| May 2008 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a number of new appointments, including five advisors and six aides, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday. 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he thought relations with Moscow would continue to develop following the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev as Russian president May 7. 
President Dmitry Medvedev met on Tuesday with the new head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, and outlined key tasks for the service. 
The Eurasian Development Bank (EADB) has expressed interest in a project by Russian electricity export-import operator Inter RAO UES for electricity deliveries to China, a bank spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing a $4 billion arms contract with Saudi Arabia, the Gazeta daily reported on Tuesday. 
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging the U.S. to follow Russia's conservation efforts to save the polar bear, the regional program director for WWF Russia said on Tuesday. 
The EU could issue a mandate for the start of talks with Russia on a new partnership deal after the end of this month, Russia's envoy to the 27-nation bloc said on Tuesday. 
A powerful aftershock from Monday's earthquake in the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan hit the regional capital Chengdu on Tuesday, official news agency Xinhua reported. 



