| November 2008 |
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The Russian and French navies are coordinating efforts to fight piracy off the Somali coast, Captain 1st Rank Igor Dygalo, an aide to the Russian navy commander, said Wednesday. 
Russia has called on the United Nations to revise the international system of arms exports in view of the August conflict with Georgia, Russia's envoy to the UN said on Wednesday. 
Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that the Western alliance should take part in a summit on European security scheduled for next summer, involving Russia, the U.S. and the EU. 
Russia's foreign minister rejected on Wednesday media allegations that President Dmitry Medvedev's upcoming November tour of Latin American countries is aimed against the United States. 
International talks in Geneva on security in the Caucasus and the return of refugees in the wake of the August Russia-Georgia conflict produced some progress, the UN and EU mediators said on Wednesday.

Somalia would like to see more Russian warships helping the country fight piracy off its coast, the country's ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday. 
International talks in Geneva on security in the Caucasus and the return of refugees in the wake of the August Russia-Georgia conflict produced some progress, the UN and EU mediators said on Wednesday. 
The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament met with his North Korean counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday, and accepted an invitation to visit North Korea. 
Russia's links with Cyprus will continue to grow in all areas, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday after signing a declaration on bilateral cooperation with his Greek Cypriot counterpart. 
Ukraine insists the Stalin-era famine known as the Holodomor was an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people, but does not blame any individual state for it, the country's president said on Wednesday. 
Russian military bases in Georgia's disputed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been fully staffed with 3,700 personnel each, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday. 
NATO member countries should restore relations with Russia, including in the military sphere, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has said in a resolution. 
One billion dollars has been transferred to Belarus's National Bank as part of the first tranche of a $2 billion stabilization loan issued by Russia, the bank's spokesman said on Wednesday. 



