| September 2008 |
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Russia will formally establish diplomatic relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. 
The French president said on Monday that Russia has promised to pull all troops out of Georgia, but not South Ossetia or Abkhazia, within one month. 
The Our Ukraine party, headed by the country's president, is urging democratic factions to defend the country's interests against "Moscow's plotting," the UNIAN agency said on Monday. 
The French president said on Monday that Russia has promised to pull all troops out of Georgia, but not South Ossetia or Abkhazia, within one month. 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko categorically denied all allegations of treason and corruption on Monday made against her by the country's president. 
Russia may sever all ties with NATO if the Western military alliance grants Georgia entry into the Membership Action Plan (MAP), Russia's NATO envoy said on Monday. 
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that Minsk and Moscow should respond to a "challenge" issued by NATO and the United States. 
A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet will go on a tour of duty in the Atlantic Ocean and participate in joint naval drills with the Venezuelan navy in November, a Navy spokesman said on Monday. 
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko pledged on Monday to prevent any conflict over Russia's Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, despite pressure from the country's president. 



