Brussels, 18/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - Two days before the EU-Russia summit in Nice, the European Commission put a draft decision to the Council on a five-year extension to the EU-Russian science and technology agreement in order to maintain continuity. Since the renewed agreement will be exactly the same in content as the current agreement, which expires on 20 February 2009, the Commission does not feel it necessary to follow usual procedures for negotiating its extension (Article 300 §1...