NEW YORK, Feb.

ISTANBUL. Sept 2 (Interfax) - Oil and gas pipelines routes should be planned with commercial and not political considerations in mind, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after meeting his Turkish counterpart in Istanbul.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed the criticism of Russia's actions in Georgia contained in the speech made in Kiev by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

By Christopher Torchia Associated Press IGOETI, Georgia -- Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

MOSCOW. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Western media of deliberately misinterpreting the recent Russian military action in South Ossetia and has claimed Western governments use their countries' media for their own political purposes.