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MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost 413 million rubles ($16 million) in the first five months of 2007 as a result of money laundering, an Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. Yevgeny Shkolov, head of the ministry"s economic security department, said his unit alone tracked down some 2,680 money-laundering incidents between January and May of this year - a 14% increase year-on-year. The total number of such crimes detected across the nation was 4,390, he said. "Some 4,390 crimes related to money laundering were tracked in the Russian Federation in the first five months of this year, including 1,257 on a large scale," Shkolov said.


The organizers of the recent terrorist attacks...

The organizers of the recent terrorist attacks in Moscow and Kizlyar and some of the suicide bombers have been identified, the Russian counter-terrorism committee said on Friday.


Russia will fulfill its obligations under...

Russia will fulfill its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, the presidential advisor on climate issues said on Friday.

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Moscow and Kiev could be plunged into a...

will choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a runoff election on February 7. Both candidates have vowed to improve relations with Russia.

The diplomat also said there are no strict rules obliging countries to indicate the president in their ambassadors" credentials.

Russia"s Foreign Ministry refused to comment on the issue on Thursday, Kommersant said.

Ties between the two ex-Soviet neighbors have been strained under Yushchnko over a host of issues, including gas pricing disputes, the pro-Western leader"s drive to secure NATO and EU membership for Ukraine, Kiev"s support for Tbilisi during and since the brief August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

MOSCOW, January 22 (RIA Novosti)



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