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01, December

05:34 Morning re-cap of main news, November 30 (0)
05:39 Frank Flynn (0)
06:34 FBI Joins British Investigation of Litvinenko's Death (0)
06:46 Russian oil export duty cut to $180 per ton (7 bbl) as of Dec. 1 (0)
06:55 Ireland investigates Russian ex-prime minister poisoning (0)
07:18 Russian FM Arrives in Egypt for Talks on Strategic Partnership (0)
07:30 British Intelligence Suspect Russian "Rogue Elements" in Ex-FSB Officer Poisoning - Report (0)
07:39 Russia's FM to discuss Arab-Israeli conflict at talks in Egypt (0)
08:10 UFO Crashes in Russia's Siberia (0)
08:11 More People Undergo Radiation Tests Following Litvinenko's Poisoning (0)
08:20 RUXX investment index set to open 1.06% up (0)
08:32 Forbes Russia issue scrapped over article on Moscow mayor's wife (0)
08:43 Russia cancels ISS orbit correction before shuttle arrival (0)
08:48 Russia Postpones Energy Reform Until After 2008 Presidential Poll (0)
08:55 Forbes Russia Editor Steps Down After Publisher Bars Story on Russia's Richest Woman (0)
08:57 Indonesia leader likely to focus on arms supplies in Moscow (0)
09:19 Dollar slips 6.16 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:22 Euro rises 13.15 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:29 BA Boeing-767 returns to London for radioactive screening (0)
09:52 EBRD to issue Georgia $10 mln to rebuild power plant (0)
09:55 Resident of Breakaway Province Detained in Georgia for Spying for Russia (0)
09:57 Re-elected Tajik pres. re-appoints same govt., changes FM (0)
10:12 Nuclear Chief Says All Russian Polonium is Shipped to U.S. (0)
10:21 Russia's Gazprom Says "There's Enough Gas For Everyone" (0)
10:21 Forbes Russia Editor Steps Down After Publisher Bars Story on Russia's Richest Woman (0)
10:32 More People Undergo Radiation Tests Following Litvinenko's Poisoning (0)
10:32 Georgy Zhukov: 110th anniversary (0)
10:35 Russia Won't Limit Foreign Participation in Banking Sector (0)
10:36 British Airways Plane Grounded in Moscow to Fly to London for Radiation Check (0)
10:43 Russia Blasts Estonian Move to Outlaw Soviet Symbols Along With Nazi Ones (0)
10:55 Russia slams lack of military-political, economic work in OSCE (0)
10:56 Russian Fraudsters Face Lengthy Prison Terms in Britain (0)
11:08 Resident of Breakaway Province Detained in Georgia for Spying for Russia (0)
11:24 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 2 (0)
11:26 Nuclear Chief Says All Russian Polonium is Shipped to U.S. (0)
11:31 UFO Crashes in Russia's Siberia (0)
11:35 More People Undergo Radiation Tests Following Litvinenko's Poisoning (0)
11:40 Russia Postpones Energy Reform Until After 2008 Presidential Poll (0)
11:43 Pathologists start postmortem examination of ex-FSB agent (0)
11:44 Ukrainian parliament appoints new interior minister (0)
11:46 Russian FM Arrives in Egypt for Talks on Strategic Partnership (0)
11:48 Cuba: a short-term political forecast (0)
11:52 World AIDS Day, 01 December 2006 (0)
11:53 Prosecutors end probe into Russian space firm chief's case (0)
11:56 Court refuses to hear Khodorkovsky's appeal against verdict (0)
12:11 Ireland Probes Gaidar Poisoning as Doctors Say They See No Reason for Illness (0)
12:12 Jury removed in case of 2005 train explosion - 1 (0)
12:18 Ukraine parliament votes to fire 2 president-appointed ministers (0)
12:36 Lukashenko backs project to build NPP in Belarus (0)
12:40 Kremlin Set to Rig Next Year Vote - Former PM Kasyanov (0)
12:46 British Intelligence Suspect Russian "Rogue Elements" in Ex-FSB Officer Poisoning - Report (0)
12:52 Forbes Russia Editor Steps Down After Publisher Bars Story on Russia's Richest Woman (0)
13:03 S. Ossetia "alternative" leader inaugurated in conflict zone (0)
13:14 Belarus President Supports Nuclear Power Plant Plan (0)
13:20 Russia leads Argentina 1-0 in the Davis Cup final (0)
13:28 Severstal-avto launches production of Fiat Albea in Tatarstan (0)
13:29 Georgia detains alleged S. Ossetian spy (0)
13:30 Moscow Passes New ,Tougher Migrant Labor Regulations (0)
13:30 Russian Orthodox Church Holds Memorial Service for AIDS Victims (0)
13:31 Russian Orthodox Church Reports at Least 3 Cases of AIDS Healing by Faith (0)
13:33 Russia leads Argentina 1-0 in the Davis Cup final -1 (0)
13:40 Alleged Russian Spy Arrested in Canada to Face Trial Earlier Than Expected (0)
13:44 Forbes Russia editor says original Dec. issue to be released (0)
13:45 Russia's Gazprom Says "There's Enough Gas For Everyone" (0)
13:46 Estonia's decision to ban Soviet symbols disgraceful - Lavrov (0)
13:56 Forbes Russia Publisher Reverses Decision to Block December Issue (0)
14:13 Supreme Court overturns acquittal in minister murder case-1 (0)
14:51 Lukashenko backs project to build NPP in Belarus - 1 (0)
14:52 Russia's Stabilization Fund hits $83.2 billion as of December 1 (0)
14:53 Russia, Indonesia to develop trade, energy, space links (0)
15:00 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:02 Georgian PM hails gas talks with Azerbaijan (0)
15:07 Russia set to participate in Indonesian NPP tender - Kiriyenko (0)
15:29 Russia completes swap of Soviet-era commercial debt (0)
15:30 Talks on Iran draft resolution could be held next week - Russia (0)
15:47 Russian experts deny polonium-210 in UK has Siberian origin (0)
15:48 Afghanistan: a chance or a trap for NATO? (0)
16:08 Bush faces coup by his advisors (0)
16:14 Russian competition regulator probes factoring transactions (0)
16:29 Russia, Argentina tie 1-1 in the Davis Cup final on Day 1 (0)
16:30 Russian nuclear industry on path of systemic change (0)
16:55 Russia, Europe and Afghan drugs (0)
17:10 Pathologists complete post mortem of ex-FSB agent (0)
17:17 Russia, Indonesia sign deal on nuclear power cooperation (0)
17:51 The CIS and Baltic Press on Russia (0)
18:13 Russia will develop space elevators (Part 2) (0)
18:16 BA airliner, cleared to return to London, leaves Moscow (0)
18:30 Russia's Gazprombank registers $1.3 bln additional share issue (0)
18:39 Russian scientists announce new HIV/AIDS drug (0)
19:51 Former Spy, Rights Campaigner Says Russia Death Squad Planned Litvinenko's Killing (0)
19:54 Ukraine's Lawmakers Vote to Sack pro-Western Ministers (0)
20:08 Slain Agent's Italian Contact Suffers Radiation Poisoning - Report (0)

