| May 2008 |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom is seeking to become the world's number one company, CEO Alexei Miller said during a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday. 
Russia's AFK Sistema and CPMIEC, the Chinese National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation, have signed a cooperation agreement, the Russian company said in a press release on Tuesday. 
Georgia wants Russia to discuss its additional troops withdrawal and annulment of a decree for closer ties with its breakaway republics, the country president's press-service said on Tuesday. 
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer expects orders for its Superjet 100 civilian aircraft to double in 2008, the head of the holding company said on Tuesday. 
Russia and Denmark have signed intergovernmental agreements on visa facilitation and readmission during a visit by Russia's foreign minister to Copenhagen, the Danish foreign minister said on Tuesday. 
The Ukrainian president reaffirmed his country's aspiration to join NATO while on a three-day visit to Canada and thanked the Canadian parliament for its support of Kiev's bid. 
Gazprom contributes around 20% of the federal budget's revenues, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who used to head the energy giant's board of directors, said on Tuesday.
Russia said on Tuesday it did not have confidence in a UN probe into Georgia's allegations that a Russian aircraft shot down an unmanned reconnaissance plane last month as it was based on unreliable evidence. 
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of Andrei Zasypkin, head of the state border services agency, who will be transferred to a new position. 
Russian and European space agencies are due to discuss the joint development of a manned spacecraft at a Berlin air show taking place May 27 to June 1, the head of Roscosmos said on Tuesday. 



