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Russia Profile: Russia’s stake in Ukrainian elections Last week, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart and candidate in the upcoming presidential election Yulia Timoshenko, ostensibly to discuss gas issues. He ended up giving Timoshenko broad political endorsement as a Ukrainian leader Russia can do business with. Read the story here.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:55
Bloomberg spent over $100 million for re-election NEW YORK, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's narrower-than-expected reelection campaign cost the billionaire some $102 million, or about $183 per vote, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, making him the top-spending self-financed politician in U.S. history.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:40 | Reuters
Russia opens terrorism case in train crash MOSCOW, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Russia's prosecutor general office has opened a criminal case on terrorism charges after an express train came off the rails killing dozens of people, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:36 | Reuters
Lenin statue vandalized in Kyiv Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:30
Official: Blast may have caused train wreck UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) — An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed, killing dozens of people and injuring scores of others in what may have been an act of sabotage, Russian officials said.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:22