Main news of September 17 Posted byRussian_Village September 18, 2011 Leave a comment on Main news of September 17 WORLD * Pro-Russian party is emerging as the winner in the Latvian early parliamentary elections for the first time in 20 years since the tiny Baltic state restored independence, exit polls showed * Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been nominated for a Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize, Confucius Peace Prize, the Chinese news portal sina.com said * China has allocated $1 billion in loan on favorable terms to Belarus, which is in the midst of a financial crisis, China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo said * Ukraine is ready to discuss suspension of its gas transit system which pumps Russian gas to Europe, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told reporters RUSSIA * Russia should team up with Italy and France to produce modern regional aircrafts, Vladimir Dmitriyev, head of the country’s national development bank VEB, said