| February 2008 |
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Russia's energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz have agreed to create two new companies to facilitate natural gas deliveries to Ukraine, Gazprom's CEO said on Tuesday. 
Moscow and Kiev reached an agreement on gas supplies and also discussed Ukraine's plans to join NATO during talks in the Russian capital between the two countries' presidents on Tuesday. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the upcoming declaration of unilateral independence by Kosovo an irresponsible step that undermines the principles of international law. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a Russia-NATO Council summit scheduled for early April, Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday. 
Moscow and Kiev reached an agreement on gas supplies on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in Moscow. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Tuesday a move towards the declaration of unilateral independence by Kosovo an irresponsible step that undermines the principles of international law. 
Russia possesses the relatively inexpensive technical capability to offer an appropriate response to U.S. missile defense deployment in Europe, the foreign minister told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday. 
A Sino-Russian proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in space applies to all weapons, not only nuclear ones, Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday. 
President Vladimir Putin ratified a Russian-Ukrainian agreement to extend the service life of RS-20 (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Kremlin press office said on Tuesday. 
Russia and India initialed an agreement Tuesday to construct another four reactors for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in southern India, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said. 
AFK Sistema, a leading Russian telecoms and services holding, said on Tuesday it plans to invest $5-7 billion in launching a mobile communications network in India. 
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday that Baghdad welcomes Russian companies interested in doing business in the country, but will not offer them special privileges. 



