TODAY: Medvedev meets Bush for the last time, travels to Latin America to strengthen ties; Georgian president accuses Russian troops of firing on him in South Ossetia; Lugovoi will visit UK if granted immunity; Supreme Court to investigate closing of Politkovskaya trial.

US President George Bush had a cordial meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the APEC summit, despite an earlier ‘poke in the eye‘ from Bush, who issued a statement celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Rose Revolution in Georgia hours before their meeting.  Nonetheless, both sides exhibited ‘a clear desire not to get obsessed with differences‘ – possibly because there are so many of them: according to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, promises of transparency will not alter Russia’s view of the US’ planned missile defense shield, and ‘it would be better if the Americans gave up the idea‘.  Medvedev has reiterated his hope that Barack Obama will abandon the missile defense plans altogether. Last week’s US-Russia talks on the soon-to-expire START arms reduction treaty were inconclusive, and the US is skeptical about Russia resuming normal relations with NATO so soon after the Georgian war.