| May 2008 |
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France has pledged to work with Russia to ensure the soonest possible launch of talks on a partnership deal between Russia and the European Union, Russia's prime minister said on Thursday. 
The UN Security Council will discuss at a closed session on May 30 the issue of a Georgian spy drone allegedly shot down by Russia over a Georgian breakaway region, Russia's UN envoy said on Thursday. 
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine will meet at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum scheduled for June 6-8, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday. 
An explosion at an oil refinery near St. Petersburg on Thursday left one dead and four others critically injured, local emergency services said. 
Aricom, a Russian diversified metals and mining group, said on Thursday it intends to build a high-quality cast iron plant in Russia's Far East, using third-generation technology.
Georgia will present to the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday a recent United Nations report saying Russia shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, national media said. 
Russia will spend around 600 billion rubles ($25 billion) on scientific research in 2008-2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. 
Russia has dismantled another six outdated Topol mobile ballistic missile systems under a major international treaty on strategic arms reduction, the Strategic Missile Forces said in a statement on Thursday. 



