| July 2008 |
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Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday after mortar fire hit Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia overnight that Georgia's actions amount to "open aggression". 
Russia has begun dock trials of a nuclear submarine, which will be leased in 2009 to the Indian navy for 10 years, a prominent Indian daily reported. 
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has bought a production license for a large cement rock deposit in the Urals and plans to build a $500 million plant, a business daily said on Friday citing a local official. 
Russia is concerned over the escalation of violence in South Ossetia and is urging the international community to press Georgia to sign a ceasefire deal with its breakaway regions, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday. 
Russia could finally relinquish control of two border river islands to China in August, a senior Russian security official said on Friday. 
Russia and the European Union will begin the first round of talks on a new wide-ranging cooperation agreement in Brussels on Friday. 



