| February 2009 |
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Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had no information on the construction of a fence along South Ossetia's border with Georgia. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority in a Middle East tour next week to push for renewed peace efforts in the region, the ministry said on Wednesday. 
Media reports that the decision to close down a U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan has been delayed due to Moscow and Washington holding talks on the issue are false, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. 
Russia is ready to mend relations with NATO, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday, linking any improvement in ties to a return to the founding principles of the NATO-Russia Council. 
Egyptian archaeologists opened on Wednesday two sarcophaguses recently unearthed at an old burial site in Saqqara, the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities said. 
Russian and Indian warships have completed the final stage of the INDRA-2009 joint naval exercises, practicing anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast, Russia's Navy commander said on Wednesday. 
The recent gas deals signed with Russia will not be broken, the Ukrainian president's representative on energy issues said on Wednesday. 
Russia is ready to mend relations with NATO, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday, linking any improvement in ties to a return to the founding principles of the NATO-Russia Council. 
Russia is expanding production of precision guided weapons, including Iskander tactical missiles, a deputy defense minister said in an interview published on Wednesday. 
Russia attaches great importance to U.S. intentions for direct talks with Iran and believes they could unlock the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Wednesday the closure of the U.S. airbase at Manas would not harm relations with the United States and Europe. 
The global financial crisis has slashed the total wealth of Russia's top ten billionaires by 66% to $75.9 billion in the last 12 months, a leading Russian financial magazine said on Wednesday. 
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqawi denied on Wednesday Western media reports that the country is experiencing a shortage of uranium in its nuclear industry. 
Russia's foreign minister reiterated on Wednesday that Moscow would be forced to position missiles on the EU border if U.S. missile defense components were deployed in Central Europe. 



