| April 2009 |
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Russia's envoy to NATO has dubbed the alliance's exercises due in Georgia in early May "insanity." 
The leader of Ukraine's pro-Russian opposition Party of Regions is the most popular potential presidential candidate, according to a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology whose results are published in the Zerkalo Nedeli weekly on Saturday. 
The Regional Response 2009 military exercises got underway in Azerbaijan on Saturday, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement. 
The U.S. and Venezuelan leaders traded pleasantries before the Summit of the Americas in an unexpected and unscripted exchange. 
The secretary of the Council of Defense Ministers of the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States said on Saturday he saw no reason for uneasiness over NATO's upcoming exercises in Georgia. 
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Russia next Thursday, the Kremlin press service announced on Saturday. 
Agriculture ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations meet in Italy on Saturday for their first summit to address issues in the global food supply. 



