Belarus to Putin: is that a threat or a promise? (Russia and Belarus as one state) | FT.com http://on.ft.com/qxc1Tc
South Ossetians would join Russia - North Ossetian leader | RIA Novosti http://bit.ly/oHy1ph
AFP: Medvedev scraps Ukraine visit after gas merger fails http://bit.ly/poVsaG
