| September 2007 |
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and the head of Russia's nuclear power agency Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, are expected to meet in October in Tehran. 
An article published in a British newspaper Wednesday has called Russia's testing of a new thermobaric bomb, Moscow's response to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Central Europe. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated Wednesday the head of the country's financial regulator, Viktor Zubkov, for the post of prime minister. 
The pro-Kremlin United Russia party has introduced a draft law on the 2014 Winter Olympics preparations in Sochi, a resort city on Russia's Black Sea, the economic policy department said Wednesday. 
Azerbaijani-Russian-U.S. consultations on the joint use of the Gabala radar station that Russia leases from Azerbaijan will be held within a week, a spokesman for Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated Wednesday the head of the country's financial regulator, Viktor Zubkov, for the post of prime minister.
The lower house of parliament could vote in the new premier on Friday, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 18, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday. 
Belgrade and Pristina should be given more time if they fail to reach an agreement on Kosovo by December 10, when the UN is due to deliver a report on the province, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday. 
Wednesday sees the Russian national soccer team take on England in London in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier that will be the first-ever encounter between the two sides. 
Russia and the United States have fundamental differences on a new agreement that is to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction (START) Treaty, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday. 



