| October 2008 |
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Ukraine and Russia will switch to a new pricing scheme for Russian gas based on European market prices in the next three years, Ukraine's prime minister said on Thursday. 
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered alleged Ukrainian arms supplies to Georgia during the recent war over South Ossetia 'a crime.' 
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted on Thursday a resolution calling on Russia to annul its recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 
Georgia has asked Sweden to represent its interests in Russia, a Swedish newspaper quoted the Georgian ambassador to the Scandinavian country as saying Thursday.
Ukraine is ready to support Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Ukrainian prime minister said on Thursday. 
A criminal case on the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was submitted to court on Thursday by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told her Russian counterpart on Thursday that her country is ready to discuss a new pricing scheme for its natural gas imports from Russia, based on market principles.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe started discussions on Thursday on whether to refuse Russia the right to vote at the January session unless it annuls its recognition of Georgia's rebel regions.

The Russian Navy will receive at least eight new-generation submarines as part of a state armaments program through 2015, its deputy commander said on Thursday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that he was certain the world would never again see a Cold War, despite recent tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the recent conflict in Georgia. 
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft maker has started flight tests of the second Su-35 Flanker multirole fighter to expedite the completion of the testing program, the company said on Thursday. 
Russian strategic bombers will conduct training flights with full combat payloads and live fire all cruise missiles on board for the first time in over two decades, an Air Force spokesman said. 



