| April 2008 |
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Russia's delegation to PACE has gathered sufficient signatures to force an investigation into controversial claims made by former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Carla Del Ponte in her book. 
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. 
Billionaire and twice former premier Silvio Berlusconi is narrowly ahead in exit polls following Italy's weekend election for both houses of parliament. 
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 Georgian Defense Ministry said on Monday it has decided to withdraw its peacekeeping contingent from Kosovo by the end of this week, and may send additional troops to Afghanistan. 
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. 
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. 
A Moscow arbitration court upheld a ruling on Monday claiming over 260 million rubles ($10.8 million) in back taxes from auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. 



