| October 2007 |
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The preliminary results of a UN investigation confirm that Georgia was responsible for the September 20 incident in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone, Russia's envoy to the UN said on Thursday. 
The United States will not abandon its plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Central Europe after the upcoming talks with Russia, a senior Russian military expert said on Thursday. 
Latvia categorically rejects the Russian president's accusations of being lenient toward "attempts to glorify the Nazis," the Baltic republic's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. 
The delay in the delivery of the first Boeing-787 Dreamliners will not affect the timeline for the plane's shipment to Russia's Aeroflot and S7 Airlines, spokesmen for the companies said on Thursday. 
Belarus's president reaffirmed on Thursday plans to build the ex-Soviet state's first nuclear power plant to ensure energy security against the backdrop of depleting fuel reserves and growing energy prices. 
Russia has successfully test-fired a short-range anti-ballistic missile at a test site in Kazakhstan, a Space Forces spokesman said Thursday. 
The Russian government approved amendments to the 2007 budget on Thursday to increase state investment to 640 billion rubles ($26 billion). 
Key aims set out in the document are to lower the national mortality rate, raise the birth rate, improve national health, and regulate immigration. 
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East, said on Thursday it has so far signed $10 billion worth of contracts with Russian companies under the project. 



