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UKRAINIAN DEPUTIES TO COMPENSATE PARLIAMENTARY BRAWL DAMAGE
19:10 MSK

Ukrainian deputies will be forced to pay compensation for damage caused during a rowdy parliamentary debate on the ratification of a Russian-Ukrainian naval base deal, Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said on Thursday.



RUSSIAN 'SILICON VALLEY' TO ENJOY UNPRECEDENTED PRIVILEGES
18:14 MSK

The high-tech business park the Kremlin is setting up near Moscow as the Russian 'Silicon Valley' will enjoy unprecedented privileges and will be exempt from major taxes, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.



UKRAINE, BELARUS 'ON WAY TO DEMOCRACY' - YANUKOVYCH
17:32 MSK

Ukraine and Belarus are moving towards becoming fully democratic states and are interested in developing regional cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday.



KYRGYZ YOUTH GROUPS DEMAND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
15:24 MSK

Kyrgyz youth groups have demanded representation in the cabinet of ministers and a lowering of the age threshold for presidential candidates, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.



KYRGYZSTAN FACES SEPARATIST THREAT
14:23 MSK

Opposition to Kyrgyzstan's interim government is calling for the country to be split into two republics, government officials said on Thursday.

"Destructive forces based in the Osh and Jalalabal provinces are disseminating leaflets and video materials with calls for the country's separation," acting Interior Minister Baktybek Alymbekov said.

Separatists are seeking to divide the country in two democratic republics - the South and the North, with equal powers delegated to each. Alymbekov warned that tough measures would be taken against persons guilty of promoting such ideas.

Interim Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek Tekebayev said, as the date set for the election draws near, "subversive separatist activity would intensify."

"For six months before the parliamentary elections we will be exposed to political risks. Compounded by economic risks, the situation will get even worse," he said.

Tolonom Dyikanbayev, head of a committee in defense of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, said in an interview with Azattyk radio he would "press for the establishment of a federative system in Kyrgyzstan."

"Without addressing the issue, it is impossible to stabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan," Dyikanbayev said.

The interim Kyrgyz government published on Monday a draft constitution that cuts the powers of the president and transforms the state from a presidential into a parliamentary republic.

Uprisings broke out in Kyrgyzstan on April 6 and quickly spread across the country. President Kurmankbek Bakiyev was deposed and forced to flee the capital and later the country.

An interim government was formed under Roza Otumbayeva.

RIA Novosti



KAZAKHSTAN INVESTIGATES KAZAKH OIL GIANT $1.25 BLN EMBEZZLEMENT SCAM
11:39 MSK

Kazakh authorities have launched a criminal investigation against the directors of the oil consortium Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) suspected of embezzling 187 billion tenge ($1.25 billion), a Kazakh financial police official said on Thursday.



UKRAINE INVESTIGATES MISUSE OF KYOTO EMISSION TRADE FUNDS
11:23 MSK

Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the alleged misuse by the former government of Yulia Tymoshenko of state funds received from the trade of carbon emission quotas.



UKRAINE'S YANUKOVYCH TO VISIT BELARUS ON THURSDAY
10:00 MSK

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko during an official visit to Minsk on Thursday, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Embassy in Belarus has said.



PUTIN KICKS OFF OIL PROJECT ON CASPIAN SEA
10:00 MSK

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for commercial oil production in the Russian part of the Caspian Sea by the country's largest independent oil producer, LUKoil.




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