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08.02.10
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Ukraine Exit Polls Report Yanukovych Election Victory
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| BBC News |
Exit polls from Ukraine indicate that the pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly won the country's presidential election. Read more  |
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08.02.10
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Yanukovych Heading For Victory In Ukraine
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| The Guardian |
| Ukraine's Russian-leaning opposition leader, Viktor Yanukovych, was last night on course to become the country's president with early results indicating he had a lead of several points over his bitter rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister. Read more |
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08.02.10
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Opposition Leader Declares Victory In Ukraine
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| The New York Times |
| The opposition leader Viktor F. Yanukovich declared victory on Sunday in presidential elections in Ukraine, claiming what appeared to be an unlikely comeback from his humiliating defeat in the 2004 Orange Revolution, when he was shunned as a bumbling Kremlin sidekick. Read more |
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08.02.10
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Drop In U.S. Aid Hits Democracy Efforts In Ukraine
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| Washington Post |
| More than five years ago, a Western-funded exit poll challenged the official results of the presidential election in Ukraine and sparked the drama that became known as the Orange Revolution. Read more |
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08.02.10
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Russia Signs $1.8B Arms Deal With Libya
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian news agencies have reported that Moscow has signed an arms deal with Libya worth $1.8-billion. Read more |
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08.02.10
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Voices From Russia's Cold War 'friendship' University
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| BBC News |
| Fifty years after the Patrice Lumumba University for the Friendship of the Peoples opened in Moscow, the BBC's Russian Service has tracked down former and current foreign students to find out what it was like. Read more |
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08.02.10
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Russia's Gazprombank Eyes London Listing
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| Reuters |
| Russia's Gazprombank is seeking an adviser ahead of a possible listing on the London Stock Exchange, according to the Mail on Sunday. The report said the finance unit set up by Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom plans to float 25 percent of its equity for more than 1 billion pounds. Read more |
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08.02.10
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NATO: Russia Need Not Fear Expansion
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| The Associated Press |
| The head of the panel crafting a new mission statement for NATO says Russia has no reason to fear the alliance's eastward expansion. Read more |
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07.02.10
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Russia To Lend Post-war Sri Lanka $300 Mln For Arms
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| Reuters |
| Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday for Moscow, where he will sign a $300 million loan to buy military equipment from Russia, despite an end to his country's quarter-century civil war. Read more |
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07.02.10
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France Allows Warship Sale To Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| A Russian naval official says France will allow the sale of an advanced warship to Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday. Read more |
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07.02.10
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Independent News Group Caught In A Russian Riddle
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| The Observer |
| This is Alexander Lebedev's last week as most favoured and protected buyer of the two Independents. Read more |
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07.02.10
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Russia: Any Sanctions Must Not Target Iran Economy
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| Reuters |
| Any new sanctions against Iran should focus on stopping nuclear proliferation rather than targeting its economy, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Saturday. Read more |
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07.02.10
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From Russia, No Love
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| The New York Times |
| About 40 years ago, a British teenager named Kevin visited Leningrad with a group of high school students. He managed to form a special friendship with Lena, one of their young English-speaking guides. Read more |
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07.02.10
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Russian Doctrine Does Not Reflect Real World: NATO
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| Reuters |
| NATO said on Saturday a new Russian military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world and undermined efforts to improve ties between the Western military alliance and Moscow. Read more |
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07.02.10
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Medvedev Wants Lower Lending Rates
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| Reuters |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday told the head of state-owned bank VEB Vladimir Dmitriev that lending rates must continue to decline, Russian agencies reported. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Ukraine Presidential Election Campaign Nears End
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| BBC News |
| The two candidates battling to become the next president of Ukraine are to hold their final rallies in Kiev ahead of Sunday's run-off election. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Russia Concerned At Romania Hosting U.S. Missiles
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| Reuters |
| Russia Friday said it was concerned by Romania's decision to host interceptor missiles as part of a U.S. plan to protect Europe and demanded clarification. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Latvian Ghost Town Auctioned Off For $3.1 Million
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| The Associated Press |
| Latvia sold a deserted town built around a Soviet-era radar station to a Russian investor who bid $3.1 million at an unusual auction Friday, officials said. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Ukraine's Orange Band Loses Its Voice
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| BBC News |
| In 2004, as news filtered through that Viktor Yushchenko had lost a rigged election to Viktor Yanukovych, the town of Ternopil in western Ukraine emptied. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Medvedev Signs Russia's Military Doctrine
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the country's new military doctrine regulating the stance the country takes in conflict situations. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Chechnya Militants Kill Five Russian Soldiers
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| BBC News |
| Militants have killed five Russian soldiers in the troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya, officials say. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Russia Eyes Good Yield For First Eurobond In Decade
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| Reuters |
| Russia's Finance Ministry hopes the lead managers will sell Russia's forthcoming Eurobond tens of basis points below the current yield on its debt, deputy finance minister said on Friday. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Putin Criticizes His Party After Opposition Rally
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized his party following an unusually large opposition protest, saying it has fed the country with empty promises. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Ukraine Election: Growing Concern Of Fraud
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Yulia Tymoshenko, the fiery heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, warned of massive fraud by her rival Viktor Yanukovich in Sunday's election and threatened to call for street protests. But few Ukrainians seem eager to march. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Sweden Wants Explanation On Nuclear 'dumping'
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| BBC News |
| The Russian military allegedly dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, according to a report on Swedish television. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Russia Picks 4 Banks To Manage Its Debt Issue
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia's finance ministry announced Friday its pick of four investment banks to manage its upcoming sovereign eurobond issue, which could raise up to $17.8 billion and will mark the country's return to the debt market after ten years of surpluses. Read more |
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06.02.10
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Bolshoi Ballet Dancers To Perform In Cuba
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| Reuters |
| Members of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet will perform in Havana's Karl Marx theater next week in their first appearance on the island in 30 years, Cuba's state-run press said on Friday. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Ukraine's Yushchenko Signs Election Law Change
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| BBC News |
| Outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko has signed into law a change in Ukraine's electoral legislation three days before the vote on his successor. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Russian Pledge In Race To Catch Bric Rivals
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| Financial Times |
| Russia’s investment tsar on Thursday sought to convince the business community that the country is serious about transforming the economic environment as it seeks to catch up with its counterparts in the Bric group of emerging nations. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Base Camps
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| The Economist |
| Everyone in the Balkans loves a good conspiracy theory, especially one that involves energy pipelines and military bases. According to some people with a bent against Serbia and Russia, the Russians are plotting to create a thinly-disguised military base in Serbia. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Latvia Economy Reels In Recession
