| September 2008 |
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia will respond calmly to the presence of NATO warships in the Black Sea. 
Georgia is mobilizing commando units near its border with South Ossetia, a senior Russian military official said on Tuesday. 
Georgia has officially notified Russia of its decision to sever diplomatic relations, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. 
Abkhazia will not host new Russian military bases on its territory, the leader of the region recently recognized by Russia as independent said on Tuesday. 
Russia has not received any official notification from Georgia concerning the cutting of diplomatic ties, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Researchers studying Siberia's Lake Baikal have said they plan to use the lake to test the potential use of methane clathrates as an energy source, but that the lake itself would not be tapped for the fuel. 
Andrei Arshavin could leave Zenit St. Petersburg in the winter, the player's agent told Sovetski-Sport on Tuesday, the day after the European transfer window closed. 
European soccer's governing body has confirmed that the September 5 Under-21 match between Russia and Georgia will take place in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. 
Russia believes the declaration adopted by the EU at its summit on Monday fails to recognize Georgia's role in the recent conflict over South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. 
The Japanese government has decided to postpone joint exercises with the Russian Navy citing recent events in the Caucasus and tensions between Russia and the West, a Japanese defense source said on Tuesday. 
LUKoil announced plans to produce 12 billion cubic meters of gas annually at Uzbekistan's Kandym and Gissar fields, the CEO of Russia's largest independent oil producer said on Tuesday. 
Russian space freighter Progress M-64 has undocked from the International Space Station and been turned into an orbital laboratory, the federal space agency said on Tuesday. 



