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• Georgia: Russia Pledges To Complete Military Pullout On Schedule RFE/RL 31 Mar 2006 -- Russia has agreed on the practical details of its military pullout from Georgia. Envoys from Moscow and Tbilisi today signed two documents to that effect in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi
• Georgia Says Russian Base Deals Near RFE/RL 30 Mar 2006 -- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli says bilateral agreements setting a timeframe and modalities for the withdrawal of Russian troops would be signed on March 31.
• US Calls for Russian Investigation of Intelligence Claim, Moscow Downplays Issue VOA 28 Mar 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Russia to conduct a "serious investigation" into an allegation that Russian officials provided intelligence on U.S. military plans to Iraqi leaders in the early weeks of the war in 2003.
• Russia: Washington, Moscow Spar Over Pentagon Report On Iraq Spying RFE/RL 28 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the United States will seek explanation from Moscow about Russia allegedly passing information to Saddam Hussein.
• Russia Denies it Passed Secret War Intelligence to Iraq VOA 28 Mar 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister dismissed on Monday -- as politically motivated -- reports his country provided intelligence to Saddam Hussein at the start of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
• Washington Concerned Russia Gave Pre-War Information to Iraq VOA 26 Mar 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Washington is taking what she described as a "hard look" at documents that indicate Russia may have passed information about U.S. strategy to Iraq, prior to the war.
• Russian Intelligence Denies Moscow Passed Info To Iraq RFE/RL 25 Mar 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service today denied that Moscow provided information on U.S. troop movements and plans to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• Russia Denies Sharing US Invasion Plans With Iraq VOA 25 Mar 2006 -- Russia's foreign intelligence service denies a Pentagon report that Moscow gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein intelligence about U.S. troop movements during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• Russia: Documents Allege Envoy Gave Baghdad Information On U.S. Plans RFE/RL 25 Mar 2006 -- On March 23, the American television company ABC News reported that the U.S. military recently released two documents that it says are "unverified" but which suggest that in 2003, during the lead-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Russia's ambassador to Iraq allegedly provided Iraqi officials with information about the U.S. military presence and plans in the Gulf.
• Pentagon Says Russian Intelligence Contributed to Saddam's Mistakes VOA 24 Mar 2006 -- A report issued by the U.S. Department of Defense Friday quotes an Iraqi document as saying Russia provided intelligence to Iraq during the decisive early weeks of the war in 2002.
• Voronin Says Russian Troops In Moldova Illegally RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said today that Russian troops stationed in the separatist Transdniester region have been illegally occupying Moldovan territory.
• China, Russia call for resolution of Iran nuclear issue through diplomacy IRNA 22 Mar 2006 -- China and Russia, in a joint statement issued Tuesday, called for resolution of the Iran nuclear issue through diplomatic ways.
• U.S., Russia Sign Pact To Spur Commercial Satellite Launches Washington File 21 Mar 2006 -- The United States and the Russian Federation have signed an agreement intended to facilitate Russian participation in a commercial satellite-launching venture known as "Sea Launch."
• Russia: Moscow Lashes Out At U.S. National Strategy RFE/RL 21 Mar 2006 -- Russia on Monday lambasted the latest version of the White House's "National Security Strategy," published March 16.
• Russia's Putin Pledges Energy Cooperation During China Visit VOA 21 Mar 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China to discuss issues that include boosting energy cooperation and working to help resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff.
• Russia, China Block UN Iran Statement VOA 21 Mar 2006 -- The five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany have failed to agree on a strategy for pressuring Iran to halt its controversial nuclear program
• Interview: Russia's UN Ambassador Comments On Iran Standoff RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Andrei Denisov, Russia's Permanent Representative in the United Nations, says Moscow sees no need to rush in preparing a UN Security Council statement on Iran
• Supply of uranium to India within "int'l framework: Russian PM IRNA 17 Mar 2006 -- Visiting Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Fradkov asserted that Russia's decision to supply uranium to India's Tarapur nuclear plant did "not contradict international commitment" and was within "international framework."
• India, Russia sign seven accords IRNA 17 Mar 2006 -- India and Russia today signed seven agreements to bolster cooperation in space, banking and other sectors.
• India, Russia discuss marketing BrahMos missile IRNA 17 Mar 2006 -- India, Russia today discussed bilateral issues in various fields during a 40-minute meeting between Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam and visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
• India Seeks Greater Nuclear Energy Cooperation With Russia VOA 17 Mar 2006 -- India has welcomed Russia's decision to supply uranium to power two nuclear reactors.
• Russia Defends Decision To Supply India With Uranium Fuel RFE/RL 16 Mar 2006 -- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov today defended a decision to supply uranium fuel to India, saying it did not violate any international commitments.
• Swedish Court Rules Against Russian Accused Of Spying RFE/RL 16 Mar 2006 -- A Swedish court decided today to continue to keep a Russian researcher in custody on charges of spying for a foreign power.
• China's Closeness With Russia Causes US Concern VOA 16 Mar 2006 -- Relations between the United States and China are improving overall. But, at the same time, American officials say they are worried about what they see as "very tight" relations between Beijing and Moscow.