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| BBC News |
| Wrapped in furs, the ladies of Riga stride impressively across ice-covered streets on perilously high heels. Unfortunately Latvia's economy is not looking quite as confident. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Luzhkov V Kremlin
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| The Economist |
| Behind a small dispute over housing in Moscow is a bigger story. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Russia: Hamas Leader Meshaal To Visit Moscow
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| Reuters |
| Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal will visit Russia next week for talks on ending a Palestinian split and bringing about a resumption of peace talks with Israel, the Russian government said on Thursday. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Soviet Lessons From Afghanistan
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| The New York Times |
| Afghanistan is in turmoil, with tensions rising and people dying every day. Many of them — including women, children and the elderly — have nothing in common with terrorists or militants. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Russian Paper Back Online After Hacker Attack
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| The Associated Press |
| The Web site of a prominent Russian newspaper that relentlessly criticizes the Kremlin is back online after what editors say was a weeklong massive hacker attack. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Demolition Ball Threatens Moscow Artists' Colony
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| The Guardian |
| It is one of Moscow's last green enclaves, a unique garden village built by the new Soviet Union for its revolutionary elite. In winter and summer, weary Muscovites flock here to escape the urban noise and to wander along peaceful avenues of birch trees and log-built cottages. You can even spot the odd woodpecker. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Ukraine's Election Hits Last-minute Turbulence
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| The Associated Press |
| The spirit of the Orange revolution may be stirring once again. On the cusp of a decisive presidential vote this weekend, Yulia Tymoshenko, heroine of the massive popular protests that overturned rigged elections five years ago threatened to mobilize supporters in the streets, accusing her rival of trying to steal the presidency. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Putin Invites Tusk To Katyn Massacre Event
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| BBC News |
| Russian PM Vladimir Putin has invited his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, to a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Russia, West Closer On Iran Sanctions: Lawmaker
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| Reuters |
| Russia and Western powers have moved closer to agreement on the need for further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, a leading Russian lawmaker said on Thursday. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Iran Says Russia Offers Missile Reassurance
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| The Associated Press |
| The Iranian ambassador in Moscow says Russia has assured Iran that it still intends to deliver long-range air-defense missiles. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Ukraine Braces For Political Showdown
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Ukraine votes Feb. 7 in a runoff between bitter rivals Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych that some say could destabilize the democratic process. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Will Ukraine Turn Towards Europe?
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| The Guardian |
| With the result of Ukraine's presidential elections still in doubt, will the country's European aspirations weaken? Read more |
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05.02.10
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Russia, US To Step Up Drug Fight
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia on Thursday hailed a new agreement with the United States intended to boost joint anti-drug efforts, but urged the U.S. and NATO to do more to stem a flow of drugs from Afghanistan that has sickened millions of Russians. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Key Facts About Russia's Kaliningrad Exclave
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| Reuters |
| Ten thousand people rallied in Russia's westernmost region of Kaliningrad last week in one of the largest opposition protests in Russia since Vladimir Putin became Russia's president a decade ago. Read more |
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05.02.10
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South Ossetians Warn Against Rearming Georgia
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| The New York Times |
| Residents of South Ossetia, the tiny separatist enclave at the center of the August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, petitioned United States Senator Richard G. Lugar on Thursday to warn against supplying the Georgian government with weapons, saying they could be used against civilians. Read more |
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05.02.10
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Exclave's 10,000 Protest Rocks Russian Politics
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| Reuters |
| Months after losing his job, 53-year-old mechanic Alexei Dementyev trudged through heavy snow for his first opposition protest, standing with 10,000 people for a rally that shook Russia's political system. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia Further Delays Superjet 100 Deliveries
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| Reuters |
| Russia has further delayed first deliveries of Superjet 100 aircraft, its first passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union, the head of the company building the aircraft said on Wednesday. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia Told To Innovate Or Be Left Behind
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia is 30 to 40 years behind developed economies in the technology sector and will lag further unless it innovates, Anatoly Chubais, the architect of the 1990s privatizations, warned Wednesday. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia 'needs Radical Reform'
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| BBC News |
| A Russian research institute has suggested radical changes to the way the country is run - warning that they are necessary if Russia is to modernise. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia Urges Iran Agree To Uranium Deal
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| Reuters |
| Russia would welcome an Iranian decision to accept an offer to enrich its uranium abroad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Ukraine Ballot Sunday Re-enacts Orange Revolution
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| The Associated Press |
| Ukraine is teetering between east and west in Sunday's presidential runoff, with the winner likely to scramble to mollify an increasingly assertive Moscow while at the same time seeking stronger ties with Europe. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia Tells Corporate Borrowers To Await Sovereign
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| Reuters |
| Russia's sub-sovereign borrowers should wait for the sovereign issuance before going ahead with their own, Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin told reporters on Wednesday. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Research Group’s Report Urges Radical Changes
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| The New York Times |
| A liberal-leaning policy organization that advises President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Wednesday recommended a startling agenda of long-term changes, including restoration of elections for governors, an end to censorship of the news media, Russian membership in NATO and dissolution of the Federal Security Service, successor to the Soviet-era K.G.B. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Russia Says Killed Top Local Al Qaeda Militant
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| Reuters |
| Russia said on Wednesday its forces had killed an Egyptian militant in Dagestan who had set up a faction of al Qaeda in the volatile southern region. Read more |
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04.02.10
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Finance Minister Reveals Plan To Lift Technology
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| The New York Times |
| The Russian finance minister on Wednesday floated a new, top-down approach to catching up with the West in high technology, a problem that has bedeviled the economy here for decades in spite of the country’s rich tradition in science. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Ukraine And Russia Trade Spying Accusations
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| BBC News |
| The Ukrainian and Russian authorities have publicly accused each other of spying. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Kremlin Shocked As Kaliningrad Stages Protest
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| The Guardian |
| Special envoy sent to Russia's western exclave as thousands take to streets in biggest protest since Soviet Union fell. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Russia Creates Giant Airline Under Aeroflot Wings
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| Reuters |
| Russia has scrapped plans to set up a second big state airline and will merge fragmented aviation assets into its flagship carrier Aeroflot, moving a step closer to reviving the powers of the Soviet-era monopoly. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Russian Officials Grapple With Unforeseen Protests
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| The New York Times |
| Russian officials this week have been shuttling between Moscow and Kaliningrad, where antigovernment protests over the weekend drew thousands of people in one of Russia’s most strategically important cities, seemingly catching the authorities off guard. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Crimea's Loyalty Split In Ukraine Election
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| BBC News |
| As Ukraine prepares to vote in a new president in an election run-off on Sunday, the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy reports from Crimea, where people are ambivalent about their Ukrainian nationality. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Russia Bomb Hurts Rail Worker
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| Reuters |
| A bomb exploded on the tracks beneath a railway technician's engine in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, slightly injuring its operator, authorities said. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Ukraine Finds What It Calls Russian Spy Ring
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| The New York Times |
