| January 2009 |
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Russia's president said on Sunday a three-party deal to resume Russian natural gas supplies to the EU via Ukraine should not be fulfilled as Kiev had added new conditions to it. 
Russia's prime minister said on Sunday Europe should press Kiev, not Moscow, for the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukrainian territory. 
The Russian president warned Ukraine on Sunday that if international monitors find it tapping gas destined for European consumers, transit volumes would be cut by an equal amount or halted again. 
Israel may be close to the end of its military operation in Gaza due to UN pressure for an immediate ceasefire, an Israeli deputy defense minister said on Sunday. 
A spokeswoman for Latvian President Valdis Zatlers confirmed on Sunday that the head of state would not use Russian when speaking with Russian journalists. 
Six Russian warships, led by the Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser, will participate in a joint naval exercise with the Indian navy this month, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Sunday. 
Moldova has started receiving gas from Ukraine's own reserves, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency quoted Moldovan authorities as saying on Sunday. 
The 2008 Australian Open champion, Russia's Maria Sharapova, said on Sunday she would be not able to defend her Grand Slam title in Melbourne next week. 
Gazprom said on Sunday it had not yet received even a copy of the document signed by Ukraine on an international gas transit monitoring commission, a key condition for resuming Russian gas supplies to Europe. 
Georgia has rejected Gazprom's offer of assistance in restoring gas supplies to Armenia, the Russian energy monopoly said on Sunday. 
Israel is close to achieving its aims in the Gaza Strip, but will continue its military operations until its southern regions are safe from rocket attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday. 



