* Cooperation between Brazil and Russia is expanding in all sectors, Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Luiz Fernando Furlan said
* Ukraine has doubled shipments of salt to Russia in response to growing demand, the country's Agrarian Policy Ministry said
* The Russian women's skiing team has won a gold medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games women's 4x5 kilometer relay
* The provision of satisfactory working and living conditions for miners is a major factor in the viability of coal producing companies, Mikhail Fradkov said
* In 2008, Georgia will receive a formal invitation to join NATO and will become a full-fledged member of the alliance, Georgian State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Georgy Baramidze said
* Ukraine is ready to consider contributing to a peacekeeping mission in the conflict zone between Georgia and the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a press release
