| April 2008 |
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Russian co-owners of TNK-BP said reports that they could sell their shares in the Russian-British venture to energy giant Gazprom were groundless. 
Russia's Communist Party leader said on Thursday he was against joining forces with a pro-Kremlin party. 
Gazprom is willing to buy a controlling stake in the Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP by the end of the year for $20 billion, business daily Vedomosti said on Thursday. 
Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers and two Il-78 aerial tankers performed in-flight refueling accompanied by NATO fighters during a routine patrol flight over the Atlantic, a Russian Air Force spokesman said Thursday.
Georgia failed to convince the UN Security Council in a closed-door session over Russia's alleged aggression towards Tbilisi, following a row over the downing of a surveillance drone by a Russian fighter. 
The number of cars on Russia's roads will double by 2015 on last year's figure which will only increase congestion on Russia's overburdened roads, a transport ministry official said on Thursday. 
The launch of a modified Zenit carrier rocket with an Israeli communications satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan has been postponed for 24 hours, a Russian space agency spokesperson said. 



