| 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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| BP backs deal to swap TNK-BP for Rosneft stake |
LONDON (AP) -- A person familiar with the matter says that the board of U.K. energy company BP PLC has struck a deal to swap its profitable but troublesome Russian oil venture TNK-BP for a big stake in Rosneft, the Kremlin-controlled energy company....
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| Soyuz craft readied for space station mission |
 A Russian-made Soyuz rocket was erected into place Sunday, ahead of the start of a mission to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station.
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| 49 militants killed in Caucasus operation, says Russia |
Russian security forces have killed 49 militants in an operation across the North Caucasus region, where rebels are fighting to carve out an Islamic state, Russia's top anti-terrorism body said on Sunday
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| Russia Stages Missile Test, With Putin Taking the Helm |
 President Vladimir V. Putin oversaw what the Kremlin described as the largest nuclear command exercise in Russia’s recent history, launching unarmed strategic and cruise missiles from the air, the sea and the ground.
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| Eduard Y. Volodarsky, 71, Screenwriter Silenced by the Soviets, Is Dead |
Mr. Volodarsky’s films are recognized classics today in Russia, but his scripts cast doubt on the carefully manicured history of the Soviet Union and spent years on the shelves of state studios.
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| With 2 Big Deals Approaching, Rosneft Stands to Become a Global Oil Power |
Two pending deals would bring more than half of Russia’s oil industry under government control for the first time since the early 1990s and create a new player on the world stage.
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| Russia's Yandex targets Google with expansion abroad |
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Russia's leading internet search engine, Yandex, will take the fight to Google in emerging markets like Turkey in a bid to offset the inroads made by the U.S. giant in its home market. Yandex founder and chief executive Arkady Volozh told Reuters on Friday the firm was likely to use its own experts to expand into new countries, but would not rule out acquisitions or partnership deals. "We are focusing on the markets with Google dominance in search ... ...
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| DealBook: Deal Set to Help Sprint Overhaul Its Network |
Sprint Nextel has reached an agreement to take control of Clearwire. | BP is poised to exit its joint venture in Russia. | Morgan Stanley announced solid results on Thursday. | Michael E. O'Neill is shaking up what it means to be a chairman on Wall Street.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Dispute Over Head Scarves |
President Vladimir V. Putin spoke out on Thursday against the wearing of head scarves in Russian schools.
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| At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? |
According to conventional wisdom, pro-government forces in Syria should be well equipped by weapons from Russia and China and, to a lesser extent, Iran. But they have resorted to crafting weapons to complement, or perhaps even replace, their standard arms.
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| T Magazine: Olga Smirnova on Her Toes |
 The young ballerina, soon to perform in New York, possesses a skill and grace and soulfulness that has propelled her to fame in her native Russia.
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| Nieminen, Youzhny advance at Stockholm Open |
STOCKHOLM (AP) -Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Russia's Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open on Monday with straight-set wins.
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| Safarova reaches 2nd round at Kremlin Cup |
MOSCOW (AP) - Eighth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Monday by beating Russian wild card Margarita Gasparyan 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
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| Putin’s United Russia Party Dominates Regional Elections |
Results from Sunday’s voting showed that candidates from the pro-Kremlin party United Russia won nearly all the municipal and regional contests held across the country.
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| Russia disputes cluster bomb claim |
The war in Syria has prompted another war of words internationally, with Russia slamming a report that accuses the Syrian air force used Russian-made cluster bombs on rebels.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Wp4xWZgqhwE:8wWIdMsHp4U: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=Wp4xWZgqhwE:8wWIdMsHp4U: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=Wp4xWZgqhwE:8wWIdMsHp4U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Wp4xWZgqhwE:8wWIdMsHp4U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Wp4xWZgqhwE:8wWIdMsHp4U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.co
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| Russia fights claim that Syria is using Russian-made cluster bombs |
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| Russia fights claim that Syria is using Russian-made cluster bombs |
The war in Syria has prompted another war of words internationally, with Russia slamming a report that accuses the Syrian air force used Russian-made cluster bombs on rebels.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Wp4xWZgqhwE:_Ry8tmZM2cQ: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=Wp4xWZgqhwE:_Ry8tmZM2cQ: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=Wp4xWZgqhwE:_Ry8tmZM2cQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=Wp4xWZgqhwE:_Ry8tmZM2cQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=Wp4xWZgqhwE:_Ry8tmZM2cQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs"
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| Russia Elections |
Sunday’s array of regional and local elections served as a measure of whether electoral reforms introduced last year would usher in real political competition.