02, December

08:13 Morning re-cap of main news, December 1 (0)
08:43 Pro-Kremlin party leader confident of 2007 election victory (0)
09:22 Russia's FM Lavrov calls for concerted efforts in Middle East (0)
10:08 Moscow-Kiev relations unaffected by minister's sacking-FM Lavrov (0)
10:17 Slain Agent's Italian Contact Suffers Radiation Poisoning - Report (0)
10:24 Russian Scientists Announce New HIV/AIDS Drug (0)
10:33 Venezuela Receives First 2 of 24 Russian Fighter Jets (0)
10:41 Russia, Indonesia to Develop Military, Energy Cooperation (0)
10:57 Litvinenko's Wife, Italian Contact Contaminated by Radioactive Substance (0)
10:59 Putin signs law reinstating guardhouses in Russian military (0)
11:49 Litvinenko's Wife, Italian Contact Contaminated by Radioactive Substance (0)
11:52 Arms exporter chief elected to pro-Kremlin party council (0)
11:56 Pathologists Complete Post Mortem Examination of ex-FSB Agent (0)
11:56 Russia, Indonesia to Develop Military, Energy Cooperation (0)
12:00 Russian Scientists Announce New HIV/AIDS Drug (0)
12:03 Venezuela Receives First 2 of 24 Russian Fighter Jets (0)
12:22 Slain Agent's Italian Contact Suffers Radiation Poisoning - Report (0)
12:29 Former Spy, Rights Campaigner Says Russia Death Squad Planned Litvinenko's Killing (0)
12:32 Ukraine's Lawmakers Vote to Sack pro-Western Ministers (0)
12:35 Russian Orthodox Church Reports at Least 3 Cases of AIDS Healing by Faith (0)
13:25 Ireland says no traces of radiation in Russian ex-prime minister (0)
14:07 BA jetliners pronounced safe after radiation checks (0)
14:50 Talks on Sanctions Against Iran to Start Next Week - Russia's FM (0)
14:52 Above-normal radiation detected on Finnair liner in Moscow (0)
15:44 Putin addresses home, foreign policy at inner cabinet meeting (0)

03, December

08:11 Morning re-cap of main news, December 2 (0)
08:48 Twin girls from Russia win Junior Eurovision 2006 song contest (0)
09:17 Russia, Japan agree on simplified visa regime (0)
09:42 Newly-formed Russian region holds first legislature elections (0)
09:58 Six dead, two injured in road accident in western Siberia (0)
10:14 Arms cache found in Russia's south (0)
10:49 Slain Agent's Italian Contact Says Poisoned Over Shared Secrets (0)
10:49 North Korea Offers Russia Uranium In Exchange For Support at Nuclear Talks - Report (0)
10:49 Litvinenko's Book Price Grows 30 Times (0)
10:50 Russian Twin Sisters Win Junior Eurovision 2006 (0)
10:59 Power blackout strikes Dagestan (0)
12:31 Iran should suspend uranium work to continue talks - Ivanov (0)
12:52 Voter turnout reaches required threshold in Urals (0)
13:38 Azerbaijan could cut oil exports via Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline (0)
14:07 Iran Welcomes Russia's Stance on Sanctions (0)
14:08 Russia urges Lebanon leaders to avoid confrontation (0)
14:23 Electric power supply restored in Russia's Dagestan (0)
15:37 Iran Must Suspend Uranium Enrichment to Continue Talks - Russia's DM (0)
15:44 Russia, Japan to Simplify Visa Regime (0)
21:27 Slain Agent's Italian Contact Says Poisoned Over Shared Secrets (0)
21:33 North Korea Offers Russia Uranium In Exchange For Support at Nuclear Talks - Report (0)
21:38 Russian Twin Sisters Win Junior Eurovision 2006 (0)
21:46 Russia, Japan to Simplify Visa Regime (0)
21:49 Iran Welcomes Russia's Stance on Sanctions (0)
21:53 Litvinenko's Book Price Grows 30 Times (0)
21:58 Iran Must Suspend Uranium Enrichment to Continue Talks - Russia's DM (0)
22:01 Talks on Sanctions Against Iran to Start Next Week - Russia's FM (0)

