| April 2008 |
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Ukraine has requested an explanation from Russia over recent statements made by the Russian leadership, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. 
U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe were caused by Russia's increasing global power, the chief of the Russian General Staff said Thursday. 
The status of peacekeepers in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone should not be changed without the agreement of all parties involved, Russia's Foreign Minister said on Thursday. 
The construction of the Russian segment for the International Space Station will be delayed for five years due to insufficient funding, the head of Russia's space rocket corporation said on Thursday. 
The Soyuz TMA-12 delivery vehicle has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) delivering two Russian crew members and South Korea's first astronaut, Russia's Mission Control said on Thursday. 
U.S. officials tried to take Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer recently arrested in Thailand, to the U.S. without the move being sanctioned by a court, his brother said on Thursday. 
Polish President Lech Kaczynski denied on Thursday having linked Poland's veto on Russia-EU cooperation talks to the admission of ex-Soviet states into NATO. 
Russia will provide all the support it can to try and reach a peace settlement for Cyprus, the deputy foreign minister said on Thursday. 
Russian authorities have resumed talks with the members of a doomsday sect still remaining underground in central Russia amid reports that two of the group have died. 
Natural gas giant Gazprom's banking arm Gazpombank said on Thursday it will gain control of a gold deposit in Russia's Far East after buying a 51% stake in its owner from Canada's Fortress Minerals Corp. 



