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Medvedev: Russia may seek WTO accession separately or as part of Customs Union Minsk - Russia may seek accession to the World Trade Organization either on its own or as a member of an emergent customs union where its partners will be Belarus and Kazakhstan, and both options are "equally comfortable for us," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
Nov 27, 2009 at 22:00
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus form customs union MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russia signed a dealNov.27to form a customs union with former Soviet neighbors Kazakhstan and Belarus.
Nov 27, 2009 at 19:37
Russia, France sign 25 deals; French electricity giant to back pipeline RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — Russian businesses and the government signed at least 25 agreements with French companies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Friday, proclaiming "a real breakthrough" in economic relations between the two nations.
Nov 27, 2009 at 17:47
Russia's Putin says no decision on Mistral warship RAMBOUILLET, France, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said onNov. 27that Russia had still not made a final decision on whether to buy Mistral warships from France.
Nov 27, 2009 at 16:28 | Reuters
Gazprom head announces South Stream routes Rambouillet, November 27 (Interfax) - The South Stream project involves building a gas pipeline from Bulgaria to Greece and a possible pipeline from Greece to Italy, head of Russia's gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller told journalists in Rambouillet.
Nov 27, 2009 at 16:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Georgia, Poland to step up military cooperation Tbilisi, November 27 (Interfax-AVN) - Georgia and Poland are set to deepen their military cooperation, Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia and his Polish counterpart Bogdan Klich said after their meeting in Tbilisi on Nov. 27.
Nov 27, 2009 at 15:33 | Interfax-Ukraine
Retired admiral says Russia losing its navy MOSCOW (AP) — A retired Russian admiral says the nation's navy will dramatically weaken after 2015 because many Soviet-built warships are scheduled to be mothballed.
Nov 27, 2009 at 15:15
Russia, U.S. won't sign new START pact MOSCOW, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are unlikely to sign a new START Treaty to curb strategic nuclear weapons by the Dec. 5 deadline and talks will continue, Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying.
Nov 27, 2009 at 13:42 | Reuters
CIS executive: South Ossetia, Abkhazia could join CIS in the future Minsk, November 27 (Interfax) - South Ossetia and Abkhazia could become members of the Commonwealth of Independent States on condition that all of the CIS member-states recognize the sovereignty of these republics and agree to admit them to the CIS, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Sergei Lebedev said.
Nov 27, 2009 at 11:18 | Interfax-Ukraine