WINTER OLYMPICS
Russia and Nicaragua are preparing for joint military exercises, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with the Nicaraguan president in Managua* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
RUSSIA
* Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh will sign an agreement on a Russian military base in Abkhazia during a visit to Moscow on February 16-18, the former Georgian republic"s Foreign Ministry said
* Protesters demanded the premier"s resignation at a weekend rally in Eastern Siberia ahead of the official reopening on Monday of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill after 14 months of inactivity, a Russian newspaper reported
BUSINESS
* Russia and Saudi Arabia are finalizing an array of agreements on the sale of Russian armored vehicles anti-aircraft systems and combat helicopters, a Russian defense industry
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