| June 2008 |
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A recent gas leak in northeast China near the Russian border that killed three people contained phosgene, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday citing environmental experts. 
Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) agreed to jointly build a unified pipeline system in Nigeria, the Russian company's press service said on Friday. 
Chinese authorities said the chemical spill in northeast China near the Russian border that killed three people was no threat to the environment, a Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. 
The state will not interfere in the conflict between Russian and British shareholders at joint oil venture TNK-BP, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said at a meeting with BP CEO Tony Hayward. 
Russia's international reserves have grown to $547.4 billion as of June 1, up $71 billion since the start of 2008, the Central Bank of Russia said on Friday. 
Georgia's accession to NATO would cause a new spiral of confrontation in the Caucasus region, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday. 
Plans to raise the price of natural gas deliveries to Ukraine are still under discussion, Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz said on Friday. 
Georgia will not meet Abkhazian demands to withdraw its troops from a disputed region on the border with the breakaway republic, a Georgian state minister said on Friday. 
The presidents of Russia and Georgia said on Friday they wanted to tackle controversial issues that have plagued bilateral relations in recent years. 
Russia's Natural Resources Ministry has sent a protest note to China over a spillage from a chemical facility in northeast China, near the Russian border, which killed at least three people earlier on Friday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday that Kiev's plans to join NATO run counter to the bilateral treaty on friendship, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in early July. 



