


IN THIS ISSUE
* Russian power eclipsed by the rise of China
* ...as Medvedev signs new Russian military doctrine
* Chechnya massacre anniversary marked as North Caucasus fighting continues
* Patriarch Kirill visits Kazakhstan to promote political integration with Russia
** New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Ukraine Preliminary Election Results: What Will Tymoshenko Do?
By THOM SHANKER
PARIS — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told French officials Monday that he was concerned about their plans to sell Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia, although there is little if anything the United States could do to block the deal, officials said.
By Stephen Kirkland and Alex Nicholson
Russian stocks fell for a fourth day, extending the benchmark Micex Index’s slump to more that 10 percent from its January peak, as oil traded near a seven-week low. The ruble weakened to its lowest in almost two months.
Georgia’s former PM Zurab Nogaideli, the leader of Movement for Fair Georgia, will sign a cooperation agreement with Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, in Moscow on February 9, Nogaideli’s party said on Friday.
The likely presidential winner, Viktor Yanukovich, was once the villain of the 'Orange Revolution.' He needs to bridge deep divisions at home and abroad -- and revive a badly beaten economy.
By Josh Rogin
Richard Holbrooke, the special representative for the issue formerly known as Af-Pak will visit Georgia "shortly," with plans to finalize the deployment of Georgian troops to Afghanistan.
The Georgian government made public on January 28 its strategy with regard to regaining control over the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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