| Abduction Shines Light on Ukraine Asylum and Kremlin Methods |
Masked men shoved Russian opposition leader Leonid Razvozzhayev into a van, outside the office of his lawyer in Kiev.
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| Porn pops up in Apple's Russian iTunes Store |
 It wasn't the kind of opening-day attention Apple likely wanted with its launch of the iTunes Store in Russia: Users who clicked on movie rentals in different languages were hit with a barrage of X-rated offerings, something Apple does not allow.
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| Russian writer Vasily Belov dies at 80 |
 Vasily Belov, a writer who paid homage to old rural Russia in his books, has died. He was 80.
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| Soccer-Hulk threatens to quit Zenit after Spalletti spat |
St Petersburg, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Zenit St Petersburg's record signing Hulk has threatened to quit the Russian club following a heated exchange with coach Luciano Spalletti during Tuesday's Champions League win at AC Milan.
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| Apple launches iTunes Store in 56 new countries |
 Apple (AAPL) announced on Thursday its iTunes Store is now available in 56 new countries including India, Russia, South Africa and Turkey, bringing the company's digital store to a total of 119 countries. All customers will have access to music available in DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding as well as iCloud. Along with popular international artists such as The Beatles and Coldplay, Apple says the new iTunes Stores includes music from local artists including "Elka in Russia, Sezen Aksu in Turkey, AR Rahman in India, and Zahara in South Africa." Movies for rent or purchase are available only in the four aforementioned countries. MacRumors also has a great breakdown of every single new country that now has the iTunes Store. Apple's
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| Russia's leaders battered by 'sports injuries' |
 First, Russian President Vladimir Putin begins to hobble because of what the Kremlin describes as a sports injury. Then, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shows up with a bandaged left wrist, again the result of a "sports injury."
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| Windows Phone lives or dies on cheap smartphones |
 The AdDuplex data on Windows Phone market share is based on apps using AdDuplex software to serve ads, so it may not be completely accurate. Nevertheless, some of the patterns are so clear they are likely to be meaningful. In November, 59% of Windows Phones using on AdDuplex's network consisted of Nokia's (NOK) budget smartphone models including the Lumia 610, Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. The Lumia 900, Nokia's high-end flagship phone that has shipped in volume for a long time now, held only 9%. This, of course, is quite understandable considering the largest Windows Phone markets are U.S., China, India, Mexico and Russia. Four out of five are emerging markets. In places like India and China, the high price
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| Cargo Ship Sinks Off Turkey, at Least 1 Dead |
At least one person has been reported dead after a cargo ship capsized in storm off the Turkish coast on Tuesday. Three crew members have been rescued so far, while at least nine are missing, RIA Novosti says. Twelve crew members were on board the Volgo Balt 199 - reportedly 11 Ukrainian nationals, and one Russian. The ship, owned by the Solna Maritime Company and sailing under the flag of St Kitts and Nevis, was carrying coal from Russia to southern Turkey. The Volgo Balt 199 sank off the town of Sile, in Istanbul province to the east of the city. A second ship is said to be in difficulty amid stormy weather, according to BBC.
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| Assad Facing Setbacks as Syrian Capital Is Besieged |
After a Turkish official said that Russia had backed a move seeking regime change, fresh signs emerged of a sustained battle for control of the capital.
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| Obama seeks renewal of nuclear arms control deal with Russia |
He offers to renegotiate terms of the Nunn-Lugar program that helped rid the world of more than 7,500 nuclear warheads and related weaponry.WASHINGTON — Hoping to salvage his arms control legacy, President Obama called Monday for the renewal of a major post-Cold War agreement between the United States and Russia to secure and dismantle nuclear weapons left over from the former Soviet Union.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russian Court Seeks to Ban Pussy Riot’s Videos |
A Moscow court ruled that videos of performances by the punk group were extremist, falling under a law intended to rein in hate speech.
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| Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale |
 The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin."
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| Goal: Preview: Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund |
 A victory over third-place BoRussia Dortmund on Saturday would give Bayern Munich a 14-point lead over the defending champions in Germany's Bundesliga.
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| Court bans video of Pussy Riot's performance |
The video of punk band Pussy Riot's performance in Russia's main cathedral is extremist and must be removed from the web, a Moscow court ruled Thursday.
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| Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was "extremist" and should be removed from websites. The demonstration last February offended many Russian Orthodox Christians. But Putin has been criticized by U.S. and European leaders over what they saw as disproportionate jail sentences imposed on three Pussy Riot members. Their trial was also seen by Putin's critics as part of a clampdown on dissent. ...
