| May 2008 |
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Georgia's Foreign Ministry has sent a protest note to the CIS secretariat demanding so called illegal Russian troops and armaments be withdrawn from the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone. 
A decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Russia's Black Sea Fleet jeopardizes trust between Moscow and Kiev and could have an adverse impact on the negotiating process, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia's ambassador to Latvia said on Wednesday that the two countries could sign a simplified visa agreement by the end of 2008 to boost bilateral ties and trans-border cooperation. 
Ukraine has joined the working group on Russia's bid for WTO membership and wants to start bilateral talks with Moscow, a Russian delegation source said on Wednesday. 
Georgia's president once again accused Russia of aggravating the situation in the country's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as Georgians voted in parliamentary elections on Wednesday. 
Russian oil and gas companies are interested in developing the Mediterranean region and are set to expand their presence in the area, an executive of Russia's largest independent natural gas producer said Wednesday. 
A technical glitch caused the ballistic landing of Russia's Soyuz TMA-11 capsule in April this year, the head of the Federal Space Agency's department for manned flights said on Wednesday. 
Foreign ministers from Russia and France discussed the ongoing row surrounding Georgia's breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia during their meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. 
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers are carrying out a routine patrol over remote areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday. 
EU ambassadors have agreed to start talks on a new EU-Russia partnership deal, that expired in December 2007, an EU spokeswoman said on Wednesday. 
Foreign investment in Russia declined 29.9%, year-on-year, in the first quarter to $17.3 billion, the country's top statistics body said on Wednesday. 



