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RUSSIA

* A Mi-24 Hind combat helicopter crashed in the Saratov Region in Russia's Volga Federal District, killing the crew, a spokesman for the Russian Air Force said

* Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Russian banks against using state funds for currency speculation, reminding bankers that state assistance to the financial system was not charity

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* Moscow and Minsk signed an agreement on the joint protection of the Russia-Belarus Union State's airspace and the creation of an integrated regional air defense network

* Kyrgyzstan will demand the closure of a U.S. military base on its territory, used to support antiterrorism operations in neighboring Afghanistan, the Central Asian state's president said

* Latvian Agriculture Minister Martins Roze resigned after farmers took to the streets to protest against agricultural policy

* Arsenal announced that Andrei Arshavin had signed with the English Premier League club, ending a torturous transfer saga that started last summer

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* The European parliament wants Russia to join the Nabucco pipeline project, planned to pump gas from Central Asia to Europe, a European diplomatic source said