RUSSIA
The Indian government"s security committee has approved the allocation of $2.3 billion to retrofit the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier (INS Vikramaditya), the IANS news agency reported* A Georgian woman is set to become the first ever female ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a Kuwaiti daily said
* The U.S. government has lifted sanctions against the Russian space organization Glavkosmos, the U.S. Federal Register said
BUSINESS
* Italy"s Eni SpA, which is Gazprom"s partner in the Kremlin-backed South Stream gas pipeline project, proposed uniting it with its Nabucco rival to boost overall revenues, a Russian business paper reported
* Russia"s largest diamond miner Alrosa said it planned to sign three-year contracts with three Indian companies on the delivery of uncut diamonds worth $490 million
SPORTS
* Rubin Kazan held on to a 1-1 home draw on Thursday against a Wolfsburg side that gave fair warning the Russian champions
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