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BARNAUL, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's diamond-mining monopoly
ALROSA in September will start shipments of raw diamonds to the Kristall

CHISINAU, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Moldova's Communists will make a
decision on Saturday whether to enter into talks with the emerging ruling

NIZHNI NOVGOROD, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's largest car
manufacturer, AvtoVAZ, seeks to prevent massive dismissals. The management

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TASHKENT, August 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Uzbekistan and the United States
have signed an agreement on a programme of contacts in the military sphere.

ZHUKOVSKY, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- France's Thales company will
provide assistance to the Russian air carrier Aeroflot and Armenia's

SOCHI, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The Kremlin hopes that the future of
the Opel deal will be cleared up before long.

LONDON, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The board of directors of the US
automotive giant General Motors at its meeting in Detroit on Friday

SOCHI, August 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will
meet his outgoing Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Voronin in his Black Sea

SAYANOGORSK, August 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The death toll of the
large-scale accident at Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in Siberia