| February 2009 |
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Belarus's president has said that any loan from Russia would have no influence over Minsk's decision on whether or not to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. 
Measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction will dominate a speech by a Russian deputy prime minister at an international security conference set to open in Munich on Friday. 
Two of the 20 camels held up at the Ukrainian border for nearly a week have died, a Russian border guard spokesman told RIA Novosti on Friday. 
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov dismissed on Friday media reports that his country had received a set of new proposals from Washington concerning the closure of a U.S. airbase on its territory. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is to meet with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Friday for talks to focus on energy, the global financial crisis and Russia-EU ties. 
Russia's Progress M-01M cargo spacecraft undocked on Friday from the International Space Station and will become a temporary space lab before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said. 
Monthly car sales in China hit 790,000 vehicles in January, making the country the world's largest automobile market, the China Daily said on Friday, citing analysts. 



