| March 2008 |
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Russian scientists will continue to study the Arctic shelf in order to bolster the country's claim to a large swathe of seabed believed to be rich in oil and gas, a Russian lawmaker said on Thursday. 
More than 30 military aircraft are to fly over Moscow's Red Square during Victory Day celebrations on May 9, an Air Force spokesman said on Thursday. 
Forty years after he perished in a plane crash, the death of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, remains the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories. 
The Russian and U.S. leaders will discuss European missile shield plans and the CFE arms reduction treaty when they meet in Romania and Sochi next month, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday. 
Russia's total investment in geological prospecting could exceed 4 trillion rubles ($168 billion) by 2020, the natural resources minister said on Thursday. 
Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev held his first State Council Presidium meeting in Tobolsk, West Siberia, on Thursday where he proposed a ban on unauthorized checks of small businesses. 
Russia will not scale down its Armed Forces in the near future through ongoing organizational reform, a senior military official said on Thursday. 



