Below is a summary of the main military-related events in Russia, the CIS and neighboring countries on December 8, 2005
* NATO and CSTO could significantly increase the positive results of activities by pooling their potentials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a Russia-NATO Council meeting
* The first deputy director-general of major Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi holding Boris Bregman said at an arms show in Malaysia that deliveries of 18 Su-30MKM fighters to Malaysia were going according to schedule
* Belarusian Defense Minister Colonel General Leonid Maltsev will visit Armenia December 12-13
* The Novosibirsk military court sentenced two sergeants to long prison terms for hazing and the murder of a young conscript
* The Belarusian Defense Ministry has decided to decommission a number of 19th century small arms
* A senior district court official said military courts in the Moscow Military District reviewed about 30,000 cases per year
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said the lists of military personnel who would be willing to participate in the mortgage program should be submitted to the relevant bodies before the end of the year
