TODAY: Russia’s permanent mission at NATO headquarters today stressed to cease slowing the work of the Russia-NATO council; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will sign an array of political and financial agreements and discuss the possibility of a joint Russian-Venezuelan bank; Russian technicians to help direct China’s first-ever spacewalk; Kremlin and the Parliament of Abkhazia ratify treaty. Russia’s permanent mission at NATO headquarters in Brussels urged the military alliance today to stop hindering the work of the Russia-NATO Council.“The Russia-NATO Council was formed as a mechanism for political dialogue on current and especially urgent issues of European security,” the Russian mission stated today.“We regret yet another display of capricious politics and call upon our partners to take this matter seriously”. Russian dignitaries strongly believe there is the sense of fragility in today’s system of European security and its failure to meet current threats and challenges.“In these circumstances, the discussion of a new model for European security is extremely urgent,” the statement went on to state. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will sign a collection of political and financial agreements during his upcoming visit to Russia.