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			<title>Russia tops Pricewaterhouse global fraud survey</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53299/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:53:51 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia has the world's most  fraudulent economy and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime  have done little to stop its spread during the global financial  downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey.   Seventy-one percent of Russian respondents to PwC's global  economic crime survey said they had been subject to economic  crime in the past year, more than in next-ranked South Africa,  Kenya, Canada and Mexico.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53297/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Critic of Chechen president fears for his life</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53296/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:35:12 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; The brother of a Chechen government critic slain in Dubai this year is asking Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for protection.]]></description>
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			<title>Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53295/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:31:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53294/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:24:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53293/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:48 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; A Russian ship reached open water off Antarctica after struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days, a Russian shipping company and a British travel agency said Friday.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian, UK diplomats discuss relations with Ukraine, Moldova, Caucasus states</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53279/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:11:27 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Moscow, November 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and the UK Foreign Office's Political Director General Geoffrey Adams have met in London to discuss their countries' relations with Ukraine, Moldova and a number of nations in South Caucasus.]]></description>
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			<title>U.S. transport chief urges safer roads in Russia</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53275/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:44:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; The U.S. transportation secretary says Russia's biggest challenge in that domain is building a safe road network &mdash; and he is urging the former Cold War adversary to follow America's lead.]]></description>
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			<title>Masked gunman kills Russian priest at Moscow church</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53268/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:56 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A masked gunman entered a church and shot dead a Russian Orthodox priest well-known for his missionary work among the young, investigators said on Nov. 20.]]></description>
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			<title>Kremlin: Russia will not take part in Ukraine's internal political feuds</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53215/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:36:12 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Moscow, November 19 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko's letter to Dmitry Medvedev has a clear internal political context, but Russia does not want to participate &quot;in Ukraine's internal political feuds,&quot; the Kremlin said.]]></description>
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			<title>Moscow accuses Yushchenko of Europe gas blackmail</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53211/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:47 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Kremlin onNov. 19accused Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko of blackmailing Europe on gas in response to a letter in which Yushchenko called on Russia to change the terms of gas contracts.]]></description>
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			<title>ITAR-TASS: Georgian president 'grateful to Ukraine'</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53210/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:44:25 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KYIV, November 19 (Itar-Tass) - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili thanked Ukraine for its support for Georgia, which &ldquo;made a European choice&rdquo; during what he described as &ldquo;Russia&rsquo;s attack on Georgia.&rdquo; He spoke about it onNov. 19at a press conference on the results of his talks with Ukrainian leader Victor Yushchenko. Saakashvili repeated his habitual accusations against Russia, but added a sensational thing: it turns out that on the days of the so-called &ldquo;aggression&rdquo; the Georgian president was &ldquo;on leave.&rdquo; <a href="http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14549482&amp;PageNum=0" target="_blank">Read the story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>Simulated flight to Mars will begin in Moscow in 2010</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53209/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Moscow, November 19 (Interfax-AVN) - The third, main stage of the project Mars-500, in which six volunteers will spend 520 days in isolation, will begin in the first half of 2010, the Institute for Medical and Biological Issues of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Interfax.]]></description>
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			<title>A human rights group urges Russia to acknowledge historical crimes</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53205/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:38 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PARIS (AP) &mdash; A leader of one of Russia's most prominent human rights groups says the Kremlin's failure to recognize Soviet-era acts of aggression is leading to &quot;historical wars&quot; against its neighbors.]]></description>
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			<title>Death toll from swine flu rises to 13 in Belarus</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53197/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:31:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Minsk, November 19 (Interfax) - The death toll from swine flu has climbed to 13 in Belarus, the Belarusian Health Ministry told Interfax on Nov. 19.]]></description>
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			<title>Moldova's push towards EU does not harm ties with Russia, CIS</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53194/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:55 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Chisinau, November 19 (Interfax-AVN) - Seeking integration with the European Union, Moldova sees Russia and countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States as its political and economic partners, and highly values relations already established with these countries, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat said.]]></description>
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			<title>Turkmenistan seen as top gas supplier for Nabucco</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53188/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:06 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) &mdash; Energy-rich Turkmenistan could become a top supplier to fill a Western-backed natural gas pipeline aimed at reducing Europe's dependency on Russian gas, a top executive on the project said Nov. 19.]]></description>
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			<title>FACTBOX-Russia-Ukraine 10-year gas supply deal</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53183/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:57:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nov 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Nov. 19asked Russia to change a 10-year gas supply deal, signed by the two states in January, saying it was too onerous for Ukraine's economy]]></description>
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			<title>RIA Novosti: Russia to supply 116 billion cubic meters of gas via Ukraine</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53175/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:11:25 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Russia is planning to supply 116 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine in 2010, the Russian government has said. &quot;A corresponding amendment to the [gas supply] contracthas been approved and sent to the Ukrainian side,&quot; said materials published by the government on Nov. 19, ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's current visit to Ukraine's Crimea. <a href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091119/156903949.html" target="_blank">Read the story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>Russian Foreign Ministry: Russian language situation alarming in most former Soviet republics</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53169/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:18:38 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Moscow, November 19 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed concerns about the situation with the Russian language in the former Soviet republics.]]></description>
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			<title>Moldovan soldiers given onions to fight swine flu</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53166/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) &mdash; Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.]]></description>
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			<title>Kyrgyzstan urged to free activists</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53159/</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:56:27 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) &mdash; A prominent international rights group has urged Kyrgyzstan to free two jailed activists who it says were imprisoned because of their investigation into rights infringements.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia, EU to keep constructive relationship under new EU leadership</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53150/</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Stockholm, November 19 (Interfax) - Relations between Russia and the EU will develop constructively no matter who heads the European Union, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.]]></description>
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			<title>Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53146/</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:26:46 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) &mdash; Russia's Consitutional Court has ruled that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully outlaws the death penalty.]]></description>
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			<title>Rights groups want Russia lawyer death investigated</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53142/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:15:58 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the sudden death of a 37-year-old witness in a Russian legal battle over tax fraud.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia makes new climate change offer</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53139/</link>
			<category>Russia and former Soviet Union</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:45:28 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) &mdash; Russia indicated on Wednesday that it is ready to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 25 percent, if other countries do the same, the president of the European Union said.]]></description>
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			<title>Poll: Number of Russians worrying about A(H1N1) growing</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53117/</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:08:29 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Moscow, November 18 (Interfax) - The number of Russians worrying about contracting the A(H1N1) flu virus commonly known also as swine flu grew to 70% in November from 57% in September, while the number of those whose fears about this are great has nearly doubled to 27% from 14%, the VTsIOM public opinion center reported based on a poll conducted in 140 communities in 42 regions of Russia on Nov. 14-15.]]></description>
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			<title>Lithuania reports 1st swine flu death</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53115/</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) &mdash; Lithuania says a 14-year-old boy is the country's first swine flu-related fatality.]]></description>
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			<title>Medvedev: Russia, Europe keen to increase energy supply potential</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53100/</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:38:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Stockholm, November 18 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev thanked Sweden for allowing the building the Nord Stream pipeline through its country's economic zone and promised assistance in diversifying energy resources to Europe.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia confirms goal of WTO entry</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/53079/</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:37:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Russia confirmed onNov. 18it wants to join the World Trade Organisation and said members of its customs union with Kazakhstan and Belarus would seek to join as separate entities.]]></description>
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