MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - On February 10 fifteen years ago, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Almaty, then capital of Kazakhstan (Central Asia), to sign an agreement to create a joint air defense system. In February 2010, they held a jubilee meeting of the Committee on Air Defense at the CIS Council of Defense Ministers.
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has linked Ukrainian problems with payment for Russian gas deliveries to the country"s presidential polls, due to take place in January.