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| Russian children find lion cub, take it to school |
Most primary school classes get a goldfish to keep, a hamster or a turtle if they're lucky â€" but children from one village in southern Russia got to play with a lion cub.
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| Russian whistleblower dies in UK under strange circumstances |
A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in unexplained circumstances near his mansion in Britain, in a chilling twist to a Russian mafia scandal that has strained Moscow's ties with the West.
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| Russian region pays $2.4 million for Tarkovsky archive |
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Ivanovo region on Wednesday paid 1.5 million pounds ($2.4 million), or 15 times the estimate, for an archive of thousands of letters, photographs and recordings once belonging to leading film director Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky, who was born in the region in 1932, is considered one of Russia's greatest film makers, directing acclaimed movies including "Andrei Rublyev", "Solaris" and "The Mirror". Sotheby's, which auctioned the archive in London, said the sale followed a "dramatic 18-minute bidding battle" that ended up between three bidders. ...
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| DealBook: Shares in Russia's MegaFon Fall After I.P.O. |
The I.P.O. raised $1.7 billion, making it Europe's second largest offering this year, but shareholders seem unimpressed.
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| A Roster's Rebirth: A Year After Plane Crash, Rebuilt Russian Hockey Team Wins Again |
 Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, the Russian hockey team that lost 37 players, coaches and support staff members in an accident last year, has resurrected its roster and is in third place in the K.H.L. Western Conference.
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| Dutch dominate World Cup speedskating races |
KOLOMNA, Russia (AP) - Svet Kramer led a Dutch sweep of podium places in the men's 5,000-meter race, while countrywoman Marrit Leenstra earned her second career speedskating World Cup victory Saturday by winning the women's 1,500-meter race.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Corruption Case Grows |
A former Defense Ministry official in Russia has been charged with embezzling more than $12 million while working for a private military contractor.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Pussy Riot Musician Moved to Solitary Cell |
 Maria Alyokhina requested the move after tensions with other inmates, Russian prison officials said Friday.
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| U.N. Panel Criticizes Russia on Human Rights Treaty |
In its scathing assessment, United Nations officials said they were seriously concerned about “numerous and consistent reports” of threats, reprisals and deaths of human rights defenders and journalists in Russia.
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| Goal: What Happened to Borussia (Barcelona) Mönchengladbach? |
 BoRussia Mönchengladbach has struggled to keep pace with the top teams in Germany's Bundesliga.
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| Russian punk protester moved to solo cell |
Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single-person cell at her own request because of tensions with follow prisoners, Russia's federal penitentiary service said Friday.
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| Russian female punk rock band protester alone in cell after inmate tension |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single-person cell at her own request because of tensions with follow prisoners, Russia's federal penitentiary service said on Friday. Alyokhina, 24, is serving a two-year sentence for a raucous protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main Russian Orthodox cathedral. Activists said her trial, and that of two band mates, was part of a crackdown on dissent. ...
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| Pussy Riot member asks for solitary |
One of the members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence has asked to be transferred to solitary confinement because of "strained relations" with other inmates, state media reported Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=G2D000KxN20:AlIbNKXG9so:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=G2D000KxN20:AlIbNKXG9so:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=G2D000KxN20:AlIbNKXG9so:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=G2D000KxN20:AlIbNKXG9so:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=G2D000KxN20:AlIbNKXG9so:qj6IDK7
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| Space station crew marks Thanksgiving in orbit |
The current crew of the International Space Station marked Thanksgiving with zero-gravity-friendly packets of smoked turkey, rehydrated cornbread dressing and a Russian side dish high above Earth.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Re3PGWxHkNc:o8nS191_U3g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Re3PGWxHkNc:o8nS191_U3g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Re3PGWxHkNc:o8nS191_U3g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=Re3PGWxHkNc:o8nS191_U3g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Re3PGWxHkNc:o8nS191_U3g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn
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| Space station crew marks holiday |
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| Sprint Energy has potential to upgrade Russian oil resource |
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Sprint Energy (ASX: SPS) may upgrade the current 72 million barrels of in-place oil at the Penza project in prolific Volga-Ural Basin after obtaining ...
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| Russia-Syria umbilical cord - what to do next |
(MENAFN - Arab News) LAST Wednesday night (Nov. 14) a meeting was held between the GCC and Russian foreign ministers at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There was one item on the agenda: ...
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| Russia vows tough response to U.S. human rights legislation |
A provision named after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was allegedly tortured and died in custody, would impose sanctions on officials responsible for violations.MOSCOW — Russian officials are promising a tough response to U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on Russian officials if Congress finds them responsible for violating human rights.
