| February 2008 |
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Turkey is all for attracting Russian companies to take part in the construction of nuclear power plants on its territory, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Russia has proposed to Ukraine the joint development of hydrocarbon fields in both countries on the basis of equitable asset swaps, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday after bilateral talks. 
A court in Moscow has sentenced Russia's former nuclear energy minister, Yevgeny Adamov, to five and a half years in prison for fraud and abuse of authority, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Wednesday. 
Kyrgyzstan is to eventually demand that the United States close down its airbase in the country, the Central Asian republic's president said on Wednesday, without giving a firm date. 
The ex-Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin, could be buried at a new cemetery under construction in the Moscow Region, the Russian tabloid Zhizn reported on Wednesday. 
Russia will have priority in future tenders for the construction of new nuclear power plants in the Islamic Republic, an Iranian official said on Wednesday. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded on Wednesday that the state program for arms procurement be adjusted to increase the number of modern combat aircraft for the Air Force. 
The leader of the de facto independent breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia said on Wednesday that some countries may recognize the republic's sovereignty later this year. 
Russian punks were in mourning on Wednesday as police prepared to announce the official cause of death of Egor Letov, the leader of the Soviet Union's first punk group and a supporter of the banned National Bolshevik Party. 
German treasure hunters claim they have found two metric tons of gold believed to be part of Russia's legendary Amber Room stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War. 
The new Su-35 Flanker-E multi-role fighter will be put into service with the Russian Air Force in two-three years, the head of the Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer said on Wednesday. 
Talks on the oil and aviation sectors are on the agenda of Wednesday's meeting between the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine, a Russian government source has said. 



