Centro Studi Europa dell’Est – news report of 01.04.2008 – powered by www.interfax.com

• LAVROV CALLS FOR PROMPT COMPLETION OF INQUIRY INTO RUSSIAN’S DEATH IN TALLINN RIOTS

• UKRAINE’S MEMBERSHIP OF NATO WILL CAUSE CRISIS IN RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA - KARASIN

• MOSCOW URGES TBILISI TO TAKE RUSSIA’S INTERESTS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN MAP DISCUSSED

• RUSSIA PUTTING A BRAKE ON GEORGIA’S ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS NATO - TBILISI

• RUSSIA COULD CHANGE RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE AFTER BUCHAREST SUMMIT – DUMA

• RUSSIA HAS ENOUGH POLITICAL WEIGHT TO HAVE ITS VOICE HEARD BY NATO - ENVOY

• BUSH SPEECH IN KYIV WILL NOT CHANGE RUSSIA’S STANCE ON NATO ENLARGEMENT – SOURCE

• MEETING BETWEEN NATO LEADERS AND PUTIN WILL HELP DEFINE DIRECTION OF RELATIONS – SCHEFFER

• NATO READY TO DISCUSS RUSSIA’S CONCERNS OVER ALLIANCE’S EXPANSION - NATO SECRETARY GENERAL

• SCHEFFER HOPES TALKS ON CARGO TRANSIT FOR AFGHANISTAN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL

• NATO SUMMIT TO DISCUSS ENERGY SECURITY - NATO SECRETARY GENERAL

• RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT, UK AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PLAN OF BILATERAL CONTACTS,

• MOSCOW CALLS ANTI-ISLAMIC FILM FITNA PROVOCATIVE

• UKRAINIAN, U.S. PRESIDENTS’ ONE-ON-ONE MEETING LASTED TWO TIMES LONGER THAN PLANNED

• U.S. PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AT BUCHAREST SUMMIT – YUSHCHENKO

• RUSSIA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VETO UKRAINE’S NATO MEMBERSHIP - BUSH

• U.S. WILL HELP UKRAINE, GEORGIA TO JOIN NATO – BUSH

• UKRAINE, U.S. DRAW UP ONE MORE ROAD MAP

• U.S. MISSILE SHIELD NOT TARGETED AGAINST RUSSIA - BUSH

• U.S., UKRAINIAN FIRST LADIES VISIT SHEVCHENKO MUSEUM IN KYIV

• NATO MEMBERSHIP MEETS UKRAINE’S NATIONAL INTERESTS – YUSHCHENKO

• BUSH WILL TRY TO CONVINCE PUTIN U.S. MISSILE SHIELD NOT ANTI-RUSSIAN

• BUSH MEETS WITH UKRAINIAN SPEAKER, PARTY OF REGIONS’ LEADER