MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow's Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by the Moscow Oil Refinery against a back-tax claim of rubles 2.862 billion ($100 million) for 2001.
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* Founded on October 7, 2002 by Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan
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MINSK, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – The president of Belarus said Wednesday that the regional security organization of former Soviet republics, of which Belarus is a member, was a major defense against pressure from Western nations.
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MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – An unknown attacker stabbed several people in a synagogue in downtown Moscow Wednesday.
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// Jan. 11, 2006 - 15:40 GMT
MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – An unknown attacker stabbed six people in a synagogue in downtown Moscow, the capital's Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.
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MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) – Trading in shares in Aeroflot, Russia's national air carrier, was suspended Wednesday for one hour after they grew more than 10% on the Moscow Inter-Bank Currency Exchange, the MICEX press office said.
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* Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the results of the talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Astana
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MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti, Peter Lavelle)-Unified Energy System, the state-owned utility grid that is undergoing a massive restructuring, increased electricity production by approximately 2.1% year-on-year in 2005 to 665.4bn kWh, the company has announced.
// Jan. 11, 2006 - 14:43 GMT