| Ukraine has detained a Russian intelligence officer and expelled four others, breaking up what it said Tuesday was a spy ring that intended to steal military and state secrets. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Egyptian Billionaire Poised To Join Lebedev
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| The Guardian |
| London Evening Standard owner understood to be talking to Samih Sawiris about takeover of Independent titles. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Russia Oil Wealth Funds Fall On Budget Transfers
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| Reuters |
| Russia's two oil wealth funds declined by a total $1.54 billion over the last month, falling to $150.54 billion, as more funds were transferred to aid federal budget shortfalls, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. Read more |
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03.02.10
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Russia Regulator Warns Coking Coal Miners On Prices
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| Reuters |
| Russia's FAS anti-monopoly watchdog on Tuesday warned domestic coking coal producers against coordinated actions to raise prices. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Russia's Economy Contracts 7.9% In 2009
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| BBC News |
| The Russian economy shrank 7.9% in 2009 compared with 2008, the Federal Statistics Service has announced. Read more |
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02.02.10
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McDonald's To Expand In Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| McDonald's will expand by 45 outlets in Russia by the end of this year, chief executive officer Jim Skinner said Monday as the company marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of the first landmark restaurant under Soviet rule in 1990. Read more |
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02.02.10
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China's New Foreign Policy Takes Shape - In Moldova
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| Reuters |
| Small, poor nations without significant mineral deposits are unlikely candidates for investment by the world's third-largest economy. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Gazprom Reports Profit Drop Of One-third
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia's natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom said Monday its profit for the first nine months of last year fell more than one-third compared with a year earlier. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Georgian TV 'blocked By Russia'
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| BBC News |
| Georgia says broadcasts of its new Russian-language television station have been suspended because of "pressure from the Russian government". Read more |
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02.02.10
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Russia, Venezuela Set Up $20 Billion Oil Venture
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| Reuters |
| Russia and Venezuela will invest $20 billion over 40 years in a giant Venezuelan oilfield to produce almost half a million barrels per day of oil that can be shipped to U.S. markets, Russian officials said on Monday. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Lessons From Russia's 'Little War'
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| The New York Times |
| There’s a good new book out on Russia’s invasion of Georgia called “A Little War That Shook the World.” It might well have been more naggingly and intriguingly titled “A Little War That Should Have Shaken the World but Didn’t,” a formulation which comes closer to reality. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Georgia TV Channel Has Troubled Start
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| BBC News |
| Georgia's attempt to create a Russian-language news channel has got off to an inauspicious start. Restricted by a tight budget and limited resources, and accused by Russia of peddling propaganda, First Caucasian has now lost its only broadcast partner, as Tom Esslemont reports from Tbilisi. Read more |
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02.02.10
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US-Russia Arms Control Treaty Talks Resume
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| The Guardian |
| Geneva meeting works towards finding successor to 40-year-old Start 1 weapons reduction agreement, which expired last year. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Russia’s Evolution, Seen Through Golden Arches
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| The New York Times |
| Viktor A. Semenov was growing lettuce on a collective farm outside Moscow in 1990 when a representative of McDonald’s stopped by. The company had just opened a restaurant. Could he sell it a few boxes of lettuce each week? Read more |
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02.02.10
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Russia Protests Broken Up By Police
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| BBC News |
| Russian police have broken up rallies over the weekend that demanded respect for the right to free assembly. Read more |
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02.02.10
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Russia Boosts 2009 Gold Output 11.2 Pct
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| Reuters |
| Russian gold production rose 11.2 percent year-on-year in 2009 to 205.2 tonnes (6.6 million ounces) in line with expectations, the Russian Gold Industrialists' Union, the main industry lobby, said on Monday. Read more |
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01.02.10
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Fear, Uncertainty Cast Pall Over Russian Business
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| Reuters |
| Russian businessmen at the World Economic Forum in Davos struck a gloomy note this week, with many uncertain about the country's direction and others warning a climate of corporate fear could hamper growth. Read more |
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01.02.10
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Iraq Seals Deal With Russia's Lukoil-Led Group
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| The Associated Press |
| A consortium grouping Russia's private oil giant Lukoil and Norway's Statoil ASA on Sunday signed a final deal to develop one of Iraq's biggest oil fields, capping an auction process key to the OPEC nation's plans to boost output and generate sorely needed reconstruction revenues. Read more |
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01.02.10
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Hard Sell For Ukraine's Tymoshenko On Rival's Turf
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| Reuters |
| Ukrainian presidential contender Yulia Tymoshenko has taken her impassioned pro-European campaign into her rival's heartland, but her call fell mostly on deaf ears in the Russian-speaking port of Odessa. Read more |
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01.02.10
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Thousands Decry Putin As Public Anger Swells
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| The Moscow Times |
| Up to 12,000 protesters called on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign in a rare outpouring of anger with the popular leader during a weekend rally in Kaliningrad. Read more |
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01.02.10
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Hacker Attack Freezes Novaya Gazeta's Web Site
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| The Moscow Times |
| Novaya Gazeta's web site was paralyzed by a hacker attack for a sixth day Sunday in what editors called the strongest assault ever to hit the opposition newspaper's online edition. Read more |
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31.01.10
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Russia Announces Libya Arms Deal Worth $1.8bn
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| BBC News |
| Russia is to supply Libya with small-arms and other weapons to the value of $1.8bn, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced. Read more |
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31.01.10
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Thousands Rally To Urge Russia's Putin To Resign
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| Reuters |
| Up to 10,000 people rallied in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin over living costs and unemployment, a rare show of anger with the popular figure. Read more |
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31.01.10
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Political Uncertainty Grips A Russian Republic
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| The New York Times |
| Last week here in the capital of the southern republic of Dagestan, the wind whipped uncollected garbage in every direction and tens of thousands of citizens lost heat, electricity and water. Read more |
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31.01.10
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Russia Signs $1.8B Arms Deal With Libya
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian news agencies have reported that Moscow has signed an arms deal with Libya worth $1.8-billion. Read more |
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31.01.10
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JCDecaux Sees Russian Opportunity In 2012
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| Reuters |
| JCDecaux, Europe's largest outdoor advertising group, sees an opportunity to crack the lucrative Russian market in 2012, its co-Chief Executive Jean-Francois Decaux told Reuters on Saturday. Read more |
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31.01.10
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Clinton Says It Is Up To Russia To Cooperate
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| The Associated Press |
| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Russian Police Raid Lake Baikal Ecology Group
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| BBC News |
| Russian police have raided the offices of an environmental group after it criticised a plan to reopen a paper mill next to Lake Baikal in Siberia. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Clinton To Work With Russia On European Security
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| Reuters |
| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday recommitted the United States to the defense of Europe and pledged to work with NATO allies and former foe Russia to boost security in the face of new threats. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Ukrainian Rivals Campaign In Davos
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| The Associated Press |
| Ukraine's two rival presidential candidates made their cases Friday at Davos, but they were upstaged by the two candidates who finished behind them in the first-round vote and whose support may be key to victory in the upcoming runoff. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Russia Unveils Its First Stealth Fighter Jet