04, December

05:28 Morning re-cap of main news, December 3 (0)
06:29 Safin clinches Russia's second Davis Cup victory (0)
06:33 RUXX investment index set to open 0.38% up (0)
06:40 India Plans $5Bln Investment in Russia in Exchange for 1Bln Barrels of Oil (0)
06:40 UAE Developer Plans $11Bln Construction Project in Russia (0)
06:48 United Russia set to win regional polls in Perm Territory, Urals (0)
06:52 Russia's Safin Wins Davis Cup (0)
06:54 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 3.3% (0)
07:43 Azerbaijan Threatens to Re-Route Oil Exports to Press Russia Over Gas Price (0)
07:52 Russia to adjust ISS orbit on NASA request to host U.S. shuttle (0)
08:16 Energy Charter without Russia (0)
08:21 Litvinenko's Friend Unveils Name of Poisoner (0)
08:31 U.S. Senators Speak Against Putin`s Policy (0)
08:31 Volcano erupts on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula (0)
08:44 Russian priest, family killed in arson attack (0)
09:06 Dollar slips 4.09 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:08 Euro rises 5.31 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:13 Russia issues visas to UK detectives in Litvinenko probe (0)
09:15 British Investigators to Fly to Moscow to Seek Clues in Litvinenko Case (0)
09:21 Russian Priest Killed in Arson Attack (0)
09:33 Russia's second Davis Cup victory (0)
09:37 Russia's Comstar UTS buys 51% in Greece's Hellas on Line (0)
09:40 Death toll in Urals steel plant blaze rises to 8 (0)
09:44 Russia's Safin Wins Davis Cup (0)
09:45 India Plans $5Bln Investment in Russia in Exchange for 1Bln Barrels of Oil. (0)
10:19 Hungary's MOL set to buy unnamed Russian oil asset (0)
10:32 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 5 (0)
10:44 Court prolongs arrest of Yukos official (0)
11:07 Russia's Safin Wins Davis Cup (0)
11:08 Hungary's MOL set to buy unnamed Russian oil asset -1 (0)
11:12 Georgia detains second Russian cargo ship on Black Sea in week (0)
11:21 forbes (0)
11:32 Russian upper house critical of move to elect members (0)
11:34 British Investigators to Fly to Moscow to Seek Clues in Litvinenko Case (0)
11:37 Forbes Russia Says Baturina Incident Settled, Issue Printed Unchanged (0)
11:45 Georgian Woman Dies in Moscow Remand Center Awaiting Deportation (0)
11:52 Russian priest, family killed in arson attack -1 (0)
11:52 1st Salon du Chocolat in Moscow (0)
11:57 Gaidar did not know ex-spy Litvinenko - press secretary - 1 (0)
12:03 Topol-M missile regiment put on active duty - minister (0)
12:03 Reported North Korean Explosions Not Recorded in Russia (0)
12:09 OSCE should review its priorities - FM Lavrov (0)
12:12 Three Russian state banks to merge with charter capital of over $2 bln (0)
12:26 Georgian police say 2 Russian peacekeepers detained in S.Ossetia (0)
12:28 UAE Developer Plans $11Bln Construction Project in Russia (0)
12:30 Azerbaijan Threatens to Re-Route Oil Exports to Press Russia Over Gas Price (0)
12:35 Poisoned Former Agent Litvinenko Asked for Muslim Burial - Father (0)
12:36 India Plans $5Bln Investment in Russia in Exchange for 1Bln Barrels of Oil. (0)
12:58 U.S. Encourages Ukrainian Democracy (0)
13:13 Azerbaijan wants Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline to keep functioning - PM (0)
13:14 Hugo Chavez's new era of socialism poses no threat (0)
13:17 Russia to Merge 3 State Banks into Development Bank with $2Bln Capital (0)
13:20 U.S. Encourages Ukrainian Democracy (0)
13:22 Artin Malatjalian (0)
13:27 Moscow denies diplomats ordered to protest over Litvinenko note (0)
13:30 Iran Thanks Russia for Opposition to UN Sanctions (0)
13:56 Inteko threatens to sue Forbes Russia over "libel" (0)
13:59 Russia's only polonium-producing reactor idle for two years (0)
14:01 Senior officers disciplined over hazing in Russia Pacific Fleet (0)
14:20 Georgians Briefly Detain 2 Russian Peacekeepers (0)
14:27 Peacekeepers detained by Georgian police released (0)
14:33 Russia to ask Spain to extradite suspected Chechen militant (0)
14:46 Jailed Russian Security Officer Eager to Testify in Litvinenko Case, Pledges Help to Scotland Yard (0)
14:49 U.S. Diplomat Urges Russia to Withdraw Troops from Georgia, Moldova (0)
14:51 British detectives leave for Moscow in Litvinenko probe - 1 (0)
15:00 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:17 Upper house election in March unviable - commission chief -1 (0)
15:20 Kondopoga interethnic brawl victims to be paid compensation (0)
15:27 VTB net profit rises 17% in November (0)
15:54 Italy to Ask Russia for Help in Poisoning Probe - Minister (0)
15:57 U.S. Diplomat Urges Russia to Withdraw Troops from Georgia, Moldova (0)
16:00 Jailed Russian Security Officer Eager to Testify in Litvinenko Case, Pledges Help to Scotland Yard (0)
16:04 Ex-FSB officer willing to give evidence on Litvinenko death (0)
16:23 Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov Warns Against "Politicizing" Litvinenko Affair (0)
16:34 Russia's Richest Woman Threatens to Sue Forbes Russia Over Libel (0)
16:49 Russia hopes for cooperation with Bolton's successor (0)
16:52 Is mafia at EU door? (0)
16:59 British experts arrive in Moscow in ex-spy death probe -1 (0)
17:11 Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov Warns Against "Politicizing" Litvinenko Affair (0)
17:17 Russia's Richest Woman Threatens to Sue Forbes Russia Over Libel (0)
17:25 Russian watchdog finds no violations in nuclear material storage (0)
18:28 Gazprom talks natural gas cooperation with Egyptian officials (0)
19:13 Talks on Iran draft resolution not easy - Security Council head (0)
19:16 Head of Russian carmaker subsidiary killed (0)
20:43 Former Russian PM Gaidar Discharged From Hospital - Spokesman (0)
20:48 Man Accused of Spying for Moscow Admits He Is Russian, Ready for Deportation (0)

