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TURKMEN LEADER REASSURES MOSCOW ON NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES
18:51 MSK

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on Tuesday confirmed the Central Asian republic's readiness to supply the required gas volumes to Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.



PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR IN MOSCOW FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS
17:26 MSK

Chief Palestinian advisor Sahib Oreikat will discuss recent Israeli settlement activities at a meeting of Middle East mediators in Moscow on March 19, a Palestinian spokesman said on Tuesday.



UN CHIEF TO VISIT SOVIET NUCLEAR TESTING GROUND IN KAZAKHSTAN
17:12 MSK

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon plans to visit the Soviet-era Semipalatinsk nuclear test facility during his visit to Kazakhstan next month, the United Nations Development Program said on Tuesday.

"During his visit the UN secretary general... will visit the Semipalatinsk region and especially the territory of the former nuclear testing ground," the UNDP's Kazakhstan office said in a statement.

Ban is due to visit the vast Central Asian country on April 6-7.

The Semipalatinsk testing facility in northeastern Kazakhstan was the main location for Soviet nuclear tests for four decades and the area is highly polluted by radiation.

The first Soviet nuclear test took place there in 1949 and by the time the site was closed in 1989 at least 468 nuclear tests had been carried out, including 55 airborne or above ground explosions.

An estimated 1.6 million people were subjected to radiation during this period due to Soviet authorities' failure to take the necessary measures to protect the population.

RIA Novosti



RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH LEADER ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
16:09 MSK

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church began a three-day visit to the Armenian capital on Tuesday to meet the country's leadership and lay the foundation of a new Russian church.



TAJIK ELECTIONS WERE DEMOCRATIC, TRANSPARENT, QUIET - TAJIK PRESIDENT
14:28 MSK

Tajik parliamentary elections have been democratic, transparent and quiet, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said on Tuesday.



NORD STREAM SECURES FUNDING FOR RUSSIA-BACKED BALTIC PIPELINE
12:18 MSK

Nord Stream has secured 3.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in financing allowing it to start building a pipeline to pump Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday.



KIEV WANTS TO HOST SIGNING OF HISTORIC RUSSIA-U.S. ARMS CUTS DEAL
11:58 MSK

Kiev is seeking to be the venue for the signing of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States, a respected Russian business daily reported on Tuesday.



IMEDI HEAD DENIES OFFICIALS INFORMED OF FAKE REPORT BEFOREHAND
11:19 MSK

The head of the Georgian TV channel, which created nationwide panic by a bogus TV news report of a Russian invasion, denied that the country's top officials were informed about the program beforehand.



VENEZUELA TO EXPORT 80,000 BARRELS OF CRUDE PER DAY TO BELARUS
11:15 MSK

Belarus will be able to buy up to 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez told a news conference after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart.



TURKMENISTAN VIEWS RUSSIA AS STRATEGIC PARTNER
10:00 MSK

Turkmenistan views Russia as a strategic partner, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said at the start of a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.




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