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RUSSIA

* A Siberian hydroelectric power station, where at least 74 people died in an accident on August 17, needs to be completely rebuilt, the Russian prime minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States of blocking Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)

* A Siberian hydroelectric power station, where at least 74 people died in an accident on August 17, needs to be completely rebuilt, the Russian prime minister said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that there would be no change to the current system of appointing regional governors

* A police officer and a militant were killed in a shootout in Chechnya, a police source told RIA Novosti






WORLD

* Georgia said it would resist any attempts by Russia to detain its ships in the waters of its former province of Abkhazia

* The Finnish-operated Arctic Sea cargo vessel, which is on its way back to Russia after being hijacked in late July, is to call at the port of Las Palmas, a Spanish marine spokesperson said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated that he saw no possibility of restoring bilateral relations with Georgia under its current leader, Mikheil Saakashvili

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of top foreign and Russian analysts that he believes efforts to find an alternative to the UN are "dangerous" and called the European security system insufficient

* Moscow is ready to discuss any issues with the United States, even those on which they strongly disagree, the Russian president said






 

 

 

BUSINESS

* Russia's Reserve Fund will be completely exhausted in 2010 and will not begin to be replenished until 2013, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said

* A Kremlin aide predicted the establishment of five or six currency unions based on new reserve currencies within the next ten year


 

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