05, December

05:26 Morning re-cap of main news, December 4 (0)
06:20 Second volcano erupts in Russia's Far East in two days (0)
06:28 ISS orbit raised 5 miles to host U.S. shuttle (0)
06:45 Russian, U.S. Diplomats Clash Over Georgia at OSCE Meeting (0)
07:04 U.S. Undersecretary of State Urges Russia, China to Agree on Sanctions Against Iran (0)
07:04 Chief of Russian Gas Company Shot Dead (0)
07:13 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 1.5% (0)
07:48 U.K. embassy in Moscow confirms radiation checks (0)
08:07 Doctors fail to diagnose mystery ailment of Russian ex-PM (0)
08:17 U.S. Court Allows Orthodox Jews to Sue Russia for Religious Writings (0)
08:20 Scotland Yard barred from interviewing jailed ex-FSB officer (0)
08:22 Power Machines to issue additional shares in first half of 2007 (0)
08:23 RUXX investment index set to open 0.88% up (0)
08:36 Russia's RTS index rises above 1,795 points to new record high (0)
08:38 Tiger Seeks Vengeance for Cub Overrun by Car in Russia's Far East (0)
08:42 Moscow Hopes Next U.S. Ambassador to UN Will Promote Cooperation With Russia (0)
08:43 Russian Authorities Rule Out Jailed Agent Meeting British Investigators in Litvinenko Case (0)
08:49 Russia Will Veto Kosovo Solution Unless Acceptable for Both Sides - Envoy (0)
08:49 Russia's Comstar UTS 9M06 U.S. GAAP net profit rises 74%, y-o-y (0)
08:49 Dollar slips 2.16 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:52 Euro rises 1.73 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:56 Superstar British Artist Damien Hirst Brings His Controversial Show to Russia (0)
08:58 British Police See FSB as Prime Suspect in Litvinenko Poisoning - Paper (0)
09:16 Scotland Yard barred from interviewing jailed ex-FSB officer-1 (0)
09:28 Eni Mulls $10Bln Joint Investment with Russia's Gazprom (0)
09:48 EU-Russia Ties, Turkey Top Agenda of Germany Summit (0)
09:58 Russian Patriarch urges Vatican restraint among Orthodox faithful (0)
09:59 Moscow court delays hearing of Adamov case until Dec. 11 (0)
10:26 Russia, Norway to continue cooperation in scrapping nuclear subs (0)
10:26 Russia conducts test of missile defense system (0)
10:35 Russia Marks 65th Anniversary of Crucial WWII Battle Victory (0)
10:48 Fitch raises Gazprom's outlook as govt. mulls prices liberalization (0)
10:54 US judge partly grants Russian counterclaim over Jewish library (0)
11:04 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 6 (0)
11:23 GDP to grow 6.8%, inflation to hit 9% in 2006 - forecast update (0)
11:41 Moscow City Hall Unveils Plans to Launch New Migrant Employment Body (0)
11:46 Court sentences radical gang leader to 3.5 years in penal colony (0)
12:23 Russia Successfully Tests Own Missile Defense (0)
12:37 World Bank Says Russia's GDP May Grow 7% in 2006 (0)
12:41 EC Worried by Forecasts of Russian Oil, Gas Production (0)
12:44 Eni Mulls $10Bln Joint Investment with Russia's Gazprom (0)
13:01 Central Bank official Kozlov's murder solved - top prosecutor (0)
13:07 Russia to join U.S. lunar exploration program if funded (0)
13:08 Russian prosecutors, Scotland Yard to cooperate in ex-spy probe (0)
13:10 Russia set to crack down on unlicensed arms production abroad (0)
13:18 Russia Marks 65th Anniversary of Crucial WWII Battle Victory (0)
13:19 Spain to extradite two suspects in Russian governor's murder (0)
13:22 Silver salad bowl returns to Russia (0)
13:28 EU-Russia Ties, Turkey Top Agenda of Germany Summit (0)
13:30 Superstar British Artist Damien Hirst Brings His Controversial Show to Russia (0)
13:34 FSB has no comment on accusations of killing ex-Russian spy (0)
13:36 Moscow Hopes Next U.S. Ambassador to UN Will Promote Cooperation With Russia (0)
13:43 Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank could IPO in first half of 2007 (0)
13:48 U.K. will extradite Berezovsky, Zakayev - Russian prosecutor general (0)
13:52 Russian Authorities Rule Out Jailed Agent Meeting British Investigators in Litvinenko Case (0)
13:55 Litvinenko's death: leaks, versions, rumors (0)
14:03 Khodorkovsky, Lebedev may face new charges - top prosecutor (0)
14:13 Top prosecutors to press criminal charges over Sakhalin II (0)
14:20 Russian IPOs grow larger (0)
14:27 Russian Orthodox Church Criticizes Vatican's "Unfriendly" Policy (0)
14:27 Top Prosecutor Says Litvinenko Murder Suspects to Face Trial in Russia (0)
14:27 Russia Will Veto Kosovo Solution Unless Acceptable for Both Sides - Envoy (0)
14:27 British Police See FSB as Prime Suspect in Litvinenko Poisoning - Paper (0)
14:54 Ukraine president defies parliament, tells FM to stay on (0)
15:00 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:12 Russian Orthodox Church Criticizes Vatican's "Unfriendly" Policy (0)
15:17 Top Prosecutor Says Litvinenko Murder Suspects to Face Trial in Russia (0)
15:25 World Bank Says Russia's GDP May Grow 7% in 2006 (0)
15:27 British Police See FSB as Prime Suspect in Litvinenko Poisoning - Paper (0)
15:31 Russia in talks with other countries on joint Glonass use (0)
15:39 Russia's Putin Signs Forest Code Despite Criticism from Environmentalists (0)
15:44 Russia Holds Israeli Prisoners Hostage, Seeks to Swap Them for Wanted Tycoon - Report (0)
15:49 Russia supports ban on uranium enrichment technologies for Iran (0)
16:14 Extraditing suspects in ex-spy case to UK impossible - prosecutors (0)
16:30 UES' IFRS net profit up 25% in 6M06 (0)
16:30 Ukraine president defies parliament, tells FM to stay on -1 (0)
16:55 Last Russian tsar's descendant appeals in exoneration case (0)
17:16 Russian priest, family died from carbon monoxide - prosecutors - 1 (0)
18:13 UK govt. sees no anti-Russian motive in ex-spy probe (0)
18:38 Russian FM hails OSCE work on Nagorny Karabakh conflict (0)
19:19 Laughter vs utopia (0)
19:51 U.S. Urges Russia, China to Agree to Iran Sanctions (0)
20:02 Top Russia Banker's Murder Solved - Prosecutor's Office (0)

