According to the Moscow Times, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Russia will survey shipping in the Black Sea to monitor Georgian ‘provocations’ which are a ‘serious concern’.  Jorg Himmelreich in the International Herald Tribune suggests that much analysis of last year’s Georgia-Russia conflict has overlooked the crucial matter of President Bush’s Georgia policy.  Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko says that he believes that the ratification of the Lisbon treaty would benefit Russian-EU relations, Ria-Novosti reports.  Maintaining predominance in energy issues, protecting trade: the Washington Post looks at Russia’s reasons to play nice with Iran.  The Times reports that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s fly-by-night visit to Moscow was to present the Kremlin with a list of Russian scientists who are helping Iran to make a nuclear warhead.