| November 2006 |
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Russia's president said Thursday that Poland should stop defending illegally-shipped food products and start direct negotiations with Russia on meat exports. 
The presidents of Russia and Finland discussed energy, trade, and cross-border goods traffic at a meeting in Helsinki the day before a Russia-EU summit in the Finnish capital. 
Poland will persist with its veto on the launch of Russia-EU talks on a new cooperation agreement, even if the country's reputation suffers as a result, the Polish foreign minister said Thursday. 
The Soviet Union was justified in annexing the Baltic states in WWII, as their governments supported Nazi Germany, Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) said Thursday. 
Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested alleged members of a gang run by a Georgian national, in a major ongoing crackdown on Georgian and Russian organized crime groups. 
The European Union has failed to convince Poland to lift its veto on the start of talks on a new Russia-EU cooperation agreement, the Finnish ambassador to the EU said Thursday. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Helsinki on a working visit Thursday, the day before a Russia-EU summit in the Finnish capital. Finnish Transport Minister Susanna Huovinen met the Russian leader at the airport, from where they traveled to the presidential palace, where Putin will hold talks with his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen. 
The condition of a Russian spy defector allegedly poisoned three weeks ago in London deteriorated overnight, doctors in a London hospital said Thursday. 
Russia has delivered the last two S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) anti-aircraft missile systems to Belarus, the Belarusian defense minister said Thursday. Russia and Belarus signed an agreement on deliveries of S-300 systems in September 2005.
Up to 35 Russian companies will float their shares in initial public offerings in 2007, a Russian expert said Thursday. 



