| April 2008 |
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Serbia intends to include Kosovo, which it still considers part of its territory, in the country's early parliamentary election, a Russian senator cited Belgrade's Election Commission as saying. 
The Kremlin-backed United Russia party plans to create a new post of party chairman and offer the position to outgoing president Vladimir Putin, party leader Boris Gryzlov said on Monday. 
Japan's foreign minister reassured his Russian counterpart on Monday that Tokyo's missile defense cooperation with the United States is not targeted against Russia. 
The leader of Russia's Jewish community suggested on Monday that if Iran is internationally recognized as a nuclear power, it will be easier to solve the international crisis over its nuclear program. 
The Russian government has decided to give a major natural gas field in the country's northeast to energy giant Gazprom without a tender, Deputy Industry and Energy Minister Andrei Dementyev said on Monday. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura agreed on Monday to continue negotiations on a bilateral peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities. 
Under a new scheme for Russia-Ukraine natural gas trade, Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company will buy gas on Russian territory from trader RosUkrEnergo, the Ukrainian prime minister said Monday. 
Russia's Sukhoi aircraft manufacturer will rank fourth globally in terms of fighter plane production up to 2012, the company's press service said on Monday, citing a market researcher. 
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) opened on Monday its 2008 spring session, to be addressed by Slovakia's president, Germany's chancellor, and Ukraine's prime minister. 
Former Chechen criminal group leader Movladi Atlangeriyev has been kidnapped in Moscow, Kommersant business daily reported on Monday. 



