* Russian Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Vladimir
Popovkin said:
- the Russian Navy will conduct at least five test
launches of the new Bulava sea-based ballistic missile in 2009
- Russia will finish drafting plans for a new aircraft
carrier for its Navy by 2012
* The consular section of Russia's embassy in Mexico has
suspended its work until May 4 due to the swine flu outbreak
that has claimed 149 lives in the country
* Russia and South Ossetia are due to sign an agreement on
joint border protection on April 30, South Ossetian Foreign
Minister Murat Dzhioyev said
* Russia's Evraz Group S.A. metals giant said its net
profit calculated to International Financial Reporting
Standards declined 11.2% year-on-year in 2008 to $1.87 billion
* Three people have died in floods in northeast Brazil's
Maranhao state, and 60,000 have been affected, the country's
Civil Defense service said
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