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PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Oct 26

Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:20pm IST
 
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MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

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- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen on Sunday that export duties on Russian timber will not be increased in 2010.

- An opposition activist from Russia's restive Ingushetia region was killed on Sunday in the nearby region of Kabardino-Balkaria, the daily says.

- President Dmitry Medvedev met leaders of parliamentary opposition on Saturday to discuss political situation in Russia, the paper reports.

- President Medvedev has sacked an interior minister of the Siberian region of Tuva after a local drunk policeman shot dead one fellow-officer and severely injured another before taking his life on Saturday, the daily writes.

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