| February 2008 |
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The government of Serbia passed a resolution Thursday calling 'illegal' any move by the breakaway province of Kosovo to declare unilateral independence. 
Russia and Iran could set up a joint venture to operate the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran in three months, the chief executive of Atomstroyexport said Thursday. 
Russia's outgoing President Vladimir Putin gave on Thursday his seventh and last annual news conference, which also was his longest lasting four hours and 40 minutes.
Russia may have to retarget some of its rockets at the missile defenses that the U.S. is planning to deploy in Central Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Russia's president said on Thursday that tensions in economic relations with Poland were linked to U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements in the Central European country. 
Russia has no plans to monopolize Ukraine's natural gas transportation system, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at his final Kremlin news conference. 
Vladimir Putin, nearing the end of his last term as Russian president, said on Thursday that if he becomes prime minister he will not seek to control Dmitry Medvedev as president. 
Russia backs Washington's moves to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. 
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday domestic problems, not foreign expansion, are Russia's main focus. 
The UN nuclear watchdog will inspect the facilities and conditions under which Russian nuclear fuel is being stored at Bushehr, southern Iran, on a permanent basis, a nuclear safety official said Thursday. 
President Vladimir Putin rejected on Thursday arguments by European powers that Kosovo is a "special case" in seeking independence, and accused the countries of employing double standards on the issue. 
Russia's leading producer of distilled spirits, Synergy, plans to export vodka under the Beluga brand in the U.S., EU and Ukraine, the company said on Thursday. 



