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The weakness of the ruble is hurting Russia, which has lost tens of billions of dollars because of sanctions.
Investments from South Korea and Britain rose, up 22.9 percent and 28 percent respectively.
A former Kremlin advisor writes about the possible next moves in the Russia-West face-off over Ukraine.
Kazakhstan is the second-largest post-Soviet oil producer after Russia.
Australian news agencies were reporting hostage numbers from 12 to 40.
The draft agreement has acceded to several demands of developing countries like BRICS.
Kazakhstan is the second-largest post-Soviet oil producer after Russia.
Millions of eligible voters will be choosing from among 1,191 candidates running for the 475 seats in the lower house of the Diet.
Japanese troops killed 300,000 people in the 1937 Nanjing massacre, say Chinese estimates.
Lagarde said the IMF is disappointed with US inaction to ratify reforms and will now move forward without Washington.
