| May 2008 |
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Russia's envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said on Wednesday Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia should attend the UN Security Council session, requested by Tbilisi. 
The Interros holding owned by Vladimir Potanin, and Gallagher Holdings Ltd., an investment company owned by Russia's Alisher Usmanov, said Wednesday they have reached an asset swap deal to create a global metal giant. 
Russia will start training Indian pilots on MiG-29 carrier fighters to be deployed on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier sold to India for $1.5 billion in 2004, the head of the MiG corporation said Wednesday. 
Russia is prepared to offer Algeria new MiG-35 Fulcrum fighter aircraft to replace the MiG-29 Fulcrum aircraft due to be supplied under a contract terminated earlier this year, the MiG Corp. CEO said Wednesday. 
Russia's president congratulated officers of the Federal Border Service (FPS) Wednesday on Border Guard's Day and urged them to continue to secure Russia's borders from terrorists and drug traffickers. 
If Russia does not agree to a Georgian proposal to change the peacekeeping format in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, Tbilisi could declare Russian peacekeepers occupiers, a Georgian MP said Wednesday. 
Russia's new Superjet 100 medium-haul passenger airliner made its second test flight on May 24, the head of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company announced on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that third parties could be behind Georgia's provocative actions against Russia. 
Senator John McCain's recent remarks on nuclear disarmament and cooperation with Moscow send a positive signal that should not be ignored, a senior Russian MP said on Wednesday. 
A Russian peacekeeper sustained gunshot wounds and another was stabbed in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, peacekeepers and national media reported on Wednesday. 
Russia's new Superjet 100 medium-haul passenger airliner made its second test flight on May 24, the head of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company announced on Wednesday. 



