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British soccer fans will not need a Russian visa to attend the Champions League final in Moscow, if they produce a valid passport, migration card and match ticket, the Russian Embassy in London said. 
Tbilisi has urged Russia to rethink its decision to strengthen ties with Georgia's unrecognized republics if it wants to join the World Trade Organization, a deputy Georgian foreign minister said Monday. 
Statements made by the U.K. foreign secretary following Iran-Six talks in London on May 2 do not reflect the opinion of all the participants, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. 
Georgia has formally notified Russia that it is withdrawing from a bilateral air defense cooperation treaty, a Georgian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. 
A statement made by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on behalf of the Iran-Six after talks in London on May 2 does not reflect the opinion of all participants in the talks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. 
Air defense forces of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia detected another Georgian surveillance drone, but decided not to take any action, the Abkhaz defense minister said Monday. 
Russian Orthodox monasteries have begun exploiting modern technology and are now accepting requests for prayers for the living and the dead by email or through mobile phone text messages, a respected Russian daily said on Monday. 
A senior Russian lawmaker will arrive in Belgrade on May 8 at the invitation of outgoing-Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, a week before the country's crucial parliamentary elections. 
Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin held his last Cabinet meeting as head of state on Monday, as his eight-year rule entered its final week. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that an upcoming display of the country's military hardware in a Victory Day parade in Red Square on May 9 does not mean Moscow is threatening anyone. 
The Georgian Foreign Ministry sent Monday a request to a UN official in Tbilisi to investigate claims by its breakaway republic of Abkhazia that two Georgian surveillance drones had been downed. 
Russian wholesale power generating company OGK-1 said on Monday its net profit calculated to International Financial Reporting Standards declined 67% year-on-year in 2007 to 1.966 billion rubles ($83 million). 
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are planning to conduct nine test launches of ballistic missiles in 2008, the SMF commander said on Monday. 
A court in Russia's Far East ruled on Monday to confiscate four Japanese fishing vessels detained late last year for illegally fishing in Russia's waters. 



