| May 2006 |
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President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia and Kazakhstan had reached agreement on supplies of gas from the Central Asian country and on possible Kazakh purchases of Russian military hardware.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev were optimistic Saturday about relations between Russia and Kazakhstan at a meeting in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi.
The foreign minister of the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia Saturday dismissed Georgian protests over a meeting he held with politicians in North Ossetia, a region in the south of Russia.
The Russian economics ministry has received 41 applications for Investment Fund co-financing of infrastructural projects, the head of the ministry's agency on special economic zones said Saturday.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Orlando Maniglia will raise the possibility of purchasing weapons from Russia during a visit to Moscow in July, a senior diplomat said.
The presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan will meet Saturday to discuss bilateral cooperation and international problems, as the Kazakh president assumes the chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States' top body.
The governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) voted Friday evening to reunite with Moscow, signaling the end of an 80-year rift.



