* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened an
EU-Russia summit in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk,
inviting participants to discuss the economic crisis, energy
cooperation and European security
* Russia's president said the EU should consider giving
Ukraine a loan to ensure that natural gas supplies to Europe
through the country are uninterrupted
* The European Union is ready to discuss Russia's proposal
to provide a new international legal basis for energy
cooperation, Russia's presidential press secretary said
* Russia is finalizing draft agreements with Austria and
Slovenia on the South Stream gas pipeline project, Russian
Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said
* Russia reaffirmed it will not ratify the existing Energy
Charter and called for a new energy agreement to ensure future
global energy security
* A Soyuz-2 carrier rocket, which was launched from the
Plesetsk space center in north Russia, has put an advanced
Meridian 2 military satellite into orbit, an aide to the
Russian Space Forces commander said
* Israeli troops killed two Palestinian militants as they
tried to plant explosives near the Gaza-Israeli border, an army
spokesman said
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