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| BBC News |
| Russia has unveiled its new stealth fighter jet, meant to boost the country's ageing arsenal of weaponry and be a rival to the US F-22 Raptor. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Gazprom, Hungarian Bank Sign South Stream Deal
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank signed a deal Friday setting up a company to develop Hungary's part of the South Stream gas pipeline project. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Russia Flexes Military Power With 'futuristic' Fighter Jet
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Russia returned to the global stage Friday as a first-rank military and technological power by launching a 'fifth generation' fighter plane, with futuristic characteristics of stealth, sustained supersonic cruise, and integrated weapons. Read more |
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30.01.10
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World Celebrates Russia's "immortal" Chekhov
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| Reuters |
| Literature lovers around the world held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on Friday, on the 150th birthday of Russia's most universally acclaimed playwright. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Russia Offers To Help NATO, But Not For Free
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia is willing to help NATO in Afghanistan, but not for free, the Russian envoy to the alliance said Friday. Read more |
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30.01.10
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Saakashvili Offers US A Supply Route
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| The Associated Press |
| Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has proposed to the United States that his country become a logistics hub for the expanding U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The Obama administration may not be eager to accept the offer as it seeks to improve relations with Russia. Read more |
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29.01.10
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Anger Grows As Moscow Village Demolished
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| BBC News |
| Russian officials have said they will continue to demolish a picturesque village just outside central Moscow, despite a growing wave of protest from residents, opposition politicians and human rights' organisations. Read more |
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29.01.10
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Beyond The Kremlin's Reach
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| The Economist |
| Tatarstan is stable, but the republics of the north Caucasus are aflame. Why? Read more |
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29.01.10
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Town Sees Choice Between Jobs, Environment
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| The Associated Press |
| Management of a paper mill on the shore of the world's oldest and largest freshwater lake say the mill's reopening poses no accident risk to Lake Baikal's unique and fragile ecosystem. Read more |
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29.01.10
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Putin And Medvedev Tangle Over Democracy
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| At a meeting, President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appeared to disagree over whether Russia is democratic enough, with an eye on the freewheeling politics of their neighbor, Ukraine. Read more |
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29.01.10
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A Time And A Place For Russia
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| The New York Times |
| For Russia, the past decade started out on an optimistic note. The country was emerging from a severe financial crisis and the political upheavals of the ’90s. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Sberbank's CEO: Russia Should Make Banks Bigger
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| Reuters |
| Russia should consolidate its banking sector rather than break up the larger banks or hinder their operations, the CEO of Russia's largest lender Sberbank told Reuters on Wednesday. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Russia's Superjet To Be Certified In July
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia's much-anticipated regional passenger aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet, should be given flight certification by the summer, officials reportedly said Wednesday. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Russia Offers To Help Afghans With Western Money
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| The Associated Press |
| A Russian business daily quotes the country's NATO envoy as saying Russia can help rebuild Afghanistan - as long as the West provides the money. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Russia's Superjet To Be Certified In July
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia's much-anticipated regional passenger aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet, should be given flight certification by the summer, officials reportedly said Wednesday Read more |
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28.01.10
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Russia, Belarus Sign Oil Deal, Resolve Supply Row
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| Reuters |
| Russia and Belarus signed a new oil supply deal on Wednesday, resolving a month-long row that had threatened to disrupt Russian oil flows to European Union members Germany and Poland. Read more |
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28.01.10
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NATO, Russia Boost Military Ties In Afghan War
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| The Associated Press |
| NATO's top officer said Wednesday that Russia had agreed to boost cooperation with the alliance in Afghanistan, including opening more transit routes for supplies to international troops and helping service Soviet-built helicopters used by the security forces. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Rights Group: Racist Violence Drops In Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| Racially motivated violence in Russia dropped sharply in 2009 due to a more vigorous effort by police and a shift in tactics by extremist groups, a human rights group said Wednesday. Read more |
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28.01.10
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Russia Won't Block Removal Of Taliban Members
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| Washington Post |
| A U.N. Security Council committee announced Tuesday that it has lifted sanctions against five former Taliban officials, bolstering Afghan and U.N. efforts to pursue peace talks with the group, Security Council diplomats said. The decision came after Russia agreed to stop blocking a U.S.-backed proposal to delist the men. Read more |
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28.01.10
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China, Russia Push BRIC IPOs To $6.7 Bln
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| Reuters |
| New share listings in Russia and China accounted for 76 percent of global IPOs so far in 2010, with January flotation volumes of $6.7 billion, the highest on record for the month, Thomson Reuters data showed. Read more |
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27.01.10
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The Soviet Chocolate Named After Lenin's Widow
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| The Guardian |
| After a facelift, the Krupskaya brand is as popular in Russia as ever. Read more |
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27.01.10
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NATO, Russia Formally Resume Military Ties
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia and NATO formally resumed military ties Tuesday in the latest sign of improving relations between the Cold War rivals as they move to boost cooperation in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan. Read more |
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27.01.10
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Kremlin Urges Caucasus Leaders To Back New Envoy
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| Reuters |
| President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday only economic and social development could quell an Islamist insurgency in Russia's north Caucasus and urged local leaders to back his new envoy to the impoverished region. Read more |
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27.01.10
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Russia Army Corruption 'cost $100m In 2009'
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| BBC News |
| Corruption in Russia's army cost the government $100m last year - twice as much as in 2008, officials say. Read more |
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26.01.10
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Putin Pimps Russian-made Ride With German Engine
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| The Associated Press |
| Vladimir Putin drives a Lada Niva to support Russia's domestic car industry. Never mind that it has a German engine. Read more |
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26.01.10
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Russian Film-makers Struggle Despite Cinema Boom
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| BBC News |
| Soviet cinema was once renowned for producing great works that followed a loyally Communist script. Read more |
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26.01.10
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117 Russians In Hospital After Drinking Holy Water
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| The Associated Press |
| More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, an official said Monday. Read more |
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26.01.10
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Russian YouTube Whistleblower Arrested
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Russian policeman Alexei Dymovsky, who became famous in his homeland after he posted a video on YouTube alleging widespread police corruption, was arrested on corruption charges last week. Human rights campaigners say his arrest was "revenge." Read more |
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26.01.10
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Rights Group: Russian Religious Freedom In Danger
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| The Associated Press |
| Religious freedoms are being rapidly curtailed throughout Russia as the Orthodox Church seeks to boost its dominance, human rights activists warned Monday. Read more |
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26.01.10
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U.S.: Arms Talks With Russia To Resume Next Week
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| Reuters |