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| Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony |
 It's a far cry from Stalin's gulag, but the guiding principle of the Russian penal colony -- the destination of two members of punk band Pussy Riot -- remains the same: isolate inmates and wear them down through "corrective labor."
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| Eduard Volodarsky, Screenwriter Banned by Soviets, Dies at 71 |
Mr. Volodarsky’s films are recognized classics today in Russia, but his scripts cast doubt on the carefully manicured history of the Soviet Union and spent years on the shelves of state studios.
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| Russian court to consider Pussy Riot's appeal |
Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin.
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| Satellites watch Siberian volcano erupt |
All was calm on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula when NASA's Terra satellite passed over at noon local time on Oct. 6. Or so it seemed.
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| Russia's singing granny finds her father's grave |
 To find her father's World War II grave, Natalya Pugachyova had to become a celebrity.
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| Iraq has USD4.2b weapons order from Russia |
(MENAFN) A Russian government document unveiled that Iraq has signed over USD4.2 billion contracts to buy weapons from Russia, Reuters reported. The document was issued at a meeting between Prime ...
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| Moon mission aims to retrieve samples |
 Europe and Russia are working together to bring samples of frozen moon dirt to Earth in the next decade. The unmanned mission, called Lunar Polar Sample Return, aims to bore into the moon's surface at either the north or south pole, where nearly permanent sunlight would allow a robot to operate in manageable conditions.
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| Slap Shot: Kovalchuk Takes Scoring Touch to Russia |
Ilya Kovalchuk is off to a hot scoring start for SKA St. Petersburg.
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| 'An artistic statement': Vandal defaces Rothko painting |
LONDON -- British police are investigating the defacing of a painting by Russian-American artist Mark Rothko at London's leading contemporary art museum.
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| 'An artistic statement': Vandal defaces Rothko painting |
LONDON -- British police are investigating the defacing of a painting by Russian-American artist Mark Rothko at London's leading contemporary art museum.
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| Man claims responsibility for defacing Rothko |
A Russian man has claimed responsibility for scrawling graffiti on a mural by modern American master Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern.
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| Russia Marks Putin’s 60th Birthday |
 For leaders of the Kremlin, turning 60 is a milestone heavy with history and symbolism, sometimes marked by elaborate ceremony and sometimes not.
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| Russia dismisses talk of new spy scandal with U.S. |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that the Kremlin had nothing to do with a network alleged by the United States to be smuggling military technology to Moscow. The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had broken up an elaborate network aimed at illegally acquiring U.S.-made microelectronic components for Russian military and spy agencies. It charged 11 people with taking part. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed surprise at the allegations. ...
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| Russia denies involvement in alleged U.S. smuggling network |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian spy agencies were not involved in an alleged smuggling network uncovered by the United States and Moscow is concerned by the espionage allegations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. "The charges are of a criminal nature and have nothing to do with the work of the secret services," he was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. (Reporting By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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| US: Smuggling ring sent electronics to Russian spies |
 An elaborate network aimed at illegally acquiring U.S.-made microelectronic components for Russian military and spy agencies has been broken up, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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| Birobidzhan Journal: Jewish Homeland in Birobidzhan, Russia, Retains Appeal |
Birobidzhan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region, never became the agrarian, socialist utopia that some founders envisioned, but it remains a Jewish place.
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| U.S. indicts 11 in alleged technology theft for Russia |
Radar, surveillance and weapons technology was reportedly sent through a business in a Houston strip mall.HOUSTON —Eleven alleged members of a clandestine procurement network have been indicted in connection with what prosecutors say was a $50-million conspiracy designed "to steal American technologies for the Russian government."
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| Straight Sets: Petrova Wins Wild Tokyo Final |
The veteran Nadia Petrova of Russia fell to her knees having won a dizzying final at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, defeating the defending champion, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3.
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| US: Immigrant stole military technology for Russia |
 An American success story of an immigrant from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm took a Cold War-era turn on Wednesday when U.S. authorities accused him of being a secret agent who's been stealing military technology for the Russian military.
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| AC Milan beats Zenit 3-2 in Champions League |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -A late own goal by Slovak defender Tomas Hubocan spoiled Zenit St. Petersburg's comeback and handed AC Milan a 3-2 win over the Russian club in an action-packed Champions League match on Wednesday.
