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RUSSIA

* The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay 577,000 euros ($755,000) in compensation to the relatives of nine people who disappeared in Chechnya in 2001 and 2004

* U.S. President Barack Obama surpassed Russia's expectations for improvement in bilateral relations during his first 100 days in the office, Russian analysts said

* Guatemala and Nicaragua have introduced a visa-free regime for Russian tourists, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

* A group of FBI agents is in Moscow to hold talks on possible cooperation with their Russian colleagues in cases involving two suspected mafia leaders, a government daily said

* Russia is not expecting the resumption of six-nation negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after talks with his North Korean counterpart

* Russia will continue contacts with NATO "in a marriage of convenience" despite concerns over the upcoming military exercises in Georgia, Russia's envoy to NATO has said

WORLD

* Georgian opposition leaders said on Thursday protests demanding the president's resignation were entering their "active" phase, threatening to block Mikheil Saakashvili's movements in the capital

* Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday he hoped the new U.S. administration understood there was no future in using the "language of sanctions" to talk to Belarus

* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called on the opposition on Thursday to end street protests in the capital and join efforts to tackle economic problems

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in North Korea on a working visit on Thursday amid spiraling tensions over Pyongyang's recent rocket launch and its withdrawal from nuclear negotiations

* Armenia and Turkey have come to an agreement on a "roadmap" aimed at normalizing bilateral relations

BUSINESS

* MTS launched on Thursday wireless internet services through the BlackBerry platform to non-corporate subscribers, the president of Russia's largest mobile phone operator announced

* The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld on Thursday a claim lodged by a subsidiary of state-owned Rosneft for 5.036 billion rubles ($148 million) against Russneft over the illegal purchase of a Yukos asset