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Georgia's ambassador to Russia said on Tuesday his country wants to overcome problems in relations with Russia through dialogue. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that any transfer of the UN Kosovo mission's authority to the European Union would contravene international law.
Georgia's ambassador to Russia gave firm assurances on Tuesday that his country has no intention of resorting to military action to regain control over its breakaway region of Abkhazia. 
Brazil and Russia are preparing a bilateral agreement on allowing visa-free travel for tourists and businessmen, a Brazilian diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Russia has been ranked 131 out of 140 countries in the Global Peace Index, an annual study of how peaceful countries are, both domestically and internationally.

Russia's Northern Fleet will dispatch ships and submarines on tours of duty to various regions of the world's oceans in 2008, the fleet's commander said on Tuesday.

Russian law enforcers are searching the Moscow office of British oil major BP as part of an ongoing investigation, a spokesman for the company said on Tuesday. 
The president of the south Russian republic of North Ossetia asked foreign ambassadors on Tuesday for their support in uniting the province with South Ossetia, a neighboring breakaway republic in Georgia. 
The Russian government presidium will hold its first meeting on May 26, Sergei Sobyanin, a deputy prime minister and chief of government staff, said Tuesday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Tuesday for reforms in Russia's judicial system to prevent bribery and corruption, and make the courts truly independent. 
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have begun inspecting the Balakovo nuclear power plant in southern Russia's Saratov Region, a spokesman for the plant said on Tuesday. 
A Russian battleship will participate in a multilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan including naval forces from France, the U.K. and the U.S. in August, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Russia and China will sign a number of documents, including a joint declaration on key international issues, during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to China, Russia's ambassador in Beijing said on Tuesday. 
Russia started developing tactical laser weapons before the United States and has several prototypes of high-precision combat chemical lasers in its arsenal, a defense industry source said on Tuesday. 