| Talks on a landmark treaty between the United States and Russia to cut Cold War nuclear arsenals will resume in Geneva next week after a break for the holiday period, the U.S. mission said on Monday. Read more |
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26.01.10
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Russia Smiles On A Lost Son
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| The New York Times |
| The creative legacy of the impresario Serge Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes, with its stunning synthesis of music, dance, costumes and visually arresting theatrical design, is the focus of a blockbuster exhibition in Moscow that marks a firm Russian re-embrace of the flamboyant man whose company amazed Europeans 100 years ago. Read more |
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25.01.10
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Chechnya Leader: Foes Made Fake Election Claim Site
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| Reuters |
| The leader of Russia's volatile Muslim Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, has denounced a website's claims he will run in the 2012 Russian presidential elections as false and a ploy to discredit him. Read more |
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25.01.10
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Russia, US Arms Treaty Near Completion
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| The Associated Press |
| A new nuclear arms reduction treaty is ''95 percent ready,'' Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday in the clearest indication to date that an end to wrangling over the seminal agreement may be close. Read more |
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25.01.10
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AvtoVaz Should Be Sold For $1
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| Reuters |
| The ailing Russian automaker AvtoVaz, known by its Lada brand of small cheap cars, should be sold for $1 to Renault, the head of Russia's largest auto importer told a German newspaper on Sunday. Read more |
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25.01.10
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Medvedev Refuses To Change Political System
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| The Moscow Times |
| President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday promised a few cosmetic changes to the political system but firmly defended the results of disputed regional elections in October and the country’s much-criticized election system. Read more |
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25.01.10
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Lavrov Calls Security Pact A Litmus Test
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| The Moscow Times |
| President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal for a new security pact sets a litmus test for the honesty of the West versus Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. Read more |
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24.01.10
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Russia's Severstal In Talks To Sell Lucchini: Report
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| Reuters |
| Severstal, Russia's largest steel maker, is in talks over the sale of its Lucchini operations in Italy and a deal is possible in the near future, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source. Read more |
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24.01.10
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Putin Calls For Rights To Be Upheld In Caucasus
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered officials in the North Caucasus to ensure what he called the "normal work" of human rights groups operating in the volatile region. Read more |
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24.01.10
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Belarus Calls Russia's Oil Export Duties Illegal
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| Reuters |
| Minsk on Saturday accused Russia of acting illegally in applying full export fees to oil pumped to Belarus, in a sign that the dispute -- which some fear could disrupt supplies to Europe -- is far from resolved. Read more |
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24.01.10
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Russia: Arms Talks With US To Resume In February
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia and the U.S. will resume stalled talks on a replacement nuclear arms reduction treaty in early February, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. Read more |
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24.01.10
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Kazakhstan To Offer BTA To Sberbank In Q2
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| Reuters |
| Kazakhstan's national wealth fund said on Saturday it will hold detailed talks on selling indebted BTA bank to Russia's Sberbank in the second quarter after final approval of a landmark debt restructuring deal. Read more |
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24.01.10
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11 People Evacuated From Stranded Russian Ship
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian officials say rescuers have evacuated 11 people by helicopter from a cargo vessel stranded in icy waters off the coast of eastern Russia. Read more |
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23.01.10
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'YouTube Policeman' Dymovsky Accused Of Fraud
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| BBC News |
| A Russian police officer who posted a video on the internet alleging the police force in his home town was corrupt has been arrested. Read more |
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23.01.10
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Russia Still Pumping Oil To Belarus, Volumes Down
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| Reuters |
| Russian oil flows to Belarusian refineries continue but remain at well below normal levels, while oil transit to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline across the country is not affected, industry sources said on Friday. Read more |
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23.01.10
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Oligarch’s Long Road To A Hong Kong I.P.O.
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| The New York Times |
| Oleg V. Deripaska, the Russian oligarch, was so deeply in debt at the onset of the financial crisis that Russian and Western banks could have bankrupted his company, the sprawling aluminum giant Rusal, within months. Read more |
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23.01.10
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Russian 'police Torture Victim' Buried In Tomsk
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| BBC News |
| A Russian journalist who died after being beaten up in police custody earlier this month has been buried in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Read more |
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23.01.10
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Russia Warns Against Rushing To Iran Sanctions
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| Reuters |
| Russia on Friday cautioned world powers against rushing toward sanctions to punish Iran for spurning a U.N.-brokered proposal to send its uranium abroad for processing. Read more |
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23.01.10
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Russia's Economy Back On Its Feet
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| The Associated Press |
| Russia's oil-dependent economy is getting back on track after its biggest downturn in a decade as higher crude prices and new inflows of capital have shored up the country's banks, government finances and stock markets. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant To Open In 2010
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| BBC News |
| Iran's first nuclear power plant will be operating by mid-2011, Iranian and Russian officials say. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Journalist Dies After Beating In Police Custody
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| The Guardian |
| Russia's police force was today at the centre of another national scandal after a journalist beaten in custody died in hospital from his injuries. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Five Years On In Kiev
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| The Economist |
| The presidential election shows that the orange revolution is out of puff, no matter who eventually wins. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Russian Happiness Guru Faces Psychiatric Ward
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| The Associated Press |
| Some time in the coming month, Russian poetess Yulia Privedyonnaya may be packed off to a psychiatric ward in a case activists described Thursday as a dangerous throwback to the Soviet-era practice of punitive psychiatry. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Latvia Votes On IMF Rescue Loan
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| BBC News |
| Latvia's parliament has voted to keep a vital 7.5bn-euro International Monetary Fund rescue plan on track. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Ungodly Suffering
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| The Economist |
| Two points about the war in Georgia in 2008 have stuck in outsiders’ memories. One is that it was quite unexpected. The other is that Georgia started it. Both, in Ronald Asmus’s view, are wrong. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Russia Denies Baltic Fleet Boost
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| Reuters |
| Russia's Defence Ministry denied on Thursday it planned to strengthen its Baltic fleet in response to U.S. plans to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland, following a report by the state news agency RIA. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Anger At Putin Over Lake Baikal Paper Mill Reopening
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| The Guardian |
| Russian prime minister rules that mill can resume production 15 months after being closed down on ecological grounds. Read more |
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22.01.10
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An Orange And Two Lemons
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| The Economist |
| Whoever ends up leading Ukraine needs encouragement from the European Union. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Death Of Russian Journalist Sparks Outrage
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Russian journalist Konstantin Popov died Wednesday after allegedly being beaten in a Siberian drunk tank, something Russians say is a common occurrence. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Russia Seeks New Chicken Supplies
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| Reuters |
Russian chicken importers have begun seeking alternative suppliers, including
Thailand, as talks with U.S. experts ended on Thursday without a commitment to reopen the biggest U.S. export market. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Poland To Deploy U.S. Missiles Near Russia