06, December

05:27 Morning re-cap of main news of December 5 (0)
06:07 Anne (0)
06:28 Plane makes emergency landing in Siberia after engine shutdown (0)
06:48 EC Worried by Forecasts of Russian Oil, Gas Production (0)
06:48 Eni Mulls $10Bln Joint Investment with Russia's Gazprom (0)
06:49 Russia to Crack Down on Unlicensed Arms Producers Abroad (0)
06:49 Russian Prosecutors Announce Criminal Charges Against Sakhalin-2 Oil, Gas Project (0)
06:49 Russia's Putin Signs Forest Code Despite Criticism from Environmentalists (0)
06:49 World Bank Says Russia's GDP May Grow 7% in 2006 (0)
06:50 Rosneft to Invest $20Bln to Rival Global Oil Giants (0)
06:55 Litvinenko's Italian Contact Says Ex-FSB Agent Poisoned by "Clandestine Organizations" (0)
06:59 Oil and energy forum opens in Shanghai (0)
07:15 Litvinenko's Italian Contact Says Ex-FSB Agent Poisoned by "Clandestine Organizations" (0)
07:18 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 0.2% (0)
07:25 Doctors Unable to Diagnose Former Russian PM's "Mysterious Illness" (0)
07:39 Russian Tycoon Abramovich Second on U.K. Rich List (0)
07:59 Computer Outplays World Chess Champion Kramnik (0)
08:17 Russian Foreign Minister Warns OSCE of Coming Crisis, Calls for Reform (0)
08:28 Russian Prosecutors Announce Criminal Charges Against Sakhalin-2 Oil, Gas Project (0)
08:32 Europeâ€™s biggest skating rink on Red Square (0)
08:40 Russia to Crack Down on Unlicensed Arms Producers Abroad (0)
08:41 Abkhazia to hold 'national gathering' for independence (0)
08:46 Russian City Mayor Faces Criminal Probe After Revealing His Presidential Ambition (0)
08:48 Dollar rises 0.43 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:50 Russia seeks sea routes for oil supplies to India (0)
08:57 Russian State Arms Exporter to Form JV With Private Bank (0)
09:00 Euro slips 1.85 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:18 Rosneft to Invest $20Bln to Rival Global Oil Giants (0)
09:19 Russian, Canadian car makers plan JV in Russia's Volga Region (0)
09:25 Russian scientists expect powerful solar flares (0)
09:30 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 7 (0)
09:35 U.S. Urges Russia, China to Agree to Iran Sanctions (0)
09:38 Russia's GDP growth could reach 7% in 2006 - finance minister (0)
09:42 Skyrocketing incomes threaten Russian economic stability (0)
09:44 Top Russia Banker's Murder Solved - Prosecutor's Office (0)
09:45 Georgia releases Russian cargo ship (0)
10:05 Russia's Israeli Prisoners as Bargaining Chips (0)
10:20 Deadly Polonium Detected at British Stadium (0)
10:45 Record high temperature for December set in St. Petersburg (0)
10:50 Kyrgyz govt. calls tender to modernize airport (0)
11:06 Gazprom CEO, Bulgarian ambassador discuss natural gas transit (0)
11:06 Young singers of the snowy plains (0)
11:07 Russian Spy Suspect Goes on Trial in Azerbaijan (0)
11:13 Ukrainian President Vows to Bring Country to NATO and EU at Any Price (0)
11:15 Russia's future in space - Show me the money! (0)
11:20 Armenia extends term of military contingent in Iraq (0)
11:22 CNPC, Rosneft to build oil refinery in China by 2010 (0)
11:31 U.S.-style democracy bad for Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz state secretary (0)
11:35 Russian City Mayor Faces Criminal Probe After Revealing His Presidential Ambition (0)
