| August 2008 |
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Russia and Cuba are to make efforts to boost bilateral cooperation in all spheres, the Russian Security Council said on Friday. 
Talks between Washington and Warsaw on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland "may be prolonged" due to the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, the Polish premier said on Friday. 
The Moscow City Court sentenced in absentia on Friday a former Yukos executive to life imprisonment for attempted murder and organizing contract killings. 
Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire strategic bombers will participate in a series of exercises involving live firing drills in central Russia on August 4-8, an Air Force spokesman said on Friday.
The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Ryazan has successfully test launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Friday. 
A total solar eclipse that began at 9:20 GMT ended at 11:21 GMT on Friday, but a partial eclipse of the sun is still visible in some areas, NASA reported. 
The Russian government plans to allocate 127 billion rubles ($5.42 billion) to a federal program dedicated to the next generation of nuclear energy technology.
The nuclear triad of ballistic missiles, nuclear-powered submarines and strategic bombers will remain the core of the Russian armed forces for the next two decades, a draft military doctrine says. 
Zenit St. Petersburg have turned down an offer from English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur for Andrei Arshavin, the BIA News agency said on Friday. 
Chechnya will receive more than 13.5 billion rubles ($576.4 million) in federal funds to compensate citizens for lost housing and property, the Russian North Caucasus republic's prime minister said Friday. 