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| The New York Times |
| Three months after the United States announced a reformulated missile-defense plan for Poland, the Polish defense minister has announced that American surface-to-air missiles will be deployed near Russian soil. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Burger King Opens First Outlet In Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| Burger King on Thursday opened its first outlet in Russia, nearly two decades after its rival McDonald's, looking to capitalize on new markets' growing appetite for fast food. Read more |
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22.01.10
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Skaters' Aborigine Routine Causes Upset In Australia
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| The Guardian |
| Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, tipped for Olympic gold in Vancouver, wear brown costumes with Aboriginal motifs. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Ukraine's President Accepts Election Defeat
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| BBC News |
| Viktor Yushchenko has accepted defeat in Ukraine's presidential election, but says he will not support either candidate in next month's run-off vote. Read more |
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21.01.10
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PWC Sees Stable Car Sales In Russia In 2010
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| Reuters |
| Between 1.3 million and 1.6 million cars are likely to be sold in Russia this year compared to 1.4 million in 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey published on Wednesday. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Kinross Adds To Kupol Assets In Russia
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| The Globe and Mail |
| Kinross Gold Corp.is doubling down in Russia with a $368-million (U.S.) deal to buy a high-grade gold deposit near its Kupol mine. But the proposed transaction will still need the blessing of the Russian government, which prohibits foreigners from owning major resource projects. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Russia Wins Court Case And Gets Cathedral
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| The Associated Press |
| A French court ruled Wednesday that a Russian Orthodox cathedral built on the French Riviera nearly a century ago under Czar Nicholas II now belongs to Moscow. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Russia Names Khloponin As New Caucasus Supremo
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| BBC News |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed a new special envoy to the North Caucasus, which remains racked by Islamist and separatist violence. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Russia's Bank Ups 2010 Lending Growth Forecast
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| Reuters |
| Russian banks' lending portfolio may grow by 20 percent in 2010 due to the economic recovery, the central bank's First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said on Wednesday. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Jones, Mullen To Russia To Work On Nuclear Deal
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| The Associated Press |
| In a sign that a new arms deal with Russia may be close, President Barack Obama is sending two top national security aides to Moscow to work on clearing the last obstacles. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Azerbaijan Remembers Martyrs' Day
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| BBC News |
| Azerbaijan is marking the 20th anniversary of the day when Soviet troops fired on the citizens of its capital, Baku, killing 137 people. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Ukraine President Backs Neither Candidate In Vote
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| The Associated Press |
| Outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday he will not support either candidate in the country's presidential runoff, saying they both are alienated from democratic principles. Read more |
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21.01.10
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Kazakhstan And The O.S.C.E.
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| The New York Times |
| This year, Kazakhstan has become the first former Soviet state to assume the rotating chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Russia To Boost Ties With Ukraine
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| BBC News |
| Russia is to send an ambassador to Kiev for the first time in five months, following the electoral defeat of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Russia Says Population Up For First Year Since 1995
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| Reuters |
| Russia has registered the first population increase since the chaotic years which followed the fall of the Soviet Union, bucking a long-term decline that has dampened economic growth projections, officials said on Tuesday. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Russia Seeks To Cleanse Its Palate Of U.S. Chicken
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| The New York Times |
| At the mere mention of American chicken at a central Moscow market, the poultry vendors pounce. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Medvedev Hopes Ukraine Vote Will Boost Ties
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| Reuters |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday said he hoped Ukraine's presidential election would boost ties with Moscow, which were badly damaged when a Kremlin-backed candidate lost the same race five years ago. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Russia Sees First Population Increase In 15 Years
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| BBC News |
| Russia has bucked a long-term trend of population decline by recording its first annual increase in 15 years, its health minister has announced. Read more |
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20.01.10
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Troika Dialog Co-founder To Leave Company
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| Reuters |
| Russian investment bank Troika Dialog said its co-founder and asset management chief Pavel Teplukhin is to leave the company -- the group's fourth senior departure since Standard Bank SNBKJ.J took a stake last year. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Orange Leader Viktor Yushchenko Out
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| BBC News |
| Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, the one-time hero of the Orange Revolution, has been eliminated from the country's presidential election. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Yanukovich Fails To Knock Out Tymoshenko
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| The Guardian |
| Despite lagging behind her rival in the first round, the prime minister seems set to be the country's first female president. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Ukraine Hospital Collapses After Blast
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| BBC News |
| An explosion in eastern Ukraine has partly demolished a hospital, killing at least five people and leaving several missing, officials say. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Ukraine's Final Presidential Ballot Could Be Close
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| The Associated Press |
| Opposition leader Viktor Yanukoyvch, the chief target of the 2004 Orange Revolution, took a big lead in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election over his rival, Orange heroine and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, officials said Monday. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Century On, Russian Pilgrims Flock To River Jordan
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| Reuters |
| It took Andrei Borisovich a lifetime to follow in the footsteps of his forebears and make the pilgrimage from Russia to the Holy Land. Read more |
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19.01.10
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'Gas Princess' To Contest Run Off
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| The Globe and Mail |
| Ukrainian voters showed a deep disappointment with the 2004 Orange Revolution, sending the democracy movement's figurehead, President Viktor Yushchenko, an almost total defeat in national elections. Read more |
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19.01.10
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India:to Sign Fighter Jet Deal With Russia
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| Reuters |
| Russia will supply more than two dozen MiG-29 fighter jets to India's navy in a $1.2 billion deal to be finalised this week, a defence ministry official said on Monday. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Ukraine Elections Signal Important Turn
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Six years ago, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians camped out in the bitter cold to defend the integrity of democracy. Yesterday, a far more subdued group of voters showed up to vote in Ukraine’s presidential election. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Election Monitors See Few Problems In Vote
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| The New York Times |
| Ukraine, where an election five years ago descended into mass protests over vote-rigging, carried out the first round of its presidential balloting far more competently and fairly on Sunday, election monitors said Monday. Read more |
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19.01.10
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Ukraine Election: And Then There Were Two
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| BBC News |
| The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the continent's top election monitoring body, has endorsed the first round of the Ukrainian presidential poll, saying it was of "high quality" and demonstrated "significant progress". Read more |
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18.01.10
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Sakhalin Energy Offers Vityaz Cargo
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| Reuters |
| Russia's Sakhalin Energy has issued a tender to sell a 730,000-barrel cargo of light sweet Vityaz crude for loading between late March and early April, a trader said on Monday. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Ukraine Presidential Election Heads For Second Round
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| BBC News |
| Ukraine's presidential election is set for a second round run-off after partial results showed no candidate would win more than 50% of the vote. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Yanukovich Wins 1st Round In Ukraine Vote
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| Washington Post |
| The politician backed by the Kremlin and accused of election fraud in Ukraine's Orange Revolution five years ago scored a first-round win Sunday in presidential voting, but he appeared to fall well short of the majority he needed to assume the office. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Presidential Election In Ukraine Goes To A Runoff
