And,in May,President Dmitri Medvedev announced creation of a government commission to help prevent what he said was falsification of history that harms the interests of Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

President Obama announced last Thusday that he had concluded a follow-on to the 1989 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: False START

Russia did not take part in the treaty talks but President Boris Yeltsin announced on Friday that he would support a worldwide ban on land mines.

CNN: Anti-land mine activists win Nobel Peace Prize