| June 2008 |
- mo
- tu
- we
- th
- fr
- sa
- su
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday Russia should pull its unarmed railroad troops out of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. 
Russia and Saudi Arabia signed on Tuesday a protocol on the conclusion of bilateral talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The presidents of Russia and Georgia discussed over the telephone Tuesday a recent spat over Russian railroad troops carrying out repairs on tracks in a Georgian breakaway region, the Kremlin said.
Gen. Nikolai Makarov's appointment as chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces suggests higher priority will be given to modernizing the military, a top Russian military expert said on Tuesday. 
Russia's anti-monopoly service could sue a British-American tobacco company for misleading advertising, featuring a disputed territory, a senior watchdog official said on Tuesday. 
Another suspect in the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was released from custody on Tuesday, the investigation committee announced. 
Russia and Saudi Arabia signed on Tuesday a protocol on the conclusion of bilateral talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. 
Russia's lower house of parliament is to bring to the attention of the country's leadership Ukraine's 'unfriendly' policies in a statement on Wednesday. 
A draft law on permissible levels of environmental damage should be submitted to Russia's lower house by October, the Russian president said on Tuesday.
Chelsea are to visit Moscow for two pre-season matches, including a game against Lokomotiv, a little over two months after they lost to Manchester United in the final of the Champions League in the Russian capital. 
If a decision is made, Russian naval ships are ready to head for the Somali coast where pirates recently seized a Dutch ship, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said Tuesday. 
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday the country's railroad troops repairing track in a Georgian rebel region are working in strict compliance with bilateral agreements. 
Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Nikolai Makarov has been appointed chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Russian president said on Tuesday. 



