* Georgia freed a Russian military observer earlier detained by the Georgian law enforcement agencies on suspicion of terrorism
* The overwhelming majority of electors voted at Sunday's referendum in favor of the Kamchatka and Koryakia to unite into a single Federation member
* The parliament of Kyrgyzstan did not convene for an extraordinary session Sunday planned to discuss Prime Minister Felix Kulov's resignation
* A Russian helicopter crashed on Saturday night in Azerbaijan, killing five crewmembers
* Informal Ukraine-NATO high-level consultations began in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania
* Foreign Minister of Nepal Ramesh Nath Pandey arrived in Moscow Sunday on a four-day working visit