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| Russia vows tough response to U.S. human rights legislation |
A provision named after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was allegedly tortured and died in custody, would impose sanctions on officials responsible for violations.MOSCOW — Russian officials are promising a tough response to U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on Russian officials if Congress finds them responsible for violating human rights.
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| Sports Briefing | Winter Sports: Speedskater Sergei Lisin Faces a Ban for Failed Doping Test |
The Russian speedskating champion Sergei Lisin is facing a two-year doping ban after failing a test for the blood booster EPO, Russia’s governing body for the sport said.
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| Russia Looks Askance at Corruption Drive |
 Mushrooming scandals are unusual in Russia, given past reluctance to prosecute high-level officials, but as more pop up, some are wondering what has changed.
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| Dinamo Moscow goalie hurt by firecracker |
MOSCOW (AP) -A Russian league game between Dinamo Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg was called off in the first half Saturday after Dinamo goalkeeper Anton Shunin was injured when a firecracker thrown from the stands exploded near him.
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| House Votes to Increase Trade With Russia |
Representatives voted to take a step toward normalizing trade relations with Russia, but also attached a provision that seeks to punish Russians who are guilty of violating human rights.
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| After Garbo, Leigh, no defining "Anna Karenina": Knightley |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film adaptations of "Anna Karenina" have featured the likes of Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh, but Keira Knightley isn't fazed about measuring up to such silver screen luminaries with a new cinematic take on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel. The British actress's turn in the title role in the timeless story about a beautiful married socialite in 1870s Russia who embarks on a passionate affair with a cavalry officer, follows the 1935 version starring Garbo and the 1948 film with Leigh. It is released in the United States on Friday. ...
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| Russia warns US over 'unfriendly' human rights bill |
Russia increased pressure on U.S. Congress on Friday not to pass legislation that would punish Russian officials for human rights violations, warning Washington that it had prepared tough retaliatory measures.
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| Goal: For Josh Gatt, a Title in Norway and (Maybe) a Cap in Russia |
Josh Gatt, 21, has been one of the most highly rated young players in American soccer in recent years, and this week he could get his first cap for the United States national team.
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| U.S. to become world's largest oil producer by 2020, report says |
The International Energy Agency report also predicts that the U.S. will be a net exporter of oil around 2030 and nearly self-sufficient in energy by 2035.Step back, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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| IHT Rendezvous: Putin Vs. the European Competition Commission |
As Gazprom and a European Union commission go head to head over the Russian gas giant's aggressive moves in Eastern Europe, Russia may miss an opportunity to help itself.
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| Goal: Klinsmann Picks 20 to Face Russia |
 U.S. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann named 20 players to his roster for a friendly match Wednesday at Russia.
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| U.S. to overtake Saudi Arabia as top oil producer |
The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's top oil producer by 2017, the West's energy agency said on Monday, predicting Washington will come very close to achieving a previously unthinkable energy self-sufficiency.
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| Letter from Europe: E.U. Weary of Power of Russian Gas |
The E.U.'s Competition Commission recently decided to investigate whether Gazprom, the Russian gas company, had hindered competition in Eastern Europe by holding back gas deliveries.
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| George Blake, British Double Agent, Turns 90 in Moscow |
 The 90th birthday of a double agent from the height of the cold war who left Britain for Moscow has been made the occasion for extensive celebration in Russia.
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| Russian Jewish museum opens in Moscow |
The $50-million facility would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago in Russia, a nation long beset by anti-Semitism.MOSCOW — Unique not only in its high-tech content but also in its political importance, a museum of Jewish history and culture opened to the public Sunday in Moscow, the capital of a nation beset by anti-Semitism for more than two centuries.
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| Review: Hawke soars in Chekhov's 'Ivanov' |
 Anton Chekhov's early drama "Ivanov" centers on a very unhappy, heavily indebted Russian landowner in the 1880s. The drama is written unevenly, with themes that are more smoothly handled in his later plays, yet contains elements of comedy and tragedy that are resolutely Chekhovian.
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| Russian Jewish museum opens in Moscow |
The $50-million facility would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago in Russia, a nation long beset by anti-Semitism.MOSCOW — Unique not only in its high-tech content but also in its political importance, a museum of Jewish history and culture opened to the public Sunday in Moscow, the capital of a nation beset by anti-Semitism for more than two centuries.
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| Matt Romney Goes to Russia for Business |
Matt Romney, a son of the Republican presidential nominee, went to Moscow seeking investors for his real estate firm.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Court Reduces Sentence for Tycoon’s Partner |
A court on Thursday confirmed an earlier ruling to reduce the prison sentence of Platon A. Lebedev, a former business partner of the oil tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky.
