Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive of the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP on Thursday, the TNK-BP board of directors said.
The Russian liberal opposition party Yabloko said on Thursday media reports on a coalition with former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov"s party were "premature."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for the conservation of endangered polar bears, Caucasian and Far Eastern leopards.
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