The Russian government has invited a range of Palestinian organizations, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to a meeting in Moscow on February 29, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Friday, according to the TASS news agency. Bogdanov said the aim of the meeting was to help the various groups to close ranks. “We work on the assumption that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and will continue to be so,” he said. “It is recognized by the international community and ourselves,” he said, but other organiza…