| January 2007 |
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Russia will do everything in its power to fulfill its obligations on energy supplies, Russia's president said Thursday. 
Moscow will continue working for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear problem, the Russian president said Thursday. 
"By 2020, the entire fleet will be replaced - each service arm," Army Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov said, adding that the process will be two-pronged, including the modernization of old systems and placing new aircraft on combat duty. 
Russia and Belarus will sign an agreement on the creation of a common regional air defense system for the Union State they are forming by late January, a Russian military official said Thursday. 
Russia's federal budget cash surplus in 2006 was around $75.3 billion, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, citing preliminary data. 
Kyrgyzstan's parliament turned down by a majority of votes the candidacy of ex-Prime Minister Felix Kulov to be the new prime minister as proposed by the president following a standoff between the government and lawmakers. 
A defense lawyer in the case of a murdered Russian banker may see himself debarred for allegedly divulging details of the criminal investigation, a source in the Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday. 
A Russian presidential aide assured Germany and the rest of Europe Thursday that Russia remains a reliable energy supplier, but denied any plans to ratify the main energy partnership document being sought by the EU. 
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday his country will seek closer cooperation with Russia and China to ensure progress in the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program. 
A Russian Soyuz-U booster rocket with a Progress M-59 space freighter has been launched from the Baikonur space center to the International Space Station, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday.



