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Moscow |
3 |
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| St.Petersburg |
3 |
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| New-York |
11 |
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| Paris |
10 |
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| London |
8 |
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bid |
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$ |
29. 095 |
29. 346 |
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| EUR |
43. 636 |
43. 988 |
| $/JPY |
86. 54 |
86. 59 |
| EUR/$ |
1. 4976 |
1. 4981 |
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| Putin: Constitution doesn’t allow me to remain president |
Russian president Vladimir Putin stressed that the constitution of the Russian Federation did not allow him to remain the head of state after 2008. “I may want it but the constitution doesn’t allow me to do so. I think the most important factor in today’s Russia is stability achieved by compliance with constitutional provisions,” Putin said at a news conference following talks with his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen.
“There’s plenty of time before 2008. A lot is to be done, including together with the Finnish authorities,” Putin said. He reiterated his opposition to financing of political activities in Russia from abroad, noting that this didn’t apply to funding of environmental and cultural projects.
On the problems of Russian speakers in the Baltic countries, the Russian president said: “We would like those problems to be solved, but not as an exception.” He expressed hope that problems faced by Russian people in Latvia and Estonia would be settled in the spirit of good neighborly relations.
The Russian leader made those comments on his second day of his visit to Finland, where he arrived on Monday. This is his second visit to the country.
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