| May 2008 |
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A scheduled rotation of Russian peacekeepers deployed in the conflict zone between Georgia and its breakaway republic of Abkhazia will be conducted on May 25-30, the peacekeepers said on Thursday. 
Kazakhstan hopes to sign a long-term cooperation and integration deal with Russia, and has proposed that the sides draw up a draft agreement, the Kazakh president said on Thursday. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry hinted on Thursday that a Ukrainian first deputy justice minister may be banned from entering Russia following a decision by Kiev to bar Moscow's mayor from traveling to Ukraine. 
Russia is ready to continue comprehensive consultations with the United States on its plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. 
State-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft and China's CNPC are in the final stages of talks to build an oil pipeline branch from Russia's Far East to China, Russia's president said Thursday. 
Russia, the United States and South Korea will continue talks on the denuclearization of North Korea in Moscow next week, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday. 
Moscow welcomes the launch of peace talks between Syria and Israel mediated by Turkey, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. 
The Indian Navy has asked Boeing for the use of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet supersonic carrier-based fighter aircraft on board a Russian-made carrier, Russian daily Izvestia said on Thursday. 
Bilateral trade between Russia and China reached $48.2 billion in 2007, with Chinese exports to Russia doubling over the last four years as Russian exports fell slightly, Russia's trade mission in Beijing said on Thursday. 



