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SUKHUMI, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow...

SUKHUMI, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has no plans to redeploy its Black Sea Fleet warships from Ukraine to Abkhazia, the Russian defense minister said on Wednesday. Russia"s Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine"s Crimea, including the main base in Sevastopol, as part of a 1997 agreement under which Ukraine agreed to lease the bases to Russia until 2017. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced last summer that Ukraine would not extend the lease of the Sevastopol base beyond 2017, and urged the Russian fleet to start preparations for a withdrawal. "We will stay put in Sevastopol," Anatoly Serdyukov said in reply to a question from a reporter. He also said Moscow would not increase the number of troops either in Abkhazia or South Ossetia, which Russia recognized as independent last August after a five-day war with Georgia over the latter. Asked whether Russia was planning to increase its military presence in the two former Georgian republics, Serdyukov said, "No. Why? It is sufficient." Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who made a one-day visit to Abkhazia on Wednesday, said earlier in the week that Russia would allocate 15-16 billion rubles (over $465 million) in 2010 to strengthen Abkhazian borders, frontier troops and bases.


KURSK, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

KURSK, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited on Thursday the Cathedral of the Sign in the city of Kursk some 300 miles south of Moscow where a miracle-working icon of the Mother of God was recently brought.


Athletes of the Chilean Olympic team in...

Athletes of the Chilean Olympic team in Canada decided to skip Sunday"s closing ceremony and immediately return to their country, which was devastated by a strong quake, the USA Today reported.

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At least 12 people were killed and eight...

and instability show that the fight for power between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds is far from being over."

He said that political tensions in the country might further aggravate after the elections as parties will try to form a parliamentary majority coalition.

"The 12 months after the elections will be crucial. We can be optimistic about Iraq"s future only after we overcome this period," he said.

The country"s national security advisor, Safa Hussein, said the parliament is unlikely to come to a consensus and form a government until July. He, however, pledged "rapid progress" in the country once the government is formed.

MOSCOW, March 7 (RIA Novosti)



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