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Market Matters: RTS Has Toughest Week Since '99
Trading on the dollar-denominated RTS exchange was suspended three times on Friday as anxiety deepened over whether the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a $700 billion financial sector bailout package and share prices on Russian and international markets plummeted.

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High Time for AvtoVAZ to Pick a Winner
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer When AvtoVAZ meets Friday to pick a strategic partner, it has a tough choice to make. Among the Western firms bidding for a stake in Russia's largest automaker are its joint-venture partner of six years, General Motors, and Italy's Fiat, the carmaker whose clunky small-car designs gave Soviet-era AvtoVAZ its start 40 years ago.

A Drive For Votes Ends in Suicide
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Almira Yamaletdinova said she wasn't sure why her husband hanged himself on the eve of the State Duma elections. But many relatives and friends are convinced that he folded under the pressure of United Russia's campaign to win the vote by a landslide.

A Veteran Delivers Weapons Warning
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer The entire architecture of strategic arms control could come tumbling down soon if Moscow and Washington fail to reach agreements on U.S. missile defense plans and adapting Cold War treaties to current realities, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said. ""If there is no movement forward, then a rollback begins sooner or later,"" Gorbachev told a nuclear arms control conference at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Russia Returning to Mediterranean
The Associated Press Russia dispatched an 11-ship aircraft carrier group to the Mediterranean Sea, the defense minister said Wednesday -- part of what he said was an effort to resume regular naval patrols on the world's oceans.

Uzbek's Extradition Flouts Court Order
Reuters Russia on Wednesday ignored an order from Europe's top human rights court and extradited a man to his native Uzbekistan, where he could face torture, rights activists said.

Nashi Writes to Her Majesty
By Alexander Osipovich / Staff Writer The youth group protests at the British Embassy, calling for the queen to call Ambassador Anthony Brenton home.

Embassies Threatened by Nearby Work
By / Staff Writer Tomas Arteaga Negrete sounds like a native Muscovite as he talks about the construction near his workplace. It is so noisy, he says, that it is hard to work and the builders sometimes keep pounding away through the weekend.

Yashin Says He's Ready To Replace Yavlinsky
By David Nowak / Staff Writer Yabloko party youth movement leader Ilya Yashin on Wednesday called for sweeping changes in the party's structure, saying he is ready to step up and become its leader should the need arise.

Kyrgyz Opposition Candidate Disqualified for Posting Ballot
Reuters Kyrgyz authorities have disqualified an opposition candidate ahead of next week's parliamentary elections, accusing him of illegally publishing a copy of the official ballot paper on his personal web site.

Consulting Firm Says Santa Should Move to Kyrgyzstan
The Associated Press Forget the North Pole. Santa Claus and his elves should set up shop in Kyrgyzstan to optimize the delivery of Christmas gifts to 2.5 billion homes around the world.

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