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| Singer Sarah Brightman Outbids NASA for Space Tourist's Seat |
 To Make Room on Russian Soyuz, NASA to Keep an Astronaut on Space Station for a Year
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| Bidzina Ivanishvili Rescinds Demand that the Georgian President Resign |
Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is poised to become the prime minister, also said he would visit the U.S. The announcements signal that Mr. Ivanishvili does not intend to reorient Georgia toward a partnership with Russia.
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| Russian Parliament Silences Opposition Lawmaker Ilya V. Ponomarev |
Russia’s Parliament voted Friday to bar Ilya V. Ponomarev from speaking on the floor for one month after he called members of the majority party “swindlers and thieves.”
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| The Saturday Profile: Putin’s Personal Wedge in a Culture War Between Urban and Rural |
Igor R. Kholmanskikh leads a movement comprised mostly of “Russia’s rednecks” in the service of President Vladimir V. Putin, who is seeking to divide the Moscow-based opposition.
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| Russians face up to their outer-space crisis |
 In the wake of a string of setbacks, Russia's top space officials acknowledge that the country's aerospace industry is in deep, deep trouble.
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| Anti-gay activists target PepsiCo's Russian unit |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An anti-gay activist group said it will picket shops selling milk produced by PepsiCo Inc's Russian subsidiary because they believe that a rainbow on the packaging violates a local law banning homosexual "propaganda". The milk brand is called Vesyoly Molochnik, which translates as Gay Milkman, though in Russian the word vesyoly does not suggest homosexuality. The group said that it was objecting to the rainbow, which it saw as the international symbol for the gay movement. ...
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| Forever heroes: Spirit of tragic Russian hockey stars lives on |
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| Nokia's Lumia 920 priced higher than rivals, available mid-November in Europe |
 Earlier this month, Nokia (NOK) unveiled the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 at a press event in New York City, but the Finnish vendor failed to announce pricing and launch information. While we continue to wait for U.S. launch details, three of the company's subsidiaries have revealed additional information regarding the phones' pricing and releases. Nokia Russia on Tuesday began accepting pre-orders for both devices, while Nokia Germany and Nokia Italy announced that the company's flagship Windows Phone 8 handset will launch in mid-November for $835 and $771, respectively, before taxes and subsidies. The lower-end Lumia 820 will be offered for an unsubsidized price of $643. By comparison, the Galaxy S III is available in Europe for roughly $680. BGR reported earlier
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Groups Pledge to Defy New Law |
Leading Russian nongovernmental organizations said Thursday that they would defy a new law requiring those who receive funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents.”
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| Chavez gets Russian oil investment _ and a puppy |
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Russia agreed to deepen its investments in Venezuela to tap new oilfields, while President Hugo Chavez thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for a personal gift - a puppy....
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| Russian TV host gets $2 million back from gov't |
 A glamorous Russian TV host who has emerged as a face of anti-Kremlin protests has won an unlikely victory in her battle against the government by seeing the return of nearly $2 million seized by authorities.
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| U.S. and Russian experts turn up volume on cybersecurity alarms |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uncontrolled security threats on the Internet could return much of the planet to an era without electricity or automated transportation, top U.S. and Russian experts said on Thursday. Former National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden warned that the United States had yet to resolve basic questions about how to police the Internet, let alone how to defend critical infrastructure such as electric generation plants. ...
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| Fognini advances to St. Petersburg Open final |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Fabio Fognini of Italy beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to the final of the St. Petersburg Open.
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| Wozniacki advances to Korea Open finals |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Caroline Wozniacki has advanced to the finals of the Korea Open, beating Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 Saturday.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Dogs Poisoned in Moscow |
The Moscow police are searching for a band of vigilante “dog hunters” who have set traps with poisoned meat to kill stray dogs. But the poison has killed pets instead.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Please Hold for Mr. Putin |
A Russian tradition flatters writers in a culture where literature has special prestige. But the surprise also promotes the cult of the unpredictable czar.
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| Russia Moves to Broaden Definition of High Treason |
The lower house of Parliament approved the measure, which characterizes acts that undermine “constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial and state integrity” as high treason.
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| Ancient land of 'Beringia' gets protection from US, Russia |
You might have missed it, but the ancient land of Beringia has become the protectorate of superpowers Russia and the United States.
