4 July 2008, 8:30 am
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4 July 2008, 8:01 am
MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - VimpelCom said it has increased its stake in Kazakh subsidiary Kar-Tel LLC to 74.9 percent, Interfax reported.... read more
4 July 2008, 6:57 am
MOSCOW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian policemen in the north of the Moscow Region stopped a car carrying 11 kg (24.3 lbs) of pure heroin, arresting two men and confiscating the drugs, a police official said Friday.... read more
4 July 2008, 5:15 am
Digest of headline news as of 4.00 p.m. Moscow time on July 4, 2008: BUSINESS & FINANCE *** MILLER CONFIRMS GAZPROM PLANS TO BUY TURKMEN GAS AT MARKET PRICE Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller confirmed that Russia will buy gas from Turkmenistan "in rising volumes and at market prices."... read more
3 July 2008, 5:20 pm
As of Thursday, July 3, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.... read more
3 July 2008, 11:55 am
In his first day on the job, Thomas Mirow said change in Russia and the region from the Balkans through Central Asia would not occur unless the material well-being of people improved.... read more
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