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// Dec. 03, 2005 - 08:31 GMT

LONDON, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is ready to repay the $12-billion debt of the former USSR to the Paris Club of creditor nations in 2006 ahead of schedule, deputy Russian Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said Saturday.

LONDON, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – The next meeting of G8 finance ministers will take place in Moscow in February 2006, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said Saturday.

LONDON, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is ready to repay the $12-billion debt of the former USSR to the Paris Club of creditor nations in 2006 ahead of schedule, Deputy Russian Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said Saturday.

LONDON, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – The next meeting of G8 finance ministers will take place in Moscow in February 2006, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said Saturday.

MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is to receive new German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday. Later in the day, Steinmeier will have talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Officials in Ukraine, so far free of bird flu, have sent experts to investigate the sudden deaths of more than 1,500 birds in the Crimea peninsula, the Agriculture Minister said on Friday. On Saturday, the local authorities admitted the birds could be killed by the deadly virus.

MOSCOW, December (RIA Novosti) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Saturday the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of practicing double standards.