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| Yoko Ono bestows peace grant on Pussy Riot |
 Yoko Ono awarded the Russian punk band Pussy Riot this year's LennonOno grant for peace.
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| Smuggled iPhone 5s Sell for as Much as $3,700 in Moscow |
 Russian Operators Will Have Nano SIM Cards Ready By This Weekend
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| Memo From Moscow: Medvedev’s Handiwork Is Erased in Putin’s Russia |
With Vladimir V. Putin president again, the Kremlin is reversing Dmitri A. Medvedev’s policies on everything from civil liberties and elections to daylight saving time.
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| Klizan, Fognini advance at St. Petersburg Open |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -Third-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia advanced to the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open Thursday by beating Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-3.
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| In Russia, listless protesters, bored riot police |
The anti-Putin 'March of Millions' draws only tens of thousands as dissent among the opposition and Moscow's targeting of activists have taken a toll on the movement.MOSCOW — The opposition had trumpeted the protest Saturday as the "March of Millions," and the authorities were ready, deploying thousands of riot police in full gear all around the center of Moscow, blocking key streets with heavy trucks and sending police helicopters hovering back and forth.
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| In Russia, listless protesters, bored riot police |
The anti-Putin 'March of Millions' draws only tens of thousands as dissent among the opposition and Moscow's targeting of activists have taken a toll on the movement.MOSCOW — The opposition had trumpeted the protest Saturday as the "March of Millions," and the authorities were ready, deploying thousands of riot police in full gear all around the center of Moscow, blocking key streets with heavy trucks and sending police helicopters hovering back and forth.
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| Anti-Putin Protesters March in Moscow |
Russia’s opposition movement is hoping to show that its ranks were undaunted by a battery of restrictions or the two-year prison sentences handed down last month to members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot.
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| Russian opposition lawmaker ousted from parliament |
Gennady Gudkov's expulsion from the State Duma could set him up for arrest at opposition protests and signals that President Vladimir Putin will continue his crackdown on dissent.MOSCOW — A prominent opposition activist was stripped of his seat in the lower house of the Russian parliament Friday, a move that heightens concern the Kremlin will continue its aggressive crackdown on political dissent.
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| Russian opposition lawmaker ousted from parliament |
Gennady Gudkov's expulsion from the State Duma could set him up for arrest at opposition protests and signals that President Vladimir Putin will continue his crackdown on dissent.MOSCOW — A prominent opposition activist was stripped of his seat in the lower house of the Russian parliament Friday, a move that heightens concern the Kremlin will continue its aggressive crackdown on political dissent.
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| Mashup game gives Pac-Man a Portal gun |
The old-school arcade experience of Pac-Man and the mind-bending world modification of Portal seem a strange match for a mashup-type game, but that didn't stop a Russian indie developer from creating just that.
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| Why is Japan feuding over islands? |
Japan disputes island ownership with China, South Korea and Russia. Paula Hancocks sits down with the PM to ask why.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=IzZ0rc-rPqU:1H9jDIOImY0: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=IzZ0rc-rPqU:1H9jDIOImY0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><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=IzZ0rc-rPqU:1H9jDIOImY0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=IzZ0rc-rPqU:1H9jDIOImY0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=IzZ0rc-rPqU:1H9jDIOImY0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rs
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| Russian Parliament Expels Gennadi V. Gudkov, a Putin Opponent |
The legislator, Gennadi V. Gudkov, crossed a political line in the sand when he joined crowds calling for the ouster of the Russian president.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Putin Acknowledges ‘Excesses’ in His Macho Televised Adventures |
President Vladimir V. Putin has admitted that some of his most famous news media adventures with wildlife have been staged, but noted they drew attention to conservation.
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| Vladimir Putin admits wildlife stunts are staged |
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that some of his most famous media adventures with wildlife have been carefully staged but has said they were worthwhile because they drew the public's attention to important conservation projects. His macho appearances with everything from tigers to whales have been a staple of Russian state TV for years, cementing his image as a man of action but drawing mockery from critics who have likened them to Soviet-style propaganda. ...
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| Russia must shoot for moon base: Deputy PM |
 Russia should set itself the "super goal" of building a large base on the moon it could use to achieve "leaps" in science and to give a new sense of purpose to its troubled space program, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday.
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| Russia Lures Moldova into Its Customs Union with Kazakhstan, Belarus |
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has invited Moldova to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. If Moldova applies, Russia is ready to consider its possible entry into the Customs Union of three former Soviet republics, Medvedev said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Moldavian counterpart, Vlad Filat, as cited by RIA Novosti. "Participation in any integrated formation must be deliberate, not imposed, and taken in line with the national interest....
