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19:59 GMT 17.09.2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev was freed by a Polish court several hours after he was arrested at Russia's request

* Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich said he would not run in the country's presidential elections later this year, dubbing them "a theater"

* A new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction treaty should be simultaneously ratified by the end of the year, a Russian lawmaker said

RUSSIA

* The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said it was ready to provide Boris Berezovsky with "exhaustive information" on hundreds of millions of dollars the fugitive tycoon allegedly stole from Russia

* The presidents of Russia and Ukraine each got behind the wheel of a vintage car on Friday to lead the international Emperor Nicholas II motor rally across the Russian-Ukrainian border

BUSINESS

* Moscow is considering the possibility of foreign banks buying into Russian banks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told an international investment forum

* State-owned hi-tech corporation Russian Technologies signed an agreement with the U.S. jet maker Boeing for 50 Boeing-737 Next Generation airliners worth $3.7 billion, the companies said in a joint statement

* Investors in Russia should build companies that produce goods for export, not just for the domestic market, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

SPORTS

* Both CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg kicked off their 2010/11 Europa League campaigns with away victories and impressive displays of attacking football

DEFENSE

* Russia believes that Moscow and NATO should properly assess missile risks before starting on a missile defense plan for Europe, Russia's envoy to the military alliance said

* U.S. President Barack Obama and other top state officials urged the Senate to speed up the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia