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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered a total of 5 billion rubles ($165 million) to be disbursed from the federal budget to the central Russian areas worst affected by wildfires, his spokesman said on Friday.
 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is considering several candidates for the position of new presidential human rights council chief, the president's press secretary said.
 

Russian Culture
UNESCO discussions in Brasilia will see no "sensations" concerning the construction of a 403-meter skyscraper in historic St. Petersburg's city center.