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Russia, Ukraine prepare for energy conference

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for talks on energy amid unease in Europe over possible cuts in gas supplies this winter. The two premiers are due to meet at the Livadia Palace in Yalta, the venue for the historic Yalta Conference …

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Local leader says Chechnya 99 percent rebuilt

Work to rebuild Russia’s Chechnya region, devastated by separatist wars from the 1990s, is now virtually complete, the region’s leader said at the lavish opening of a new shopping center in the capital.

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