the head of the British Parliaments Digital.

Ryabkov said Russia has long called for an international treaty against weapons in space.Russias Defense Ministry previously described the satellites as a multifunctional space platform for inspection of other satellites from a close distance.

the Russian satellites came within 100 miles of the U.launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome last November.monitors foreign military installations.

said in a statement provided to CBS News this week that the two satellites were acting similarly to another set of satellites Russia deployed about three years ago.We in fact received appropriate signals from them.

Ryabkov said according to Russias Interfax news agency.

Moscow Russias Foreign Ministry was working on its response to concerns voiced by the United States military earlier this week about the disturbing behavior of a pair of Russian spacecraft that flew near a UMembers from another three chapters have rejected Fords proposed labor contract.

UAW members at John Deere also voted no on a proposed labor deal.labor experts told CBS MoneyWatch.

according to a vote trackermaintained by the UAW.The flurry of rejections came after UAW members spent six weeks onstrike at the companies.