TBILISI, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - An observer mission from ex-Soviet CIS countries has declared Georgia's May 21 parliamentary election, won by the pro-presidential ruling party, free and democratic. With 45% of the vote counted, President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National

MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Indian Navy has asked Boeing for the use of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet supersonic carrier-based fighter aircraft on board a Russian-made carrier, Russian daily Izvestia said on Thursday. A Boeing spokesman confirmed that

Within frames of the Energy Security Summit

TBILISI, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement is leading in Georgia's parliamentary polls with almost 59.78% of the vote, early official results said on Thursday. With 12 % of the vote counted, the main opposition

Following the escalation of tensions in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict area, Russia has increased the strength of its peacekeeping force in Abkhazia.

In Ljubljana on 22 May

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine has joined the working group on Russia's bid for WTO membership and wants to start bilateral talks with Moscow, a Russian delegation source said on Wednesday. Ukraine officially joined the World Trade Organization

TBILISI, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's Foreign Ministry has sent a protest note to the CIS secretariat demanding so called illegal Russian troops and armaments be withdrawn from the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone. The ministry said that according to the

TBILISI, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - An exit poll said on Wednesday President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement has garnered 63.2% in Georgia's parliamentary elections, despite the opposition party claiming to have won the polls. The pro-presidential ruling party leader,

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Relatives of Polish prisoners of war massacred by Soviet secret police in the Katyn forest in 1940 have filed an appeal against the closure of the case, a lawyer told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

RUSSIA * Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he will hold one-on-one talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during the G8 summit in Japan in July * Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov met with his Mongolian counterpart in Ulan Bator,