• Russia's nuclear offer to Iran still holds: Russian official IRNA 13 Mar 2006 -- Moscow's proposal to Iran for joint uranium enrichment still holds, Russia's nuclear top official Sergei Kiriyenko said Monday.
• Russian offer to be considered in light of new situation: Entezami IRNA 13 Mar 2006 -- Moscow's plan to enrich uranium in Russia for Iran should be reconsidered by Iranian officials in light of the new developments, spokesman of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hossein Entezami said on Monday.
• Russian FM: Iran, Russia resume talks on nuclear stands off IRNA 13 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Monday that the Iranian officials have called for continued talks with Moscow on peaceful nuclear cooperation between the two countries and predicted that the talks would be resumed in the near future.
• Russian diplomat says Iran ready to continue dialogue with Moscow IRNA 13 Mar 2006 -- A Russian diplomat commissioned at his country's Embassy In Tehran said here Monday Iran has announced readiness for continuation of talks on shared enrichment in Russian soil.
• Russia says Nuclear Talks with Iran to Resume This Week VOA 13 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will hold another round of nuclear talks with Iran in the near future.
• Russia still banking on IAEA to settle Iran's nuclear case: FM IRNA 11 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Friday that his country was still counting on the UN nuclear watchdog to settle Iran's nuclear case, adding that the nuclear watchdog was the rightful judge in deciding the issue.
• Russia: Energy, Weapons Bring Moscow Closer To Algiers RFE/RL 10 Mar 2006 -- On March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Algeria on the invitation of his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who visited Moscow in 2001
• Russia Struggles to Battle Bird Flu VOA 10 Mar 2006 -- Russian officials are trying to step measures to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, with the start of Spring bird migrations just days away
• Thousands In Manhunt For Basayev In Chechnya RFE/RL 10 Mar 2006 -- The Moscow-backed prime minister of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, says some 3,000 security forces are engaged in a manhunt for Shamil Basayev, a top Chechen separatist military commander and one of Russia's most wanted men.
• Bird Flu Reported In Eight Regions Of Southern Russia RFE/RL 09 Mar 2006 -- Russian authorities said today bird flu cases have been registered in eight of the Southern Federal District's 13 regions.
• North Caucasus: In Adygeya, One Threat Recedes, Another Persists RFE/RL 09 Mar 2006 -- For almost two years, Adygeya's Slavs, who currently constitute some 70 percent of that republic's population of 445,000, have been lobbying to subsume the Republic of Adygeya into Krasnodar Krai, within which it currently constitutes an enclave.
• Analysis: Russia's Nuclear Ambitions Heating Up RFE/RL 09 Mar 2006 -- While European policymakers cautiously watched the recent Ukrainian-Russian gas conflict, debating among themselves if Russia was a reliable supplier of energy, policymakers in the Kremlin were busy preparing for an even greater role in the world energy market.
• Russia Used 'Deception' To Kill Maskhadov RFE/RL 08 Mar 2006 -- Chechen separatist leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev accused today the Russian authorities of luring his predecessor Aslan Maskhadov into a fatal trap one year ago.
• U.S., Russia Still Demanding Iran End Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons Washington File 07 Mar 2006 -- The United States and Russia remain united in rejecting any effort by Iran to enrich nuclear fuel within its territory, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said March 7 after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the State Department.
• Russia Hopeful Hamas Will Embrace Mideast Peace 'Road Map' VOA 07 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Washington Tuesday he is hopeful Hamas will endorse the international "road map" to a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Chechnya: A Year After Maskhadov's Death, Conflict's End Still Distant RFE/RL 07 Mar 2006 -- On March 8, 2005, Russian media reported the death, in circumstances that remain unclear, of Aslan Maskhadov, the former Soviet army colonel who headed the Chechen resistance forces during the 1994-96 war and was subsequently elected Chechen president in January 1997
• Lavrov Denies Russian Nuclear Compromise Offer to Iran VOA 07 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has made no compromise offer to deal with Iran's nuclear program.
• U.S./Russia: Agreement That Iran Cannot Enrich Uranium RFE/RL 07 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today calmed U.S. concerns that Moscow was proposing a compromise on Iran's nuclear program, which Washington opposes
• Iran: Russian, U.S. Officials Discuss Tehran's Nuclear Program RFE/RL 07 Mar 2006 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Russia has not told the U.S. of any new proposal made to the Iranians
• Russia's New Anti-Terrorism Law Comes into Force VOA 07 Mar 2006 -- A new anti-terrorism law comes into force in Russia this week that, among other things, allows the country's military to fire on passenger planes or ships hijacked by terrorists.
• Putin Signs Antiterrorism Law RFE/RL 06 Mar 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill on countering terrorism.
• Russia: What Is Moscow Expecting From Hamas Visit? RFE/RL 02 Mar 2006 -- Russian officials are preparing to receive leaders of the radical Palestinian group Hamas for two days of talks starting on March 3
• New Money-Laundering Report Gives Russia Good Marks Washington File 01 Mar 2006 -- The U.S. State Department's latest report on money laundering and financial crimes gives Russia high marks for its efforts to combat a scourge at the root of both terrorism and the narcotics trade.
• Russian FM hopes for agreement with Iran on its nuclear issue IRNA 01 Mar 2006 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday hoped that an agreement will be reached with Iran on its nuclear program.