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News Archive for 21 January 2008

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21.01.2008 - Russia to deploy second S-400 regiment near Moscow in 2008
Russia will deploy a second regiment equipped with new S-400 air defense systems at the end of 2008, a missile defense official said on Monday. in detail...

21.01.2008 - Two soldiers killed in Chechnya shootout
Two interior troops soldiers were killed and one wounded in a militant attack in eastern Chechnya on Sunday, a police source in the Russian North Caucasus republic said on Monday. in detail...

Business

21.01.2008 - Russia's RTS index falls 7.4% to below 2,000 points
The Russian Trading System (RTS) index plunged 7.38% from Friday's close to below 2,000 on Monday afternoon amid a continued slump on the Russian equities market in detail...

21.01.2008 - U.K. says no retaliation against Russia for British Council row
The U.K. Foreign Office has confirmed that it will not take any diplomatic measures in retaliation for the closure of two British Council offices in Russia. in detail...

21.01.2008 - Moscow to ignore Mail on Sunday claims
Moscow is not inclined to take seriously the Mail on Sunday report claiming the alleged expulsion of Russian diplomats, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday. in detail...

World

21.01.2008 - Russian missile cruiser hits all test targets in Atlantic
The flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva guided-missile cruiser, has successfully hit designated targets as part of a Navy exercise in the northern Atlantic Monday, in detail...

21.01.2008 - Poland ready to lift veto on Russian-EU talks on new basic agreement
Warsaw is ready to lift its veto on Russian-EU talks on a new bilateral framework agreement, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said. in detail...

21.01.2008 - Nationalist wins first round in Serbian presidential polls
The nationalist Tomislav Nikolic appears to have won the first round of Serbia's presidential elections, but will face a runoff, according to preliminary results in Sunday's poll. in detail...

21.01.2008 - Russian Navy begins exercises in the Atlantic
The task force, consisting of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the Udaloy-Class destroyers Admiral Levchenko and Admiral Chabanenko, as well as auxiliary vessels, is currently on a two-month tour of duty in the Mediterranean in detail...

Sport

21.01.2008 - Russia's Kirilenko, Petrova out of Australian Open after day 8
Two Russian women players were defeated in the fourth round of the 2008 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday. in detail...