| September 2008 |
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The Russian Navy on Thursday successfully tested a Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile, which hit targets on testing grounds in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said. 
The Russian authorities have 500 billion rubles ($19.6 billion) ready to start buying shares of companies, including ones with state ownership, if their undervaluation lasts for an extended period, the finance minister said Thursday. 
Russia will fail to attain its strategic goal of ousting the government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. 
Members of the International Space Station Expedition 18 have successfully passed their first pre-flight tests, a spokesman for Russia's Cosmonaut Training Center said Thursday. 
Moscow and Kiev will discuss the issue of Russia's Black Sea Fleet base in Ukraine by the end of September, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. 
Companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream undersea pipeline project will submit an assessment of the environmental impact on the Baltic Sea in October, Germany's ex-chancellor said Thursday.

Moscow is concerned by the refusal of certain OSCE members to continue talks on the mission of extra military observers to be deployed in Georgia, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. 
A new round of consultations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization will start on November 3, the country's top negotiator said Thursday
Companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream undersea pipeline project will submit an assessment of the environmental impact on the Baltic Sea in October, Germany's ex-chancellor said Thursday. 
Russia and the United States can fashion a constructive dialogue regardless of their differences on some international issues, the Russian president said Thursday. 
Russia hopes to hold talks with Georgia during an upcoming session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in late September, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Thursday. 
Russia intends to maintain good relations with Ukraine regardless of the country's internal political crisis and any possible shifts in foreign policy, President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. 
Two mini-subs used to explore the bottom of Lake Baikal in East Siberia have been transferred to the regional capital of Irkutsk as winter approaches, a lake preservation fund spokesman said Thursday. 