11:40 Ukraine's justice minister says FM dismissal legitimate (0)
11:49 Prosecutors find over 100 breaches in Sakhalin-II (0)
12:19 Putin pledges appropriate response to race, ethnic, religious hate (0)
12:19 Top Kyrgyz Official Says Nation Will Not Follow U.S. Model of Democracy (0)
12:21 North Korea Ready to Give Up Nuclear Arms - Russian Agency (0)
12:27 Russian Foreign Minister Warns OSCE of Coming Crisis, Calls for Reform (0)
12:38 VimpelCom wavers over remaining 10% in Armentel (0)
12:40 Sberbank set to issue additional shares worth $7.6 bln - govt. (0)
12:53 Abkhazia, Georgia cannot coexist as single state - Abkhaz pres. (0)
12:58 State Duma passes bill on nuclear power sector reform (0)
13:25 Deadly Polonium Detected at British Stadium. (0)
13:44 Russian Spy Suspect Tried in Canada Agrees to Go Home (0)
13:48 Fate of Serbia's Breakaway Province of Kosovo Sparks Diplomatic War Between U.S., Russia (0)
13:52 Russia's Gref forecasts mid-term oil price of $45-55 pb (0)
13:52 U.S. serviceman kills Kyrgyz airport employee (0)
13:54 Top Kyrgyz Official Says Nation Will Not Follow U.S. Model of Democracy (0)
13:58 North Korea Ready to Give Up Nuclear Arms - Russian Agency (0)
14:02 Ukrainian parliament adopts 2007 budget (0)
14:04 Interview with key witness in ex-agent death in doubt (0)
14:07 Kyrgyz National Fatally Shot Dead by U.S. Serviceman at Local Army Base (0)
14:20 Russia's Gref forecasts mid-term oil price of $45-55 pb -1 (0)
14:23 Russian retailers accuse Panasonic of gray imports, consider ban on sale (0)
14:24 St. Petersburg governor Matviyenko submits resignation to president (0)
14:38 Deal needed for 6-nation talks resumption - source (0)
14:45 Thousands Rally for Abkhazia's Independence From Georgia (0)
14:48 MPs seek to boost domestic producers at retail markets (0)
14:55 Russia Should Carry Out Own Probe Into Litvinenko's Death - Official (0)
14:56 Putin Names Fighting Ethnic Hatred Top Priority for Russia (0)
14:59 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:10 Asset value of Russia's top 30 banks rises 32% in 10M06 (0)
15:16 Putin signs law cancelling voter threshold at all levels (0)
15:24 Interview with key witness in ex-agent death in doubt - 1 (0)
15:36 Documents seized from offices of Pension Fund executives (0)
15:39 IBM, other IT cos. raided in Moscow - employees (0)
15:46 Russian retailers accuse Panasonic of gray imports, consider ban on sale - 1 (0)
16:07 Azerbaijan to Stop Oil Exports Through Russia on Jan 1 (0)
16:32 UK Police Question Key Witness in Litvinenko Poisoning Death Probe (0)
16:42 Russian retailers accuse Panasonic of gray imports, consider ban on sale - 2 (0)
16:51 Prosecutors find over 100 breaches in Sakhalin-II - 1 (0)
16:54 Russian, British police begin questioning in ex-spy's death probe (0)
17:10 Is the U.S. winning in Iraq? No, sir (0)
17:48 Post-Soviet media forum (0)
17:49 Update: Documents seized from IBM in Moscow - security guard (0)
17:52 Deadly Polonium Detected at British Stadium (0)
17:56 Russia Remains Main Security Threat - Estonia Military Chief (0)
18:31 Radiation traces found in British Embassy in Moscow (0)
18:53 Russia's Putin appoints new interior minister for race-riot region (0)
19:24 Litvinenko Poisoning Case Upgraded to Murder Inquiry - Scotland Yard (0)

