| November 2008 |
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A European MP from Latvia who visited South Ossetia and its capital on October 26, has questioned whether the EU is ready to ensure security in Tskhinvali. 
Georgia claims that pipeline damage is responsible for the suspension of natural gas deliveries to its breakaway province of South Ossetia, a Gazprom spokesman told a radio station Monday. 
Tbilisi claims that pipeline damage is responsible for the suspension of natural gas deliveries to its breakaway province of South Ossetia, a Gazprom spokesman told a radio station on Monday. 
Moscow dismissed reports on Monday by Georgia's Interior Ministry that a Russian drone had crashed on Georgian territory killing two and wounding eight service personnel. 
The launch of a Proton-M rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board has been scheduled for December 10 from the Baikonur space center which Russia leases from Kazakhstan. 
An ex-Soviet officer who claims to have shot down U.S. Senator John McCain's plane over Vietnam in 1967 has said he is happy the ex-navy pilot lost his bid for the White House, a Russian paper said on Monday. 
The Russian Foreign Ministry urged on Monday the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to stop attacks on Gaza and the south of Israel, and also expressed Moscow's concerns over the worsening situation. 
In addition to deploying tactical missiles near the Polish border, Russia could use precision-guided air-based weapons to counter U.S. missile defense plans, a Russian military expert said on Monday. 
Russia will implement the decisions adopted at the recent G20 summit, but will also take measures to protect its national interests, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a cabinet meeting on Monday. 
Russia's TVEL signed a 500 million-euro ($630-mln) contract on Monday with Slovenske Elektrarne on fuel supplies to Slovak nuclear power plants, Russia's civilian nuclear chief said. 
Russia's Sukhoi holding will showcase fighter aircraft as well as a new civilian airliner at an international defense exhibition in Indonesia, the company said on Monday. 



