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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
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
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MOSCOW (AP) — Putin in da house? Da! He's tracked Siberian tigers wearing military camouflage, sat in the cockpit of a fighter jet, and shown off black-belt judo moves. Now Vladimir Putin is adding another groove to his tough guy persona: hip hop idol. Nov 17, 2009 at 23:47 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A key witness in a legal battle over alleged tax fraud between Russia and Hermitage, once Russia's top investment fund, has died in custody, Russian prosecutors said on Tuesday. Nov 17, 2009 at 22:45 | Reuters |
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Moscow - The 2010 draft budget of the Commonwealth of Independent States and a proposal to set up a common air defense system for the CIS are part of the agenda for the next meeting of the prime ministers of CIS member states on November 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Nov 17, 2009 at 21:01 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy saidNov. 17that territorial disagreements over the Caspian Sea will not stand in the way of an agreement to bring natural gas supplies across the sea from energy-rich Turkmenistan toward Europe. Nov 17, 2009 at 19:11 | Associated Press |
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Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev's much-vaunted anti-corruption drive has so far failed to halt bribery costing Russia $300 billion a year, watchdog Transparency International said on Nov. 17. Nov 17, 2009 at 19:07 | Reuters |
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Moscow, November 17 (Interfax) - To date, more than 5,500 cases of the H1N1 virus have been registered in Russia, said Minister of Health Care and Social Development Tatyana Golikova. Nov 17, 2009 at 19:02 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A lawyer who advised Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, has died in custody amid a row between the fund's co-founder Bill Browder and the Russian authorities over alleged tax frauds. Nov 17, 2009 at 17:52 | Reuters |
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LAKE PLACID, New York (AP) — Police say Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai stole a car and drove it while drunk after finishing 10th overall in the Skate America competition in Lake Placid. Nov 17, 2009 at 17:41 | Associated Press |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have extended sanctions for another year against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and his government. Nov 17, 2009 at 15:23 | Associated Press |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU says it will ask Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to clarify his country's efforts to join the World Trade Organization at an EU-Russia summit in Stockholm on Nov. 18. Nov 17, 2009 at 15:11 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has been shot and killed in Moscow. Nov 17, 2009 at 14:11 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's industrial production fell 11.2 percent in the year to October and rose only 0.8 percent on the month, official data showed Nov. 17, suggesting the country's economic recovery will be volatile. Nov 17, 2009 at 13:22 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Depressed natural gas consumption in Europe will rise next year and the surplus of gas will disappear in 2011, boosting prices, Gazprom deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said Nov. 17. Nov 17, 2009 at 12:59 | Associated Press |
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During his Nov. 12 speech at the federal session discussing foreign policy Russian President Medvedev did not miss the chance to brand Georgia as an aggressor. Russia insists on distorting reality, and as the best form of defence is attack it is trying to put onto Georgia all the sins Moscow itself has committed.The major message Medvedev sent the world was Russia’s claim to be a country of world importance. This status was lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union, because the Russia left behind was only a source of raw materials, not a developed industrial country. But Medvedev highlighted far-reaching plans. Read the story here. Nov 17, 2009 at 12:06 |
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Sweden and Finland have approved a Baltic Sea pipeline project that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, clearing two key obstacles for construction to begin next year.Sweden said the $15-billion Nord Stream project met its demands to protect the marine environment, while Nordic neighbour Finland approved the construction with the caveat that builders must supply additional information about the environmental impact to a regional authority. The twin pipelines, which were approved by Denmark last month, also need the green light from authorities in Russia and Germany. That is expected to be a formality, since the project is backed by both governments.Once completed, the two 1,200-kilometre pipelines would carry a total of 55 billion cubic meters of gas a year from the Russian port of Vyborg to the German port of Greifswald. Construction is expected to start next year, with the first pipeline planned to be ready for 2011. Read the story here. Nov 17, 2009 at 10:50 |