07, December

05:35 Morning re-cap of main news, December 6 (0)
06:24 Azerbaijan to Stop Oil Exports Through Russia on Jan 1 (0)
06:33 Russian Investigators Start Questioning in Litvinenko's Case (0)
06:41 Russian Combat Engineers Return From Lebanon (0)
06:48 Russian Authorities Search IBM's Moscow Offices (0)
06:52 Ex-PM says Kremlin enemies may be behind his mystery illness (0)
07:20 Russian oil producers to get equal access to export pipelines (0)
07:36 Raids in IT cos. in Moscow over Pension Fund probe - cos. (0)
07:42 Shtyrov confirmed as president of East Siberia's Yakutia (0)
07:51 Russian Retailers Join Forces Against Panasonic over Middlemen Conflict (0)
07:56 Poland Approves Energy Cooperation Talks Between EU and Russia (0)
07:57 Prosecutors open criminal case against Siberian city mayor (0)
07:59 RAO UES removes two companies from holding (0)
08:08 Russia gold, currency reserves up $6.7 bln in week, to $290 bln (0)
08:10 RUXX investment index set to open 0.6% up (0)
08:27 Siberian City Mayor Faces Abuse of Office, Extortion Charges (0)
08:39 U.S. Sailor Gets 12 Years in Prison for Passing Military Secrets to Russian Agents (0)
08:41 Russian Investigators Start Questioning in Litvinenko's Case (0)
08:44 Russian Authorities Search IBM's Moscow Offices (0)
08:47 Former Russian PM Gaidar Says Enemies of Kremlin Poisoned Him (0)
08:47 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 7.5% (0)
08:52 Dollar rises 0.34 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:54 Siberian city mayor suffers heart attack during graft probe (0)
08:56 Litvinenko Poisoning Case Upgraded to Murder Inquiry - Scotland Yard (0)
08:56 Euro rises 0.28 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:02 Russia Remains Main Security Threat - Estonia Military Chief (0)
09:04 electionbill (0)
09:06 Russia intelligence veterans group denies role in ex-spy's death (0)
09:10 Siberian City Mayor Faces Abuse of Office, Extortion Charges (0)
09:18 Russian Retailers Join Forces Against Panasonic over Middlemen Conflict (0)
09:21 Poland Approves Energy Cooperation Talks Between EU and Russia (0)
09:22 Azerbaijan to Stop Oil Exports Through Russia on Jan 1 (0)
09:29 Russian Prosecutors Find 100 Law Violations at Sakhalin-2 (0)
09:37 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 8 (0)
09:41 Putin Signs Elections Bill Dropping Minimal Turnout Threshold (0)
09:42 Former Russian PM Gaidar Says Enemies of Kremlin Poisoned Him (0)
09:57 Russia Hopes to Join U.S. Lunar Exploration Project if U.S. Provides Cash (0)
09:59 U.S. Sailor Gets 12 Years in Prison for Passing Military Secrets to Russian Agents (0)
10:06 Russia to Give Equal Export Pipeline Access to All Domestic Oil Companies (0)
10:21 Russia, Belarus and Ukraine regret collapse of U.S.S.R. - survey (0)
10:21 Russia maintains contacts with Hamas, Hezbollah (0)
10:58 Man Left to Die With Limbs, Penis Bound by Wife After Failed Sex Attempt (0)
10:58 Russian Investigators Start Questioning in Litvinenko's Case (0)
11:01 Russian lawyers demand release of arrested colleague in Spain (0)
11:01 Litvinenko probe does not affect Russia-U.K. relations - Lavrov (0)
11:13 Russia to launch major lunar mission in 2012 (0)
11:13 Litvinenko Friend, Chechen Separatist Zakayev Slams West for Backing Putin's Regime (0)
11:44 Yeltsin: No regret over CIS deal that buried U.S.S.R. (0)
11:46 RAO UES removes two companies from holding -1 (0)
12:00 Ukraine's NATO entry will complicate ties with Russia - Ivanov (0)
12:16 Russia Will Carry 300 Kilos of Uranium From Germany (0)
12:19 Ties Between Russia, Britain Not Affected by Litvinenko's Case - Lavrov (0)
12:23 Kyrgyz president to monitor inquiry into killing at U.S. airbase (0)
12:25 Russia maintains contacts with Hamas, Hezbollah -1 (0)
12:30 Wheat Futures Trading Begins in Russia (0)
12:37 Grenade explodes in Transdnestr school, one wounded - 1 (0)
13:00 Russian gov't plans to attract $11 bln through securities (0)
13:14 Questioning of key witness in ex-spy murder case postponed (0)
13:20 Gates appointment won't affect Russia-U.S. military ties - Ivanov (0)
13:38 Top prosecutors launch criminal case into Litvinenko's death (0)
13:47 Should U.S. adopt timetable for withdrawal from Iraq? (0)
14:02 Police confirm raids on IT cos. linked to Pension Fund probe (0)
14:38 Russian Prosecutors Start Own Case Into Litvinenko Murder (0)
14:39 Russia to sell arms worth $6 bln in 2006 - Putin (0)
14:43 Ukraine's NATO Entry to Harm Relations With Russia - Defense Minister (0)
14:44 Gorbachev to return from Germany soon, following operation (0)
15:01 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:08 Russian Prosecutors Launch Own Probe Into Litvinenko Murder (0)
15:10 Six Russian facilities hold licenses to work with polonium-210 (0)
15:12 Novolipetsk Steel US GAAP net profit rises 61.1% in 9M06 (0)
15:39 Russians develop unique self-propelled gun (0)
15:39 Russian former agent Litvinenko buried in London cemetery (0)
15:53 Four People Set Themselves on Fire in Armenia Protesting Officials' Inaction (0)
15:57 Kyrgyzstan Should Strip U.S. Servicemen of Criminal Immunity After Fatal Shooting Accident - President (0)
16:00 Litvinenko Friend, Chechen Separatist Zakayev Slams West for Backing Putin's Regime (0)
16:09 Poisoned Russian Agent Buried in London (0)
16:12 Russia to set up development bank (0)
16:33 Man Left to Die With Limbs, Penis Bound by Wife After Failed Sex Attempt (0)
17:03 USSR's demise made Russia truly independent (0)
17:15 Ukraine's president in breach of Constitution - Justice Ministry (0)
17:30 Georgian economy hit by Russia's embargo, but can cope - minister (0)
17:32 Russian arms exports to Latin America in 2006 exceed $1bln (0)
18:31 KGB defector refutes Litvinenko contact Scaramella's allegations (0)
18:52 Reports of Litvinenko contact's critical condition false - lawyer (0)
19:24 From Pearl Harbor to World Trade Center (0)
19:29 Putin's aide talks taxes, energy in Washington (0)
19:46 No conflict between Georgia, Russia - Putin interview (0)
19:52 Wrap: Litvinenko buried; Russian-British investigation continues (0)