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| The New York Times |
| Two of the chief combatants in the 2004 Orange Revolution, which brought to power a pro-Western government that has left the public increasingly disillusioned, battled in a presidential election on Sunday, but because neither received enough votes to win outright, they will face each other in a runoff. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Ex-mechanic Yanukovich Leads Ukraine Poll
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| Reuters |
| Viktor Yanukovich won the most votes in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, five years after the former premier was swept aside and disgraced by the pro-Western leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Yanukovich Wins First Round In Shift Toward Russia
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| Exit polls show that Ukrainian voters have dealt a stinging rebuke to the Orange Revolution's main hero, the incumbent Viktor Yushchenko, who is seen as failing to deliver on promises to fight corruptio or revive Ukraine's economy. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Ukraine Votes In Election Key To Foreign Relations
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| Reuters |
| Ukraine began voting for a president on Sunday in an election marked by widespread disillusionment as am economic crisis grips, but one which is crucial to its relations with Russia and place in Europe. Read more |
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18.01.10
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Yanukovich Fails To Knock Out Tymoshenko
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| The Guardian |
| Despite lagging behind her rival in the first round, the prime minister seems set to be the country's first female president. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Russia Suspends Su-27 Flights Pending Investigation
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| Reuters |
| Russia has suspended flights of one of its main fighter jets, the Sukhoi Su-27, until an investigation is completed into the causes of a crash earlier this week in the Far East, local news agencies reported. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Medvedev's Photo Gets $1.7M At Charity Auction
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| The Associated Press |
| President Dmitry Medvedev has outdone his powerful predecessor - as an artist. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Disenchanted Ukrainians Take Anger To The Polls
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| BBC News |
| Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday in the first presidential election since the Orange Revolution five years ago. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Medvedev: Progress Made On START Treaty
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| Reuters |
| Russia and the United States have brought their positions closer over a new START Treaty to curb strategic nuclear weapons, the RIA news agency quoted President Dmitry Medvedev as saying on Saturday. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Russia Ends Opposition To Rights Court
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| The New York Times |
| The Russian Parliament on Friday reversed its longstanding opposition to reforms in the European Court of Human Rights, as part of a new push to smooth over differences with the country’s European partners. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Ukraine Votes For President After Angry Campaign
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| Reuters |
| Ukraine votes for a president on Sunday in an election marked by widespread disillusionment among ordinary people but one which will prove crucial to its relations with Russia and its place in Europe. Read more |
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17.01.10
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Apathy Grips Hard-up Ukraine Village Ahead Of Polls
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| Reuters |
| Tetyana Shevchenko is no longer proud she took part in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution" sparked by a rigged presidential election. In Sunday's poll, like many of her fellow villagers, she will not vote at all. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Russia MPs Back Human Rights Reform
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| BBC News |
| Russia's lower house of parliament has backed a long-delayed reform to the European Court of Human Rights. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Yanukovych Poised To Take Ukraine Presidency
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| The Guardian |
| Polls show comfortable lead over rival Yulia Tymoshenko for man who fraudulently fixed 2004 election. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Russia Rules Could Hurt U.S. Beef Exports
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| Reuters |
| New Russian inspection rules could trim U.S. beef exports to the market as of February 1, two influential U.S. senators said in a letter to President Barack Obama on Friday, urging action on bilateral meat trade issues. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Russia Ends Opposition To Rights Court
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| The New York Times |
| The Russian Parliament on Friday reversed its longstanding opposition to reforms in the European Court of Human Rights, as part of a new push to smooth over differences with the country’s European partners. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Ukraine Election Rivals In Final Push For Votes
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| BBC News |
| Presidential candidates in Ukraine are campaigning for a final day before Sunday's election. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Russia 2007 Train Bombers Sentenced To Jail
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| Reuters |
| Two men from Russia's turbulent Ingushetia region were sentenced to four and 10 years in prison on Friday over the 2007 bombing of an express train linking the country's two major cities, which injured 30 people. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Ukraine Election Focuses European Minds On Gas
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| BBC News |
| As Ukrainians prepare to go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday, European leaders will be aware that the outcome could affect the continent's vital energy supplies. Read more |
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16.01.10
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Porn Video Shown On Moscow Highway Billboard
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| The Associated Press |
| Drivers in downtown Moscow squinted in disbelief as an electronic highway billboard blazed a two-minute pornographic video instead of its regular advertising clips. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Turkey PM Erdogan In Russia For Gas Talks
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| BBC News |
| Turkey's growing strategic importance as a gas transporter is the focus of talks in Russia between the countries' leaders. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Putin Tells U.S. To Observe Poultry Safety Rules
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| Reuters |
| Russia warned the top poultry supplier, the United States, it will insist that Washington observe Moscow's new safety rules, but will accept shipments cleared by the customs before January 19. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Ukraine's Tymoshenko Seeks Better Ties To Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| The front-runners in Ukraine's presidential race have vowed to revive ties with Russia if elected - a strong signal that Sunday's vote could mark the end of the Western-oriented leadership ushered in by Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Russian Attitudes Thaw On Rights Court
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| The New York Times |
| The Russian Parliament is expected Friday to reverse its longstanding opposition to reforms in the European Court of Human Rights, as part of a new push to smooth over differences with the country’s European partners. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Kazakhs Announce Plans For OSCE
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| BBC News |
| Kazakhstan says it will put the main emphasis on security and development, rather than democracy, during its chairmanship of the OSCE. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Moscow: Georgia Harbouring Islamist Rebels-report
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| Reuters |
| Russia said on Thursday Islamist rebels were being trained in neighbouring Georgia to launch attacks in Chechnya and nearby regions, a state-run news agency reported. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Moscow Policeman Charged With Killing
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| The Associated Press |
| Russian prosecutors say a senior police officer has been charged with manslaughter after shooting dead a snowplow driver for grazing his car. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Russian Military Jet Disappears On Training Flight
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| The Associated Press |
| A military spokesman says that a Russian fighter jet has disappeared while on a training mission in the country's far east. Read more |
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15.01.10
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Russia Offers A Hand With Toilet Clog In Space
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| The New York Times |
| Russia has offered its astronauts’ help in unclogging a high-tech toilet on the International Space Station that is reportedly backed up because of excess calcium in astronauts’ urine. Read more |
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14.01.10
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The Orange Revolution Fades To Black
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| The Globe and Mail |
| Yulia Tymoshenko, the charismatic Ukrainian Prime Minister and a key figure in the 2004 Orange Revolution that set the country on a pro-European, anti-Russian course, sat down late last year with Vladimir Putin, who offered her a generous deal for sending Russia's natural gas through Ukraine's pipelines, paying 30 per cent more than previously. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Yulia Tymoshenko Stokes Ukraine Election Tension
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| BBC News |
| Tension is rising between candidates in Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine, with Yulia Tymoshenko accusing her main rival of preparing huge fraud. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Russia Comes To The Rescue
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| The Guardian |
| Russia rescued British energy consumers by ensuring a steady flow of gas into the power network as supplies from Norway faltered during the cold weather, industry customers users said today. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Russia-Belarus Oil Row May Escalate To Cuts Again