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| In Russia, Chinese-Run Farms Solve Each Side’s Needs |
The influx of Chinese farm labor in Russia reflects the growing trade and economic ties between the two countries, one rich in land and resources, the other in people.
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| Pussy Riot fest held in Russia despite pressure |
 Despite official pressure, a music festival to support jailed band members of Pussy Riot has taken place in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city and President Vladimir Putin's hometown.
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| Putin Closes Asian-Pacific Economic Summit |
Russian President Vladimir Putin hit back at political opponents who mocked his latest stunt: flying a motorized glider to help lead endangered cranes from Siberia south.
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| Russia, Japan to press ahead with USD13b LNG plan |
(MENAFN) Russia and Japan have agreed to press ahead with a USD13 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, AP reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko ...
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| Russia, Japan agree to move ahead on LNG project |
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) -- Russia and Japan are putting energy cooperation ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute as they move ahead with a long-awaited liquefied natural gas project in this far eastern seaport....
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| Breaking the Ice: Russian nuclear-powered ice-breakers |
Breaking the Ice: Russian nuclear-powered ice-breakers
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| Clinton sees movement on Russia-U.S. trade relations |
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signaled Saturday that Congress could move to repeal Cold War-era legislation governing trade relations with Russia as soon as this month.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=oWJ0Ye_7vIE:gapRIPZWp2A: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=oWJ0Ye_7vIE:gapRIPZWp2A: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=oWJ0Ye_7vIE:gapRIPZWp2A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=oWJ0Ye_7vIE:gapRIPZWp2A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=oWJ0Ye_7vIE:gapRIPZWp2A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rI
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| Russian President Meets Sultan of Brunei |
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday with Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Russia. "Energy and military technical ...
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| Gazprom Objects to European Antitrust Inquiry |
The Russian gas export monopoly said that it would strongly contest an antitrust investigation and insisted that its pricing practices were in line with the rest of the industry.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Police Convoy Is Attacked in a Russian Republic |
Five people died and at least one was wounded when a police convoy came under attack on Wednesday in the volatile southern Russian republic of Ingushetia.
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| Russia's Putin takes to sky to lead flight of cranes |
 Russian President Vladimir Putin took his love of wildlife to new heights Wednesday by flying with endangered cranes to help lead them on a migration route.
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| Putin Pulls Off His Latest Feat: Flying With Migratory Birds |
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia piloted a motorized hang glider over an Arctic wilderness area while guiding a flock of migratory birds toward their winter habitat as part of an operation called “The Flight of Hope.”
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| Is it a bird, a plane? No, it's Putin, human crane |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has tracked a Siberian tiger and posed with a polar bear, may soon be taking his love of wildlife to new heights by flying with cranes - to lead them on a migration route. Putin has communed with wild animals several times as part of an effort to create the image of a clean-living, nature-loving leader in 12 years in power. This time around, according to Russian media reports, he will don a white costume and pilot a hang glider, leading cranes through the air in a project to help introduce birds born in captivity to the wild. ...
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| Is it a bird, a plane? No, it's Putin, human crane |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has tracked a Siberian tiger and posed with a polar bear, may soon be taking his love of wildlife to new heights by flying with cranes - to lead them on a migration route. Putin has communed with wild animals several times as part of an effort to create the image of a clean-living, nature-loving leader in 12 years in power. This time around, according to Russian media reports, he will don a white costume and pilot a hang glider, leading cranes through the air in a project to help introduce birds born in captivity to the wild. ...
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| Beaked Putin to fly with cranes on hang-glider |
 Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly planning to put on a fake beak and fly a motorized hang-glider to lead a flock of endangered young Siberian white cranes on part of their migration to Asia.
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| U.S. Open Show Court Schedules |
Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, vs. Marion Bartoli (11), France, comp. of susp. match
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| Gazprom shares down as EU opens antitrust probe |
MOSCOW (AP) -- Shares in Russian gas giant Gazprom are down 1.5 percent, the biggest drop in five weeks, on news it is the subject of an EU antitrust investigation....