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| Russians See Orthodox Church and State Come Closer |
 The rising prominence of Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov, a monk said to be President Vladimir V. Putin’s spiritual adviser, raises questions about the Orthodox Church’s growing power.
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| Jack O'Lantern's glow is a working game of Tetris |
 What happens when you combine Russian design, Japanese entertainment and American holiday tradition? A Jack O'Lantern with a fully functional game of Tetris inside, topped off by a prickly pumpkin stem serving as a joystick.
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| Should next president treat Russia as friend or foe? |
 LONDON -- One thing is clear: whether it's President Barack Obama or President Mitt Romney, dealing with Russia will be on his "must do" list.
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| Russian craft makes Halloween delivery to orbit |
 A robotic Russian cargo spacecraft made a Halloween delivery to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
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| Stravinsky feted in top London dance house season |
LONDON (Reuters) - London dance house Sadler's Wells will mark the centenary of the riotous premiere of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" with a commission that uses neither the original music or scandalous choreography, opting instead for a piece inspired by it. Olympics opening ceremony choreographer Akram Khan's "ITMOi (in the mind of Igor)", with music by three composers that will in part draw on Stravinsky's groundbreaking work of musical brutalism, will have its first public performance on May 29, 2013, Sadler's Wells said on Tuesday. ...
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| Polish Newspaper Report on 2010 Crash Causes Furor |
The report, later partly retracted, said traces of explosives were found on the airplane that crashed in Russia, killing President Lech Kaczynski, reviving suspicions that the crash was not an accident.
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| Russia's Mail.Ru to launch global expansion with online games |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian email-to-social networking group Mail.Ru is targeting online gamers as it prepares to launch services in foreign markets under the 'my.com' name. "Games is what we can begin to enter new markets with," Dmitry Grishin, the chief executive officer of Mail.Ru Group, told reporters on Tuesday. The company, part-owned by metals tycoon Alisher Usmanov, did not elaborate on its international plans, saying only that it has been testing various products in foreign markets for more than six months. It has previously focused on the domestic, Russian-language market. ...
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| Boeing to sell 35 new 737 airplanes to Russia |
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boeing is selling 35 of its redesigned 737 aircraft to a Russian state-run leasing company in a deal that would be worth $3 billion, if sold at current list prices....
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Charges for Opposition Leader in Plotting Riots |
Sergei Udaltsov, a leader of the Left Front, is the most prominent opposition figure to face prison under an increasingly severe Kremlin crackdown on the protest movement against the government of Vladimir V. Putin.
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| World Briefing | Europe: England: Belarussian Is Granted Asylum |
Andrei Sannikov, a prominent dissident from Belarus and former presidential candidate, has been granted political asylum in Britain, his wife said Friday.
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| Slap Shot: Planned K.H.L. Games at Barclays Center Are Moved Back to Russia |
The matches between Dynamo Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg, scheduled for Jan. 19 and 20, were to be the first hockey games played at the new Brooklyn arena, where the Islanders will be moving in 2015.
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| Ericsson Profit Drops 42% as Orders Are Delayed |
The Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment said wireless carriers in Europe, China, Russia and South Korea were postponing building newer, faster grids.
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| Russian Protest Leader May Face Up to 10 Years in Jail |
Russian protest leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with plotting mass disorder on Friday and could face up to 10 years behind bars if found guilty. "If anyone expected me to flee abroad, they were mistaken," Left Front leader Udaltsov, 35, said as he reported to investigators for questioning. "The Putin regime will be on trial," he wrote later on Twitter, as cited by RIA Novosti. ...
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| US-Russian trio hooks up with space station |
 A Russian Soyuz space capsule linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering three new residents to the orbiting laboratory.
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| 5 hot emerging market blue chips |
Investing in emerging markets can be risky, but there are plenty of safe bets in Brazil, Russia, India and China.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_news_international/~4/CaYShUYsDC0" height="1" width="1"/>
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Three Militants Said to Be Killed |
Russia’s police and security services said Wednesday that they had killed three Islamic militants suspected of organizing back-to-back attacks in the Rupublic of Tatarstan in July.
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| Sports Briefing | Soccer: Day of Upsets in Europe |
Germany’s Bundesliga champion BoRussia Dortmund held on for a 2-1 win over visiting Real Madrid on a day of upsets in the Champions League on Wednesday.
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| Russia activist was tortured in custody, rights group says |
Leonid Razvozzhayev says he was seized in Ukraine and taken to Russia, where he was forced to sign a confession, the group says. Authorities deny the claim.MOSCOW — An opposition activist being held by Russian authorities says he was kidnapped from Ukraine, tortured and forced to sign a confession, a human rights group said Wednesday.
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