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Bush to make working visit to Russia before G8 summit

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U.S. President George W. Bush will make a working visit to Russia on the eve of the G8 summit in July, a spokesman for the organizing committee said Thursday.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. President George W. Bush will make a working visit to Russia on the eve of the G8 summit in July, a spokesman for the organizing committee said Thursday.

"U.S. President George W. Bush's visit will take place on the eve of the summit's opening day," Dmitry Peskov said.

The G8 summit is slated to take place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg suburb of Strelna July 15-17.

Peskov did not give any details of the program for Bush's visit, but said the press center would start working at full capacity July 14, implying that Bush would arrive in Russia on that day.

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