* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Iran had officially made a request to postpone uranium enrichment talks in Moscow until February 20
* Russia's media and heritage watchdog pledged to take tough measures against any publications in the country insulting religious sentiment
* Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref said the government would not freeze fuel prices
* A leading Russian regional bank, Uralsib, said it had signed a $10 million loan facility agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said his country might join NATO in 2008
* The Georgian parliament adopted a resolution criticizing Russian peacekeepers in the zone of a conflict with the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia and recommending their replacement with an international contingent
* Georgia's state minister on conflict settlement is expected to arrive in Moscow on February 16 to discuss Russia's peacekeeping role in South Ossetia.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Hamas should be involved in the implementation of decisions made by the Quartet of international mediators for the Middle East peace process
* General Vladimir Mikhailov, the commander of Russia's Air Force said Russia planned to reinforce its airbase in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan
* The Norwegian foreign ministry allocated $145,500 for the reconstruction of the Russian section of a highway leading from a Norwegian port on the Barents Sea to the Russian city of Murmansk
* The Ukrainian president dismissed reports that Ukraine intended to raise the rent for Russian naval bases in Ukraine's Crimea
* Russia's Foreign Ministry said peacekeepers would continue their work in the zone of the conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia in line with its international commitments, and added Georgia's parliamentary resolution on replacing Russian troops by an international contingent may destabilize the entire region
