| September 2008 |
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The Georgian Foreign Ministry rejected on Monday a Russian report that Tbilisi had lost up to 3,000 men in the five-day war in August between the two countries over South Ossetia, calling the claim "disinformation." 
Aeroflot has so far paid over 4.8 million rubles ($186,770) in compensation to the families of those people killed in Sunday's air crash in the Urals, the head of the company's insurance department said Monday. 
Russia insists that OSCE and European Union observers be deployed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia as soon as possible, its foreign minister said on Monday. 
Russia's Baltic Fleet has launched a week-long scheduled exercise, the navy press service said on Monday. 
NATO discussions with Georgia on the accession of the South Caucasus state to the military alliance only encourage Tbilisi to plan new military actions, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday. 
The Russian TV company that airs South Park has seen its popularity rocket since prosecutors issued a warning over the content of the popular adult cartoon, the head of the company said on Monday. 
Russia continued its growing global dominance of women's tennis beating Spain in Madrid to win the Fed Cup champions title, the fourth time since 2004, on Sunday.
It would be "senseless" to try and pressure Russia by imposing sanctions on the country, the Russian president said on Monday during a meeting in Moscow with local businessmen. 
Afghanistan has had virtually no contact over the past year with a regional security group on the post-conflict settlement, the head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization said on Monday. 
Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said on Monday. 
Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that landed in Venezuela last week will carry out a patrol mission over the Caribbean on Monday, a Russian Air Force spokesman said. 
Russia will sign cooperation agreements, which will have a military component, with Abkhazia and South Ossetia this week, President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday. 
More than 80 Russian tourists vacationing at the Sheraton Sharm Resort in Egypt are believed to be suffering from food poisoning, a Moscow radio station said on Monday citing one of the victims. 



