| February 2009 |
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ukraine signed an agreement on Monday for a 135 million euro ($174 million) grant as part of the international Chernobyl cleanup effort. 
The Russian foreign minister and the new U.S. secretary of state could hold their first meeting on March 6, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday confirming earlier reports. 
Iran expects to receive the backing of Russia, which holds the presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in its bid for full membership of the organization, Iran's foreign minister said on Monday. 
The Danish prime minister is the most likely candidate for the secretary general post at NATO, a diplomatic source close to North Atlantic bloc said on Monday. 
Over half of Ukrainians consider the terms of a recent gas deal with Russia were acceptable, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency said on Monday citing a poll organized by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). 
Communist party activists staged a demonstration in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Monday in protest against pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko. 
At least 40 people have been injured in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the northeast of the Czech Republic, a Czech railways spokeswoman said on Monday. 
The Russian government may buy up to 16 million metric tons (117 million barrels) of surplus oil inventories from oil companies to ease oversupply problems, a Russian deputy prime minister said on Monday. 
Russian arms producers will display some of their latest models at an international defense exhibition to be held in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Service for Military Cooperation said on Monday. 
The Russian and Bolivian presidents pledged stronger ties with a focus on cooperation in natural gas production and transportation following their talks in the Kremlin on Monday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Moscow was planning to supply a large number of helicopters to Bolivia. 
A group of Russian camels that was held up at the Russian-Ukrainian border for two weeks and finally allowed to transit Ukraine has been held up again, this time at the Moldovan-Romanian border. 
The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia is seeking to restart regular security meetings on issues concerning its Gali District with representatives from Tbilisi, the republic's foreign minister said on Monday.



