| May 2008 |
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Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, denied on Thursday reports of Moscow's plans to open an air force base in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia. 
Russia's Economics Ministry predicted on Thursday that foreign direct investment in the country will reach $55-58 billion in 2008. 
Georgia's foreign minister said on Thursday that the country would regard any increase in Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia as encroachment on national sovereignty. 
The presidium of the Russian government will comprise 15 people, or three fifths of the Cabinet, the press secretary of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. 
A total of 20,300 cases or around 26% out the total are pending against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights, Russia's envoy to the court said on Thursday. 
Russia needs to boost helicopter production to meet the demands of the police, firefighters, and the commercial market, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Thursday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday the country must continue to develop its Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) to meet global threats. 



