| September 2008 |
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Russia has suggested holding an informal UN Security Council meeting with representatives of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on October 7-8, Russia's envoy to the UN said. 
Russia's prime minister blasted the country's aircraft manufacturers Tuesday, saying current production levels were insufficient and that the industry needs a boost. 
Ukraine is to shut down a radar facility in the west of the country currently being used by Russia, a national space agency official said on Tuesday. 
Russia will deploy regular troops and not Russian peacekeepers in the Georgian breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday. 
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a decision by the U.S. to freeze a civil nuclear agreement with Russia was a politically motivated mistake. 
Russia is not planning to reopen a radar base at the Lourdes facility in Cuba, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday. 
Delays in the completion of the Bushehr nuclear power plant currently being built by Russia in the south of Iran are due to technical problems, a top Iranian official said on Tuesday. 
Airstrikes on military facilities in Tbilisi delivered by the Russian Air Force during the recent conflict with Georgia did not harm local residents, a senior Russian military official said on Tuesday. 
Russia's Navy remains a strong force capable of repelling any attack by a potential aggressor, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Serbia's parliament ratified on Tuesday an agreement on oil and gas cooperation with Russia, including in the South Stream gas pipeline project, signed in Moscow on January 25. 



