- 21:41 29/12/2008
Over 400 Lativans have signed a letter addressed to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich asking him to buy their country, Latvia's novonews.lv website said on Monday. 
- 20:46 29/12/2008
Gazprom is continuing to hold gas talks with Ukraine and hopes to reach an agreement by the yearend to avoid supplies cuts over Kiev's outstanding debts, a deputy CEO at the Russian gas giant said Monday.
- 19:16 29/12/2008
Georgia is moving tanks and armored vehicles closer to the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian breakaway republic said Monday.
- 18:52 29/12/2008
A Russian first deputy prime minister said on Monday he considered Ukraine's inability to reach a gas deal with Russia for 2009 to be "insane."
- 18:33 29/12/2008
The head of the Palestinian National Authority on Monday called for a meeting with all Palestinian political parties to discuss the situation in Gaza, the Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
- 18:08 29/12/2008
Russia's offer to the U.S. on joint use of the Gabala radar station it leases from Azerbaijan is still on the table, a first Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday.
- 16:41 29/12/2008
Russia's offer to the U.S. to jointly use the Gabala radar station it leases from Azerbaijan is still on the table, a first Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday.
- 16:18 29/12/2008
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed into law the national budget for 2009, the first deputy head of the presidential secretariat said on Monday.
- 16:02 29/12/2008
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The speaker of Ukraine's parliament said on Monday that he was in favor of reviving a proposal to establish a gas consortium between Russia and Ukraine.
- 14:57 29/12/2008
The United States should make more effective use of its clout in the Middle East to bring about the establishment of a Palestinian state, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday.
- 14:21 29/12/2008
A U.S. frigate arrived in the Georgian port of Poti on Monday as part of a two-day visit, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Georgia said.
- 14:09 29/12/2008
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Russia is planning to set a world record by conducting a total of 39 space launches in 2009 despite the current global financial crisis, the head of the Russian Space Agency said on Monday.
- 13:12 29/12/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Monday the Foreign Ministry to provide aid to Russians in the Gaza Strip and evacuate them if necessary amid Israel's military attack on the Palestinian region.
- 12:52 29/12/2008
Immediate investment by Russian companies in the exploration of new gas fields in Bolivia could reach $4 million, Mexican media reported, referring to Bolivian Energy Minister Saul Avalos.
- 12:11 29/12/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Monday the Foreign Ministry to provide aid to Russians in the Gaza Strip and evacuate them if necessary amid Israel's military attack on the Palestinian region.
