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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.

Kommersant daily said the youth groups, who were the main driving force behind the Kyrgyz uprisings that caused the overthrow of the country's government in early April, have accused the interim government of power usurpation.

"All the loud statements and promises of the interim government leaders are just empty words," the paper quoted the statement of a youth group as saying. "The interim government said it would work with the youth on the development of the country, but it turns out they aren't even interested in what young people have to say."

Kommersant cited leader of 'April 7' youth movement Ermek Mamyrkanov as saying that the interim government should report on the work they have done in their first month in power and include the "pure and professional" youth in the ruling bodies.

Youth organizations also demanded that the age threshold for presidential elections be lowered.

"Currently, you can only become president if you are over 35," a youth group member said. "That means the young are automatically deprived of the possibility to participate in the presidential race".

Uprisings broke out in Kyrgyzstan on April 6, spreading across the country and leaving at least 84 dead and around 1,600 injured. President Bakiyev was deposed and forced to flee the capital and later the country. An interim government has been ruling the country since April 8.

RIA Novosti



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.



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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