08, December

05:27 Morning re-cap of main news, December 7 (0)
06:23 Putin, aide spotlight Shtokman gas project (0)
06:30 Litvinenko buried (0)
06:37 Ukraine's NATO Membership to Affect its Relations With Moscow - Russia's DM (0)
07:11 Russia to Sell $6Bln Worth of Arms in 2006 - Putin (0)
07:13 Son of Russian Oil Tycoon Jailed for Killing Friend in Car Crash (0)
07:24 Russian monetary base down $771.3 mln in week (0)
07:27 Russian combat engineers depart Lebanon (0)
07:41 RUXX investment index set to open 0.01% up (0)
07:45 One killed, eight wounded in Chechnya landmine explosion (0)
07:56 Gazprom to Allow Foreign Firms to Giant Shtokman Field - Presidential Advisor (0)
08:09 Lawyer Denies Litvinenko's Contact Kovtun in Critical Condition (0)
08:14 "Definite Results" Achieved in Politkovskaya Murder Probe - Putin (0)
08:18 Georgian Parliament Says Russia Wants to Annex its Breakaway Provinces (0)
08:21 Russian Authorities Suspect IBM Corporation of Fraud (0)
08:36 Russian Prosecutors Find 100 Law Violations at Sakhalin-2 (0)
08:42 U.S. Scholar Highlights Russia's Energy Clout (0)
08:47 Russian minister laments weak environment control in mineral production (0)
08:49 Ukraine Wants to Intensify Military, Security Cooperation With Russia (0)
08:56 Six killed, 25 injured in road accident in Perm Territory (0)
09:05 U.S. airman killing of Kyrgyz man self-defense - command (0)
09:07 Dollar rises 4.39 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:08 British Ambassador in Moscow Complains of Harassment by Pro-Kremlin Youth (0)
09:09 Euro slips 2.98 kopeks on MICEX (0)
09:39 U.S. Scholar Highlights Russia's Energy Clout (0)
10:13 Russia's upper house passes 2007 budget (0)
10:13 Transdnestr leader urges residents to participate in election (0)
10:22 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Dec. 9 (0)
10:35 Russian-EU Ties Not Limited to Energy Talks - Putin (0)
10:38 Pro-Moscow Chechen Strongman Denies Zakayev's Claim Russia Used Polonium 210 Against Militants (0)
10:39 Chelsea's Ukrainan Striker Shevchenko Contemplates Leaving English Champions (0)
10:55 Kosovo resolution may induce 'chain reaction' - FM official (0)
11:18 Audit Chamber proposes inspection of Central Bank (0)
11:21 CIS: presidential club to adapt to present-day reality? (0)
11:27 Gazprom may join Kovykta project if talks with TNK-BP successful (0)
11:31 Gazprom to buy Uzbek gas in 2007 at $100 per 1,000 cu m - 1 (0)
11:38 Sharapova Expected As Top Seed in Pan Pacific (0)
11:41 Moscow-London flights safe from radiation - Russian chief doctor (0)
11:42 Pro-Moscow Chechen Strongman Denies Zakayev's Claim Russia Used Polonium 210 Against Militants (0)
11:53 Russian-EU Ties Not Limited to Energy Talks - Putin (0)
12:00 British Ambassador in Moscow Complains of Harassment by Pro-Kremlin Youth (0)
12:10 Suspected thief caught in Hermitage museum (0)
12:18 EU's Solana Predicts Quick Resolution of Russia-Poland Meat Conflict (0)
12:22 No breakup of 'golden egg-laying' Gazprom - deputy PM (0)
12:25 Natural Resources Minister Slams Foreign Oil Firms for Breaking Russian Laws (0)
12:26 Foreign cos. may join Shtokman field development - minister (0)
12:31 Gazprom to charge all ex-Soviet republics market prices by 2008 (0)
12:39 Chelsea's Ukrainan Striker Shevchenko Contemplates Leaving English Champions (0)
12:40 Court to consider Beslan verdict appeal December 26 (0)
12:45 Soviet Leaders Mark 15th Anniversary of Soviet Union Breakup (0)
12:47 Diverted segment of East Siberia-Pacific pipeline approved (0)
12:56 Gazprom, TNK-BP Revive Talks on Giant Kovykta Gas Field in West Siberia (0)
13:21 Suspects in murder of Armenian boy arrested in Moscow Region (0)
14:00 Court extends custody ruling for Tomsk mayor in graft case -1 (0)
14:07 Thief Caught in the Act in Landmark Russian Museum Displaying Exhibits Stolen Earlier (0)
14:19 Questioning of key witness in Litvinenko case begins (0)
14:20 Russian trade surplus rises 19.5% in Jan.-Oct. y-o-y (0)
14:36 Gazprom, TNK-BP Revive Talks on Giant Kovykta Gas Field in West Siberia (0)
14:57 A difficult choice on sanctions for Kosovo (0)
14:59 Daily Sports Roundup (0)
15:03 Thief Caught in the Act in Landmark Russian Museum Displaying Exhibits Stolen Earlier (0)
15:09 FSB denies that Russia uses radioactive materials in Chechnya (0)
15:10 Litvinenko Contact, Witness in Ex-Spy's Murder Case Suffers Acute Poisoning - Agency (0)
15:20 Slain Russian Reporter Named World Press Freedom Hero (0)
16:05 Russia to settle energy issues with EU via new cooperation deal (0)
16:21 Poland to recall veto on Russia-EU talks if Moscow ends meat ban (0)
17:40 Court agrees to start proceedings against hospitalized ex-senator -1 (0)
18:32 Georgia to import 10 mln cu m of Azerbaijani gas in 2006 - minister (0)
18:43 Russia's UES to auction off power sales companies (0)
18:45 Russia remembers independent gas producers (0)
19:05 Turkey to share Caspian gas quota with Georgia, Azerbaijan (0)
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