| February 2007 |
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Ukraine's prime minister proposed Thursday merging his country's energy assets with those of Russia on a parity basis, after the Russian leader said Ukraine could be granted access to Russia's oil and gas fields. 
President Vladimir Putin's annual encounter with Russian and foreign journalists in the Kremlin Thursday highlighted Moscow's security concerns, tensions with post-Soviet neighbors, and nuclear non-proliferation issues. 
A Russian deputy foreign minister said Thursday that six-nation negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program could be held at the ministerial level at some point in the future. 
Russia's president said Thursday there are ways of ensuring Iran's right to develop civilian nuclear power, while eliminating international concerns on the issue. 
Russia will develop an effective response to United States plans to deploy missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. 
Russia will consider Iran's proposal to set up an organization similar to OPEC to ensure reliable and uninterrupted gas deliveries to consumers, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. 
Russia's president reaffirmed Thursday that Russia will continue to form a Union State with neighboring Belarus, despite the recent oil and gas standoff. 
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia meets its energy export commitments in full, and does not use oil and gas as tools for political influence. 
Russia's president said the country would look for ways to reduce its dependence on transit nations in oil and gas exports to Europe. 
Russia's president told a Kremlin news conference that Alexander Litvinenko, a former security service officer who died of radioactive poisoning in London late last year, did not have access to any secrets. 
Fugitive oligarchs, who are hiding abroad to escape Russian justice, are inflicting damage to Russia's international image, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. 