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| Reuters |
| Russia warned on Wednesday it could again reduce oil flows to Belarus due to an unresolved pricing dispute, which has already sparked fears of supplies cuts to Europe and pushed oil prices up. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Russian Stories For Our Time
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| The Globe and Mail |
| Russia's new generation of writers, some of whom were still in high school when the Wall fell, is breaking away from the giants of the past Read more |
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14.01.10
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Android Karenina To Retool Tolstoy For His Centenary
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| The Guardian |
| After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the next classic novel 'mash-up' is to introduce robots into the classic love story. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Orange Leaders Face Shutout In Ukraine Election
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| The Associated Press |
| A wealthy businessman has made surprising gains against the two front-runners in Ukraine's presidential race, suggesting a possible shutout for both pro-Western leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Ukraine Looks Eastward
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| The Globe and Mail |
| Disillusioned by its dalliance with the West, the former Soviet state looks set to elect a pro-Russian leader five years after the Orange Revolution. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Cameron Rejects Claims Avatar Borrows
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| The Guardian |
| Director James Cameron is facing claims today that his 3D blockbuster Avatar owes an unacknowledged debt to the popular Soviet fantasy writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Read more |
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14.01.10
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Agent: Hiddink Committed To Russia Job
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| Reuters |
| Dutchman's future has been a hot topic since national team failed to qualify for this year's World Cup. Read more |
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13.01.10
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Georgia's Mutiny Leaders Given Heavy Prison Terms
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| BBC News |
| A court in Georgia has sentenced more than a dozen soldiers and civilians to lengthy jail terms for their role in a brief military rebellion last May. Read more |
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13.01.10
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Bomb Hits Gas Line In Russia's South
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| Reuters |
| A bomb destroyed part of a main gas pipeline in Russia's Muslim region of Dagestan, but supply disruptions are expected to be minimal, the regional division of Gazprom said. Read more |
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13.01.10
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Russia And US To Resume Arms Control Talks
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| The Associated Press |
| Moscow will restart talks with Washington on a new arms control treaty this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. Read more |
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13.01.10
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EU Trade Chief-designate Backs Russia's WTO Entry
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| Reuters |
| The nominee to be the European Union's trade chief said on Tuesday he supported Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation. Read more |
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13.01.10
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Russia: Conditions For Meeting Pope
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| Reuters |
| Patriarch Kirill I, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, would be willing to meet Pope Benedict XVI, but wants disputes with Catholics in Ukraine resolved first, a senior Orthodox cleric said Tuesday. Read more |
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12.01.10
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A Seasonal Chill
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| Washington Post |
| If it's January, it seems, Russia must be involved in a politically motivated dispute over energy supplies with one of its neighbors. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Russian Advice On Afghanistan
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| The New York Times |
| The length of the NATO operation in Afghanistan will soon become comparable to that of the Soviet involvement there. But the military actions we conducted 20 years ago differed fundamentally from those of today. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Families Of Disappeared Accuse Moscow Of Dirty War
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| The Associated Press |
| Aliskhan Pliyev was talking on his cell phone with his girlfriend one autumn afternoon when two dozen masked men in uniforms stormed into his family's house, grabbed him and began to hustle him away. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Georgian Court Jails Military Mutineers
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| Reuters |
| More than a dozen soldiers and civilians were given lengthy jail terms in Georgia on Monday for involvement in a military rebellion during street protests last year against President Mikheil Saakashvili. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Why Eastern Europe's Future Was Not Orange
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| BBC News |
| The colour orange was the most memorable symbol of the Orange Revolution, the chain of events that led to regime change in Ukraine at the end of 2004. That colour put Ukraine on the map for millions of people across the world. Read more |
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12.01.10
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McCain Awarded 'Hero Of Georgia' Order
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| The Associated Press |
| Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decorated visiting U.S. Senator John McCain with a "National Hero of Georgia" order, recognizing his support in the August 2008 war with Russia. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Ruble Jumps As Russia Returns From Holidays
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| The New York Times |
| The ruble had its best day against the dollar in more than a decade on Monday when it rose 3.1 percent. Read more |
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12.01.10
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Ukraine PM Calls Rival A Coward Over TV Debate
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| Reuters |
| Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko labeled her main political rival a coward on Monday for not taking her on in a televised debate before a January 17 election presidential. Read more |
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12.01.10
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How The Bering Strait Influences Earth's Climate
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| The Christian Science Monitor |
| At 50 miles wide, the Bering Strait, which separates Alaska from Russia, hardly seems like a major player in Earth's climate. Read more |
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11.01.10
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Russian Has Power To Plunge Europe Into Darkness
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| The Guardian |
| Gazprom has so much natural gas under the tundra of Siberia that its energy resources are equivalent to all the oil and gas fields owned by western energy companies put together. Read more |
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11.01.10
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Families Of Disappeared Accuse Moscow Of Dirty War
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| The Associated Press |
| Aliskhan Pliyev was talking on his cell phone with his girlfriend one autumn afternoon when two dozen masked men in uniforms stormed into his family's house, grabbed him and began to hustle him away. Read more |
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11.01.10
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Russia Says Kills Two Dagestan Rebel Leaders
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| Reuters |
| Russian security forces shot dead two senior rebel leaders and several followers in separate operations in southern Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement on Sunday. Read more |
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11.01.10
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5 Militants Killed In Southern Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| Five Islamic militants have been killed in two separate incidents in the violence-plagued Russian province of Dagestan, officials said Sunday. Read more |
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10.01.10
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Russian Caucasus Avalanche Kills Five Climbers
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| BBC News |
| Five people have been killed by an avalanche in the Caucasus mountains in southern Russia, say emergency workers. Read more |
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10.01.10
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Orange Sunset As Ukraine Poll Heralds Turn To Russia
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| The Observer |
| Five years after Ukraine's Orange Revolution, its next presidential election is between two pro-Moscow candidates. Read more |
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10.01.10
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Turkmenistan Resumes Gas Deliveries To Russia
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| Reuters |
| Turkmenistan resumed gas supplies to Russia on Saturday after a break of nine months, Russian state gas firm Gazprom said, ending a dispute that prompted Ashgabat to develop new markets in China and Iran. Read more |
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10.01.10
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Russia Eyes Speculative Inflows With Concern
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| Reuters |
| Russia will moderately step up efforts to curb speculative capital, while gradually moving its economy to a free float ruble exchange regime, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Read more |
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10.01.10
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Ukraine Welcomes Western Support
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| The Observer |
| Europe and the US flirt with Kiev, but Moscow is a jealous patriarch – and one to which Ukrainians may return in the current elections. Read more |
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