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06.11.2008 Russian ship crew saves 68 Somalis from sinking
The crew of a Russian vessel has rescued 68 Somali nationals who were stranded on a small boat around 75 miles south of Malta, the company that owns the Russian ship said on Wednesday.

21.10.2008 Russia's Polymetal reports 18% gold output growth
Polymetal, Russia's largest silver producer and one of the largest gold producers, said its gold output grew 18% year-on-year in January-September to 211,000 ounces.

26.09.2008 South Korean president to visit Russia on September 28
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive in Russia on September 28 on a two-day visit to discuss joint projects and international issues, and to attend a business forum, the Kremlin said on Monday.

16.09.2008 Medvedev Looks To Asia Amid Russia-West Tension
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Moscow would pursue economic cooperation with Asia amid growing tensions between Russia and the West over the conflict in Georgia.

16.09.2008 N. Korean Top Officials to Visit Russia
North Korea's top officials are to visit Russia later this year, a U.S. radio report said Sunday.

24.07.2008 Russia to host Frukus-2008 international naval exercises
Russian, U.S., U.K., and French warships will take part in a major Russia-NATO interoperability exercise off the Russian coast in the Sea of Japan on August 15-23, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.

09.07.2008 Russia, China leaders discuss meetings at SCO, APEC forums
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao discussed their upcoming meetings at the next forums of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organisation (APEC).

09.07.2008 The Russian gas will rise in price up to$ 500 for Europe
The price on Russian gas will reach $ 500 per 1000 cubic meters for Europe by the end of 2008 said the Chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller.

15.05.2008 Yekaterinburg to host meeting of Russia, India, China foreign ministers
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds talks with his Indian and Chinese counterparts in Yekaterinburg on Thursday. This will be the seventh tripartite ministerial meeting.

04.05.2008 India bags stake in Russia`s Sakhalin III
At a time when it is getting tougher to get rights to oil blocks overseas, India has managed to secure a commitment for a 23 per cent stake in Russia's Sakhalin III project located in the Russian far east.

02.04.2008 Restrictions will be in force for everybody
With the beginning of the fishery in the Astrakhan region there has been restarted the work of the “Putina-2008” fishery headquarters.

01.04.2008 Gazprom and Rosneft review joint projects
Gazprom and Rosneft have discussed plans for the realization of the strategic cooperation agreement, the press office of the Russian energy holding reported today. The parties have also reviewed cooperation in gas supplies to Russia's Far East.

14.03.2008 Airbus to invest USD130 mln in industrial cooperation with Russia in 2008
Airbus’ programme of industrial cooperation with Russian enterprises in 2008 has been estimated at 130 million U.S. dollars and may grow to 230 million U.S. dollars in 2009.

14.03.2008 Russia to present $46bln projects at Cannes investment forum
Russia will present projects worth over 30 billion euros ($46 billion) at Europe's major property investment forum in the French resort city of Cannes, the Russian economics minister said on Tuesday.

04.03.2008 Russia approves new ESPO pipeline route
The Russian government has approved a new route bypassing Lake Baikal for an oil pipeline from East Siberia to the Pacific, a Cabinet spokesman said on Monday.

04.03.2008 Potential for Chinese exports to Russia to increase
Russia is interested in a great number of Chinese products and trade potential between the two countries is expected to grow, said a Russian trade representative to China

20.02.2008 Russia, Japan satisfied with trade, economic ties, investments
Russia and Japan are satisfied with the dynamic development of their trade, economic contacts and investments, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said summing up the results of Tuesday’ s meeting between the Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and Chairman of the Japanese-Russian Committee for Economic Cooperation Kunio Anzai.

31.01.2008 Russia-China trade growing fast
Russian-Chinese trade showed a pace of growth in 2007 that had no precedent in several years before but it has been impossible so far to reach an agreement to boost oil and natural gas trade, "the key area of our cooperation," the Russian ambassador to China said on Saturday.

28.01.2008 The science quotas on the catch of aqua bio-resources in RF will be cancelled in 2009
The government of RF intends to cancel the science quotas on the catch of aqua bio-resources in 2009 and to go over to the financing of the science research from the federal budget, informed the head of the Goskomrybolovstvo Andrey Krayniy.

24.01.2008 Russia-New Zealand cooperation potential –far from exhausted
Issues of economic and political cooperation were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting between New Zealand premier Helen Clark and speaker of the Russian Federation Council upper chamber Sergei Mironov, staying in this country on an official visit.

15.01.2008 Russia, U.S. plan joint anti-terrorism exercises in summer
Russia and the U.S. will conduct this summer a joint Air Force exercise aimed at practicing interoperability in anti-terror operations, a Russian military official said on Monday

10.01.2008 Russia enters 2008 at geopolitical highpoint
A private U.S. intelligence agency, Stratfor, said Russia is now more powerful than it has been since the fall of Communism.

