| October 2006 |
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A Russian deputy prime minister said Tuesday that existing production-sharing agreements should not be reviewed. 
The deal, which was first confirmed earlier Tuesday by Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych following talks with his Russian counterpart, is designed to improve relations between the former Soviet allies, which have been strained over a bitter gas-pricing row in early 2006. 
Russia may complete talks on its accession to the World Trade Organization with the United States by the end of October as planned, a Russian deputy prime minister said Tuesday. 
Russia's natural resources minister said Tuesday the agency for mineral resources and oil and gas companies will be given six months to update licensing agreements. 
Russia's environmental protection agencies are failing to fulfill their responsibilities to enforce environmental legislation, the first deputy prosecutor general said Tuesday. 
Russia has agreed to supply Ukraine at least 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2007 at a price of $130 per 1,000 cubic meters, up from the current $95, the Ukrainian prime minister said Tuesday. 
Russian sailors missing in the West Pacific after their cargo ship sank 80 nautical miles off South Korea, could be swept to North Korea's east coast by a northwesterly current, a senior coast guard officer in Seoul said Tuesday. 



