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MOSCOW/ BANGALORE, February 7 (RIA Novosti)...

MOSCOW/ BANGALORE, February 7 (RIA Novosti) - One lucky visitor of an air show that opens in India Wednesday will win a flight on board a Russian jet fighter and a trip to Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent said.


MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) -- Russian...

MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the presence of major global car manufacturers would help develop the domestic auto industry. Speaking on live television and radio, Putin said: "Many foreign companies, such as BMW and some Asian manufacturers, have already arrived on the Russian market and we are holding negotiations with Volkswagen and Mercedes." Russia, however, he said, had to create the appropriate conditions for these companies to enter the domestic market. "The government has recently taken a number of steps that have prompted a varied response," Putin said. "These steps must be balanced...in order to avoid a negative impact on consumers." In spring 2005, the government adopted a decision to assemble foreign cars in Russia and, consequently, lowered import tariffs on foreign car parts.

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MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - The volume...

Vladimir Putin said currently Denmark is guaranteed 1 bcm as a minimum.

"In the future, this volume could be tripled," he said.

The Nord Stream pipeline, which will carry gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, bypassing Poland, Belarus and Ukraine, is being built jointly by Russia"s Gazprom, Germany"s E.ON Ruhrgas and BASF-Wintershall, and Dutch gas transportation firm Gasunie with an estimated price tag of $12 billion.

On October 20, Denmark became the first country to approve the pipeline"s route. The Danish Energy Authority issued Nord Stream AG, the Nord Stream operator, a license for the pipeline to pass across Denmark"s territorial waters (87.7 km) and its exclusive economic zone (49.9 km).

Putin said the decision had helped improve relations between Russia and Denmark, adding that it was an example of a balanced, non-politicized approach toward energy issues.

His remark was an indirect jab at Estonia, whose parliament on Tuesday

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