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Russia to Increase Gas Prices to Europe in 2007

Russian natural-gas monopoly OAO Gazprom plans to raise the price of gas it sells to Europe next year by almost 15 percent, Vedomosti newspaper reports.

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November 27, 2006

Kremlin Says Litvinenko’s Death “A Tragedy”

A Kremlin official today described the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London as a “tragedy.”

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November 24, 2006

Vladimir Putin And Tarja Halonen To Meet Before Summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a 24-hour visit to Helsinki Thursday afternoon. He will hold talks with his Finnish counterpart, Tarja Halonen, in the evening ahead of Friday’s European Union-Russia summit,  YLE24 News reports.

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November 23, 2006

Russia To Ban EU Animal Products

Russia threatened to ban all imports of animal products from the European Union, according to reports on Wednesday.

Popularity: 1% [?]