| December 2006 |
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The positions of UN Security Council members on a draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its controversial nuclear program have drawn closer, but discussions have not been easy, the Russian Security Council secretary said Monday. 
The head of Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] discussed with high-ranking Egyptian officials Monday prospects for Russian-Egyptian cooperation in the natural gas sector within the framework of a joint memorandum, the energy giant said. 
Detectives from Scotland Yard have arrived in Moscow to investigate the death of former Russian security service agent Alexander Litvinenko, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the airport. 
Moscow expects a new U.S. ambassador to the UN to promote the development of cooperation with Russia, diplomats said Monday. 
A former FSB colonel has said he has important evidence on the death of his fellow security officer in London to share with British investigators, his defense lawyer said Monday. 
Detectives from Scotland Yard have left for Moscow to pursue their investigation into the death of former Russian security service agent Alexander Litvinenko, UK TV channel Sky News said Monday, citing Home Secretary John Reid. 
Two peacekeepers detained by Georgian police in the conflict zone with South Ossetia have been released, the peacekeeping commander said Monday. 
The only reactor in Russia able to produce a radioactive isotope found in the body of a former Russian secret service agent in the U.K. was shut down two years ago, a source in the Russian nuclear agency said Monday. 
Russia's foreign minister denied Monday media reports saying Russian diplomats had been instructed to file protests over the publication of a former FSB officer's purported deathbed note discrediting the president. 
Georgian police said they detained two Russian peacekeepers in the conflict zone with breakaway South Ossetia, but commanders of the peacekeeping forces have denied the report. 



