| June 2008 |
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A UN environmental group's report on the Sochi-2014 Winter Olympics has had mixed reactions among Russian authorities and environmental activists. 
Greenpeace activists protesting against a proposed U.S. missile defense radar in the Czech Republic declared the 'founding of a new state' called Peaceland on Monday. 
Gazprom has proposed buying Azerbaijani natural gas at market prices under a long-term contract, the Russian energy giant said in a statement on Monday. 
Two Russian emergencies ministry aircraft are heading to China with aid on board for those affected by the devastating earthquake that hit the Sichuan province in the country's southwest on May 12. 
Deputies of Russia's lower house of parliament and the EU's external relations commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will discuss a new Russia-EU cooperation agreement June 4, a Russian MP said Monday.

The head of Russian Railways met with the president of Kazakhstan to discuss joint rail projects, the president's press service said on Monday. 
Guatemala hopes to establish cooperation with Russia in oil refining and mining, the Central American country's deputy energy and mines minister, Alfredo Pokus, said on Monday. 
Thirteen people have been killed and another 150,000 left homeless in Sri Lanka following floods triggered by torrential rains, local emergencies services reported on Monday. 
The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog expressed regret on Monday that the agency had not succeeded in clarifying all the remaining issues regarding Iran's nuclear program and its possible relation to military research. 
The Russian government will provide an additional 420 million rubles ($18 mln) to the city of Vladivostok to cover preparations for the 2012 APEC summit, Russia's prime minister said on Monday. 
Russia may reduce in the future the number of key economic sectors included in a list of strategic industries, the finance minister said on Monday. 



