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"Such a system as [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin's is exactly a target for destruction. It needs to be destroyed."
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
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A Russian military officer has been accused of attempted murder for allegedly throwing the twin 8-year-old daughters of his common-law wife from their eighth-floor apartment, officials said Friday. Both girls survived the fall. Nov 13, 2009 at 23:20 | Associated Press |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hopes to conclude negotiations on Russia joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2010, he said in comments released by the Kremlin on Friday. Nov 13, 2009 at 23:17 |
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When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media. Nov 13, 2009 at 22:18 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Over forty people feared dead in a series of blasts at a Russian arms depot have been found alive, the governor of the region where the explosions took place said on Friday. Nov 13, 2009 at 21:35 | Reuters |
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ULYANOVSK, Russia, Nov 13 (Reuters) - At least two people were killed on Friday when a chain of explosions ripped apart a Russian arms depot on Friday, shattering windows for miles around and forcing the evacuation of 3,000 people. Nov 13, 2009 at 21:28 | Reuters |
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The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's (PACE) Political Affairs Committee will discuss the preparation of a report on the mass famine in the USSR in the 1930s at its session in Brussels on November 17 Konstantin Kosachyov the head of the Russian delegation at PACE and the chairman of the State Duma international affairs committee, told Interfax. Nov 13, 2009 at 19:19 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) — A Russian-owned power plant in Tajikistan warnedNov. 13that it will cut off supplies to this impoverished former Soviet republic unless it is paid back about $6.5 million in debt. Nov 13, 2009 at 18:18 | Associated Press |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's biggest business federation said Nov. 13 it was worried that a new customs union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus could introduce a new trade tax damaging to European exports. Nov 13, 2009 at 16:43 | Associated Press |
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Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are expected to sign an agreement to cooperate on gas supplies on Nov. 13, as President Ilham Aliyev pays a working visit to Sofia at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov. Earlier the week Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, announced that Bulgaria’s state-owned gas operator Bulgartransgaz, a subsidiary of Bulgargaz, and the Azerbaijan state gas company GNKAR are going to set up a joint venture, Novinite informs. Read the story here. Nov 13, 2009 at 14:58 |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Two former Russian policemen and a former prosecutor are speaking out about abuse, corruption and trumped-up charges in YouTube postings. Nov 13, 2009 at 14:19 | Associated Press |
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Moscow, November 13 (Interfax) - A situation similar to the Russian-Ukrainian gas conflict in January 2009 is unlikely to occur in the future, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said at a session of the Russian-Slovak governmental commission. Nov 13, 2009 at 13:46 | Interfax-Ukraine |