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The historic region of Bessarabia used to be the gateway from Russia into the Danube valley

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	16 July 2010
	Current Affairs

	Russian investigators have identified the killer of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

	Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili says he hopes Belarus would not give its vote for the sovereignty of former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

	Scores of Russians have died in the past few weeks amid a heatwave that shows no sign of breaking.

	A longtime regional leader from central Russia has resigned amid allegations of corruption and human rights violations.

	Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych signed on Thursday a law confirming the country's non-bloc foreign policy.

	Business & Economics

	Russia's oil export duty may be set at $263.8 per tonne starting August 1, 2010, in accordance with preliminary formula calculations as determined by the law on customs tariff regulation.

	Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Thursday in Russia, where they oversaw the signing of billions of dollars worth of business deals between the two countries.

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