| March 2008 |
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The United Nations may convene a special meeting to discuss Kosovo's independence, Russia's envoy to the UN said on Thursday. 
The Sukhoi aircraft maker has conducted another test flight of its new state-of-the-art Su-35 Flanker multirole air superiority/strike fighter, the company said on Thursday.
Russia has lifted trade, economic, financial and transport sanctions on Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, and urged other CIS countries to follow suit, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. 
Serbia's government has abolished visa requirements for Russian citizens, the Cabinet of Ministers said on Thursday. 
A Russian Proton-M rocket will launch a U.S. communication satellite on March 15, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday.
Russia has lifted trade, economic, financial and transport sanctions on Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, and urged other CIS countries to follow suit, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. 
Parliaments in North and South Ossetia adopted at a joint session on Thursday an appeal to Russia's parliament to recognize South Ossetia's independence. 
Moscow may request the extradition of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, arrested in Thailand at the request of U.S. authorities on charges of illegal arms trading, a Russian law enforcement source said on Thursday. 
Ukraine's parliament resumed work on Thursday after more than a month of inactivity caused by opposition protests over the government's drive to integrate the country into NATO. 
Moscow believes the issue of Ukraine's 1932-1933 famine should not be used for political goals, a Russian envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday. 
The cave that 35 members of a Russian doomsday sect have been holed up in since the fall of 2007 is not currently at risk from flooding, a local emergency services official said on Thursday. 



