
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The Russian businessman who founded major supermarket chains Pyaterochka and Karusel in Russia, plans to open discount stores in the United States with annual revenues of $1 billion, business paper RBC Daily reported on Monday.
The Arab League has worked out a new plan to settle the situation in Syria, based on the crisis resolution experience in Yemen, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in the southern Russian city of Sochi to discuss the Nagorny Karabakh settlement on Monday, the Kremlin reported.
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