* Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an annual televised news conference in the Kremlin:
- Russia will develop an effective response to United States plans for the deployment of missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic
- Bulgaria and Greece should overcome objections to the construction of a $1 billion oil pipeline in the Balkans
- There are ways of ensuring Iran's right to develop civilian nuclear power, while eliminating international concerns on the issue
- Russia will develop an effective response to United States plans for the deployment of missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic
- Bulgaria and Greece should overcome objections to the construction of a $1 billion oil pipeline in the Balkans
- There are ways of ensuring Iran's right to develop civilian nuclear power, while eliminating international concerns on the issue
- Russia could rebury Soviet World War II soldiers on its own territory if Estonia chooses to
demolish Soviet memorials
- Foreign partners have every chance of joining the vast Shtokman gas field project off Russia's Arctic coast, but the prerogative to select them belongs to energy giant Gazprom
- International uranium enrichment centers will take responsibility for the disposal of nuclear waste
* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said that six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program could be held at the ministerial level at some point in the future
* Russia's Stabilization Fund as of February 1, 2007, held 2.647 trillion rubles ($99.7 billion), up 12.8% month-on-month, the Finance Ministry said
* The Russian Foreign Ministry has called statements by the U.S.-based human rights organization Freedom House that Russia suppresses civil liberties "absurd"
* Russian oil exports fell 1% in 2006 year-on-year to 249.91 million tons (1.84 billion bbl), the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry said
* Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych proposed merging his country's energy assets with those of Russia on a parity basis
* Russia has lifted a ban on pork imports from the United States and cattle from some parts of the Czech Republic, the Russian veterinary service said
* Moscow police have detained Levon Chakhmakhchyan, a former member of the Russian parliament from the Caspian republic of Kalmykia, his lawyer said
* A total of 174 militants were killed last year in the North Caucasus, and 1,171 were detained, Arkady Yedelev, a deputy Russian interior minister said
demolish Soviet memorials
- Foreign partners have every chance of joining the vast Shtokman gas field project off Russia's Arctic coast, but the prerogative to select them belongs to energy giant Gazprom
- International uranium enrichment centers will take responsibility for the disposal of nuclear waste
* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said that six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program could be held at the ministerial level at some point in the future
* Russia's Stabilization Fund as of February 1, 2007, held 2.647 trillion rubles ($99.7 billion), up 12.8% month-on-month, the Finance Ministry said
* The Russian Foreign Ministry has called statements by the U.S.-based human rights organization Freedom House that Russia suppresses civil liberties "absurd"
* Russian oil exports fell 1% in 2006 year-on-year to 249.91 million tons (1.84 billion bbl), the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry said
* Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych proposed merging his country's energy assets with those of Russia on a parity basis
* Russia has lifted a ban on pork imports from the United States and cattle from some parts of the Czech Republic, the Russian veterinary service said
* Moscow police have detained Levon Chakhmakhchyan, a former member of the Russian parliament from the Caspian republic of Kalmykia, his lawyer said
* A total of 174 militants were killed last year in the North Caucasus, and 1,171 were detained, Arkady Yedelev, a deputy Russian interior minister said
