| March 2008 |
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Japan plans to establish cooperation with the new Russian president in all spheres, including work on a peace treaty, a Japanese diplomat said on Wednesday. 
Russia has flight-tested a MiG-29K/KUB carrier fighter, a spokesperson for the MiG aircraft building corporation said on Wednesday. 
The Russian industry and energy minister expressed hope that it would be possible to prepare the document for signing before a visit to Moscow by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, scheduled for late March. 
Ukraine's government instructed on Wednesday the state energy company Naftogaz to hold further talks on the natural gas deal signed earlier this month with Russia's Gazprom, a presidential spokesman said. 
The European Commission could get the go ahead on April 7-8 to start talks on a new cooperation pact with Russia, the commission's ambassador to Russia said on Wednesday. 
NATO fighters scrambled to accompany Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers on a regular patrol over the Atlantic on Wednesday, a Russian Air Force spokesman said. 
Russia will raise its duty on oil exports to a record $340.1 per metric ton on April 1, in line with global market trends, the government press service said on Wednesday. 
The U.S. has handed Russia new proposals on the planned deployment of a missile defense shield in Central Europe, a Russian deputy foreign minister confirmed Wednesday. 