10.01.2008 Indonesia`s Setdco, Russian partners to build giant oil project
Setdco Oil & Gas of the Setdco Group has agreed with Primosky Oil & Gas to build a giant Vladivostok Oil and Gas Complex in Russia estimated to cost up to 18 billion euros (US$26.5 billion).

25.12.2007 Russian gas exports to Asia-Pacific region could top 50 bln cu m
Gas exports from Russia's Siberian and Far Eastern regions to Asia and Pacific countries could eventually top 50 billion cubic meters, a Gazprom official said on Monday.

15.12.2007 The Geyser Valley has won the “Seven Wonders of Russia” contest
The Geyser Valley of Kamchatka became one of the “7 Wonders of Russia” contest winner that was organized by the “Smena” journal. The contest was being conducted during three months, starting from September, 2007.

05.12.2007 Russian election procedures in Vladivostok met democratic standards -international observer
The State Duma elections in Russia's southeastern sea port of Vladivostok were conducted in line with democratic standards, Pawel Poncyljusz, an observer for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

08.11.2007 The Amur Tiger Offers An Encouraging Word: Success
Siberia - In a world where many animals are under siege, the Amur tiger -- popularly known in the West as the Siberian tiger -- offers an encouraging message: the population of the huge cat is showing signs of recovery.

07.11.2007 Putin hopes for further close cooperation with China
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hopes for further close cooperation with China.

06.11.2007 Russia's fisheries to get 50 bln rlbs of loans - official
ussian fisheries will receive 50 billion roubles of loans in the near future, head of the State Committee for Fisheries Andrei Krainy told a conference here on Thursday.

13.10.2007 A two-level system of higher education is being implemented in Russia
State Duma has passed a law determining the self-depending levels of higher education – Bachelor and Master degrees.

12.10.2007 RUSAL has no plans to acquire more assets in Europe
Russia’s leading alumina and aluminum producer RUSAL has no immediate plans for acquiring more assets in Europe.

08.10.2007 The third ecologic conference is starting
The third all-Russian ecologic conference “New priorities of national ecologic politics in the real economic sector” will take place in Moscow on the 27th of November.

01.10.2007 The third ecologic conference will start its work in Russia
The third all-Russian ecologic conference “New priorities of national ecologic politics in the real economic sector” will take place in Moscow on the 27th of November.

24.09.2007 Russia eyes new aviation glory
Russia will seek a boost for President Vladimir Putin’s bid to revive its once mighty aviation industry this week, by rolling out its first modern commercial airliner for the global market - the Superjet.

14.09.2007 Russian economy overcame depression
Russian economy presents the stable rate of development and today we are in top ten of world economic systems, informed the first vice-chairman of RF government Dmitriy Medvedev.

12.09.2007 Russia and Japan To Improve Energy and Economic Ties
Russia, the world’s largest oil and gas exporter, has agreed to development projects to strengthen energy and economic ties with Japan.

07.09.2007 Putin hopes to develop Russian Far East by holding 2012 APEC summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow hopes to develop the Russian Far East through enhanced participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

21.08.2007 Date of Russian President’s election will be announced in December
The speaker of Council of Federations, leader of “Just Russia” Sergey Mironov declared that the date of Russian President’s election will be announced on the first decade of December.

15.08.2007 Bomb derails train in northwestern Russia
A Russian express train derailed in the country's northwest late Monday, after a bomb exploded on the tracks, a Russian Railways official said early Tuesday.

09.08.2007  Russia's Severstal-Avto applies to assemble Isuzu trucks
Russian auto maker Severstal-Avto [RTS: SVAV] has filed an application with the economics ministry for industrial assembly of Isuzu trucks in Russia, a ministry official said Tuesday.

08.08.2007 Crocodile falls to earth in Russia
RESIDENTS in the Russian nuclear research town of Sarov got a jaw-dropping surprise today when a crocodile fell from its owner's 12th storey flat.

03.08.2007 Russian bathyscaphes arose from the Arctic bottom
First in history deep-water submersion of bathyscaphes on the North Pole has ended.

03.08.2007 Decision on extraction tax may be reached in spring 2008
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin believes that a decision on possible changes in the natural
resource extraction tax rate charged for natural gas production might be reached in the winter or next spring.

01.08.2007 A moratorium on sturgeon’s roe output is imposed in Russia
The reason of the black roe output prohibition is the reduction of fish numbers in Caspia.

03.07.2007 Taxes will be lowered for migrants
Amendments to the current legislation regarding a decrease of migrant workers taxation are developed in Council of Federation.