| February 2008 |
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Russia hopes that the UN Security Council will annul as illegitimate Kosovo's unilateral declaration of sovereignty, a Russian official said on Monday. 
Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence on Sunday, could eventually become a part of Albania, Serbia's ambassador to Russia said on Monday. 
A former Yukos executive diagnosed with AIDS and cancer and moved from jail to hospital in early February by Russian authorities has said he is kept chained to his hospital bed, his lawyer said on Monday. 
Abkhazia intends to ask Russia to recognize its sovereignty, the president of the de facto independent Georgian republic said on Monday. 
Russia and Turkey, whose bilateral trade has already reached $22-25 billion, are seeking to establish a comprehensive partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Turkish media on Monday. 
An opinion poll has indicated that 69.9% of voters intend to cast their ballot for Kremlin-backed Dmitry Medvedev in Russia's March 2 presidential elections, the state-run VTsIOM pollster said on Monday. 
The Indian Army intends to double its fleet of attack and other types of helicopters to 500 by 2020, a spokesman for the country's Ground Forces said on Monday. 
A Russian Navy vessel which earlier sent a call of distress from the Aegean Sea has 88 crew members on board, a spokesman for the Greek Mercantile Marine Ministry said on Monday.

Geneva will host the next round of talks between Russia and Georgia on Russia's WTO bid on February 20, a Georgian economics ministry spokeswoman said on Monday. 
In an unprecedented move, Algeria is to return to Russia 15 MiG aircraft delivered in 2006-07, a Russian business daily said on Monday. 



