| May 2009 |
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The FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises will be held in Brest, northwest France on June 21-27, an aide to the naval attache at the Russian embassy in France announced on Wednesday. 
The United States had nothing to do with a number of unsuccessful launches of Russia's new Bulava sea-based ballistic missile, the Russian defense minister said in an interview with a respected daily. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to the family of Army Gen. Valentin Varennikov, who died at the age of 85, the presidential press service said on Wednesday. 
Lawyers for Irina Belenkaya, the mother of a three-year-old girl involved in a custody battle, plan to appeal her extradition to France following a Hungarian court ruling, the Russian embassy said on Wednesday. 
Canada's foreign minister criticized on Wednesday Russia's decision to expel two Canadians working for the NATO office in Moscow, calling it a 'strange' response to NATO's recent conciliatory efforts. 
The Russian Orthodox Church is commemorating St. George's day on Wednesday with church services devoted to the saint being held around the country. 



