PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Nov 3

MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russian newspapers on Tuesday.

Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

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- Russian Railways has transferred 916.8 million tonnes of freight in the first ten months of 2009, which is 18.7 percent less than in the same period of 2008, the daily writes.

- Russia's TNK-BP holding (TNBPI.RTS) will pay an interim dividends of $3.9 billion for the first nine months of 2009, the paper says.

- The board of Russia's mobile telecoms operator Vimpelcom (VIP.N) recommended to pay a dividend of 9.75 billion roubles ($335.7 million) for the first nine months of 2009, the paper reports.