| July 2007 |
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A group of Russian and U.S. dignitaries gathered Friday at the presidential residence near Moscow behind closed doors in a bid to repair shattered ties. 
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sharply criticized Friday the U.S. administration for continuing support of the opposition in Belarus and suggested that the U.S. president should deal with his own problems. 
Russia's president said Friday he would meet with his Chinese counterpart at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on August 16. 
A Brazilian court has issued an order for the arrest of exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, local media reported Friday. Berezovsky is suspected of fraud in the financing of the Corinthians soccer club in Sao Paolo.
A senior Russian lawmaker said Friday that a House resolution on troop withdrawal from Iraq, passed Thursday, and a mildly anti-U.S. speech by a British Cabinet member, were signs of genuine anti-Bush sentiment. 
The cost of the first project phase to develop the vast Shtokman natural gas deposit off Russia's Arctic coast has been estimated at $15 billion, a Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] top manager said Friday. 
The U.S. representative at six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament said Friday he hoped the country would disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor by the end of 2007. 
A Russian tourist died and another was seriously injured after his quad bike crashed into a car at a junction in Ayia Napa, southeast Cyprus, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Cyprus said Friday. 
The Russian foreign minister dismissed remarks by a UN envoy Friday as inappropriate suggesting Russia's role at the UN Security Council should be reduced over its hard line against Western states' Kosovo plan. 



