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Clifford J. Levy writes: It was late on a Monday afternoon at the drunk tank in this Moscow suburb, but it could have been any day, at any hour, at any similar facility across this land. People would come. They always do. Such is Russia's ruinous penchant for the bottle — and the challenge facing a new government policy to curb it. Read the story here.
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Country Life: Where to invest in farmland Andrew Shirley writes:An increasing global population will need more food. That food has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere could well be Ukraine, where the price of top-quality arable soil is far lower than in other countries. Land values are projected to rise from an initial investment of $1, 500/hectare to $5, 000/hectare within five years. Read the story here.
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Russian communists flirt with Medvedev MOSCOW, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country.
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United Kingdom foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes singlehandedly.
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Uman, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that there are currently no grounds to declare a state of emergency in Ukraine.
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Uzhgorod, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has again said there are no grounds to postpone presidential elections in the country.
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Moscow, November 7 (Interfax) - Difficulties in relations between Moscow and Kyiv have been prompted by Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko's position, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
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Medvedev: Arms control deal with United States can be reached MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts to move toward a nuclear-free world, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.
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Uzhgorod, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has again said there are no grounds to postpone presidential elections in the country.
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Medvedev insists Stalin regime was criminal Moscow, November 7 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed criticism by Joseph Stalin's supporters, who earlier branded as unacceptable his judgments about the years under Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union.
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Glaxo Saudi's sole supplier of H1N1 vaccine for now RIYADH, Nov 7 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is currently Saudi Arabia's sole supplier of an H1N1 flu vaccine but the kingdom may include other firms for the supply of a nationwide inoculation campaign, the health ministry said.
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Yatseniuk: Nobody will postpone elections Candidate for Ukraine's president Arseniy Yatseniuk has said he is totally against the postponement of presidential elections due to the possible introduction of a state of emergency in the country in connection with the flu epidemic.
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Speaking on the popular fifth TV channel on Nov. 6, the secretary of the national security and defense council, Rayisa Bohatyryova, said the number of flu victims is so large it may be necessary to declare the state of emergency to effectively deal with the outbreak. Read the story here.
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Russia Today: Medvedev says Yushchenko 'dominated by Russophobe perceptions' As Germany is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Dmitry Medvedev has talked to Der Spiegel magazine about the significance this event had had for the whole Europe. Read the story here.
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RIA Novosti: Medvedev says Ukraine gas problems linked to presidential polls Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has linked Ukrainian problems with payment for Russian gas deliveries to the country's presidential polls, due to take place in January. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in late October that his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, had told him by telephone that President Viktor Yushchenko was blocking payments for Russian gas supplies. Read the story here.
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