NATO, Russia agree return to top level talks
AFP - 30 minutes agoNATO and Russia agreed Wednesday to gradually resume high-level talks, frozen over Moscow's war against Georgia in August, even though a litany of differences remain to be settled.
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Russia plans fresh economic boost, Medvedev upbeat
AFP via Yahoo! News - 46 minutes agoRussia said Wednesday it was preparing fresh measures to boost its economy as President Dmitry Medvedev urged the government to try to take advantage of an anticipated fall in prices.
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Russia to buy out mortgages from banks
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 17 minutes agoRussia's government pledged a mortgage buyout Wednesday and announced more aid for major airlines and other companies beyond an existing $200 billion financial rescue package, Russian news agencies reported.
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Russia Claims Victory After NATO Delays Enlargement (Update3)
Bloomberg - 1 hour, 58 minutes agoDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia said that a NATO decision to rule out near-term membership for Ukraine and Georgia shows that the U.S.-led military alliance is shying away from interfering with the Russian sphere of influence.
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Emerging Markets Report: Russia's services PMI index tumbles to record low
Market Watch - 1 hour, 20 minutes agoRussia’s services sector posts the sharpest contraction on record in November, underlining just how hard the global financial crisis has hit the Russian economy.
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Serbia casts doubt on energy deal with Russia
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 3, 10:26 am ESTSerbia said Wednesday it is unlikely to sell its oil monopoly to Russia because of Moscow's refusal to guarantee to build a strategic pipeline through the Balkan country.
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Russia concludes naval exercises with Venezuela
Denver Post - Wed Dec 3, 2:58 am ESTRussian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War. The Russian ships arrived in Venezuela last week in an operation widely seen as a show of Kremlin anger over the U.S. decision to deliver aid to Georgia aboard warships following that country's conflict with Russia.
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Russia passes new restrictions on tobacco
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 22 minutes agoRussia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to lower tar and nicotine content in cigarettes and to place large health warnings on the packs.
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U.S. Softens Stance on Russia at NATO Summit
New York Times - Tue Dec 2, 4:41 pm ESTThe U.S. agreed to support a modest reopening of NATO?s dialogue with Russia, despite Moscow?s continuing occupation of Georgia?s South Ossetia and Abkhazia territories.
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NATO: We are ready to discuss European security with Russia - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 3, 10:14 am ESTBrussels - NATO could discuss with Russia a future security structure for Europe, but President Dmitry Medvedev must first clarify his plans - and NATO is in any case not going to dissolve itself, the head of the transatlantic alliance said Wednesday...
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Russia’s MDM, Ursa Forced Into Merger as Credit Crisis Deepens
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 8:45 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- MDM Bank and Ursa Bank will merge to form Russia’s second-largest private lender as a fall in retail deposits and soaring bad loans added to evidence that the financial crisis is accelerating in the country.
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Russia’s Ruble Little Changed; Services Had Record Contraction
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 3:13 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s ruble was little changed against the dollar and the euro after a report showed Russian service industries contracted the most on record in November.
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India, Russia To Ink N-Deal
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 1:01 am EST(RTTNews) - Russia will enter into an agreement with India for setting up four more nuclear reactors in Kudankulam in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's three-day visit to New Delhi beginning Wednesday, media reports, citing a top Russian official, said.
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NATO agrees cautious re-warming of Russia ties
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 3:18 pm ESTNATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on formal membership tracks.
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Rice: Still not business as usual with Russia
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 3:01 pm ESTThe United States blinked in two symbolic stare-downs with Russia on Tuesday, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Moscow is not back in global good graces four months after it invaded a small, U.S.-backed neighbor.
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NATO ministers move to resume talks with Russia
International Herald Tribune - Tue Dec 2, 2:43 pm ESTNATO foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to gradually resume talks with Russia that were frozen after Moscow's invasion of Georgia in August in exchange for accelerating work on preparing Ukraine and Georgia for eventual membership.
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Rice says U.S. on road to fix ties with Russia
Denver Post - Wed Dec 3, 2:53 am ESTThe United States has softened tough lines against what it views as Russia's illegitimate drive for influence over former Soviet vassals, although Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging European states to show their disapproval of Moscow's invasion of Georgia.
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NATO ready to discuss European security with Russia
Nasdaq - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago(RTTNews) - NATO chief expressed the alliance's preparedness to discuss with Moscow a future security structure for Europe if Russian President Dmitry Medvedev clarifies his plans.
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Russian warship to cross Panama Canal
AP via Yahoo! News - 10 minutes agoA Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.
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NATO agrees thaw with Russia, boosts ties with Georgia, Ukraine
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 8:41 pm ESTNATO agreed to gradually resume high-level talks with Russia, frozen over the August conflict in the Caucasus, and to deepen ties with former Soviet states Georgia and Ukraine.
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Russia Won’t Sell Kyoto Carbon Credits, Blinov Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 8:24 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will refuse to sell surplus carbon-emissions credits to other nations, removing from the market the biggest single pool of licenses to pollute under the Kyoto global-warming treaty, a government official said.
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