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| Hulk says move to Russia won't hurt Brazil hopes |
SAO PAULO (AP) -Striker Hulk doesn't believe his transfer from FC Porto to Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg will affect his spot with the Brazilian national team.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Crime-Scene Message About Convicted Band |
Two women were found stabbed to death in their apartment in Kazan, officials said Thursday, adding that a message written on an apartment wall, possibly in blood, said “Free Pussy Riot.”
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| Georgia Officials Say Muslim Fighters Took Hostages |
President Mikheil Saakashvili said Muslim fighters were intent on testing Georgia’s military and adding to tensions with Russia.
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| The Lede Blog: Following Pussy Riot Verdict, Christian Culture Warriors Run Riot in Moscow |
A handful of conservative, Russian Orthodox activists staged a series of audacious attacks on liberal Muscovites this week.
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| Russia's classic cartoon villain skirts new law |
He's been battered and humiliated for more than 40 years, but the wolf in a classic Russian animated cartoon has skirted the indignity of falling victim to a new law.
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| Russian channel to censor 'The Simpsons' |
 A Russian national channel said Thursday it would censor "The Simpsons" cartoon series to comply with a new law banning scenes of violence, drinking and smoking before a late evening watershed.
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| Russian TV cartoon villain gets to keep smoking |
He's been battered and humiliated for more than 40 years, but the wolf in a classic Russian animated cartoon has skirted the indignity of having to drop his smoking habit.
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| Russia claims killer demands Pussy Riot freed |
 The bodies of two slain women were found in Russia beneath a scrawled message demanding freedom for the jailed members of the Pussy Riot band, officials said Thursday.
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| Feuding Russian tycoons face London court ruling |
LONDON (AP) -- Two Russian businessmen rose to riches together in the chaotic years of post-Soviet Russia and then became archenemies - and a British judge will soon rule on which oligarch will defeat the other in a multi-billion-dollar court battle....
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| Kremlin stokes patriotism for 1812 anniversary |
 Two hundred years after Russia's emblematic victory over Napoleon, the Kremlin is holding lavish celebrations aimed at rousing patriotism among modern Russians.
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| Russia police find Pussy Riot slogan at murder scene |
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| Serb villages evacuated, wildfires rage unabated |
CACAK, Serbia (Reuters) - Police in Serbia ordered the evacuation of several thousand villagers in the southwest of the country on Saturday as over-stretched emergency services, backed by a Russian plane, battled wildfires scorching the western Balkans.
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| Russians make us more puzzled |
(MENAFN - Arab News) THE war in Syria indicates that the Assad regime has lost most of its positions, some of its top military leaders, the majority of its regions and all of its land crossings. And ...
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| Putin Shows Some Openness to New Missile Reductions |
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia would be willing to negotiate new reductions in nuclear arms if the United States first changed its plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Garry Kasparov Cleared in Pussy Riot Rally |
A Russian court unexpectedly acquitted Garry Kasparov, the opposition leader and former world chess champion, on Friday of participating in an unauthorized rally for the punk band Pussy Riot.
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| Dortmund beats Bremen 2-1 in Bundesliga opener |
BERLIN (AP) - Mario Goetze scored the tiebreaking goal in the 81st minute, three minutes after entering the game, to give defending champion BoRussia Dortmund a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen on Friday night in the opening game of the 50th Bundesliga season.
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| Greenpeace Activists Climb Russian Oil Rig in Arctic Ocean |
Activists scaled the side of an oil-drilling platform in the Arctic Ocean, suspended themselves on ropes and unfurled a banner that said “Save the Arctic” as workers above sprayed cold water on them.
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| Pussy Riot copycats may face 3-year sentence in Germany |
Church officials at a German cathedral have filed charges against three masked activists who disrupted a Sunday mass in support of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot.
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| Copycat Pussy Riot protesters face 3-year sentence in Germany |
Church officials at a German cathedral have filed charges against three masked activists who disrupted a Sunday mass in support of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot.
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| Stunning image of Russian girl is not a photograph |
Samuel Silva, a 29-year-old attorney in Portugal, has shocked and delighted countless viewers online this week when he uploaded a stunning painting that many mistook for a photograph. As Colossal notes, the artwork, which was created using only Bic ballpoint pens, is based on this photograph by Russian photographer Kristina Tararina. Silva, who describes his [...]
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| Russian Ombudsman May Appeal Pussy Riot Verdict |
Russian human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has declared that he is ready to challenge the two-year sentence for three members of punk group Pussy Riot, unless it is commuted. Last Friday, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were controversially found guilty of  "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." ...
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