| May 2008 |
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Russia will withdraw its proposals for the joint use of radar stations in south Russia and Azerbaijan if the U.S. deploys its missile shield in Central Europe, a defense ministry official said Tuesday. 
The Russian Navy has called on international navies to launch joint operations against pirates that have recently stepped up attacks on ships off Africa's coasts. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the finance minister on Tuesday that the government must keep inflation below 10.5% this year. 
The Georgian Foreign Ministry demanded Tuesday that Russia give an official apology and pay compensation following the alleged shooting down of an unmanned reconnaissance drone by a Russian aircraft in April. 
The Zheleznyakov minesweeper from Russia's Black Sea Fleet has left the port of Novorossiisk to join a Turkey-led drill to prevent terrorism and smuggling on the Black Sea, the Russian Navy said on Tuesday. 
Mongolia wants to cooperate with Russia in uranium production and enrichment, as well as the construction of small nuclear power plants, the country's prime minister said on Tuesday. 
Colombia is seeking to expand military-technical ties with Russia in an apparent attempt to counter the growing military might of neighboring Venezuela, a Russian business daily said on Tuesday. 
Russian Ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko was summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over the shooting down of a spy plane in a Georgian rebel region in April, the ministry said. 
More than 20 Russian companies from various sectors will participate in an international industrial exhibition opening in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday. 
Rescuers have found the last of nine crewmembers killed on Monday when their An-12 cargo plane crashed near the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, the Russian emergencies ministry said. 
A rotation of Russian peacekeepers in the conflict zone of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia has started and will continue until June 2, an aide to the Ground Forces commander said on Tuesday. 



