| Russia to investigate failed rocket launch |
 The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, has promised that there will be no "witch hunt" by the interagency commission established to investigate Monday's failure of the Proton rocket's Breeze-M upper stage and the likely loss of two telecommunications satellites.
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| US' Claressa Shields advances to gold-medal bout |
LONDON (AP) - U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields dominated Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova in the semifinals of the first Olympic women's boxing tournament Wednesday, earning a spot in the gold-medal bout against Russia's Nadezda Torlopova.
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| Russia beats Lithuania in quarters |
LONDON (AP) - Andrei Kirilenko scored 19 points, Timofey Mozgov added 17 and Russia, dismissed as a medal contender coming into the Olympics, moved into the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament with an 83-74 win over Lithuania on Wednesday.
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| Madonna shows support for jailed Pussy Riot band |
 Madonna has expressed support for the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot by donning a ski mask and scrawling the group's name on her back.
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| Verdict in Russian punk trial set for Aug. 17 |
 The Moscow judge presiding over the trial of three feminist punk rockers says she will issue a verdict in the controversial case next week.
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| Platon Lebedev’s Jail Term Lowered by Russian Court |
Platon A. Lebedev, an associate of the oil tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorovsky, had his prison sentence reduced in a rare show of leniency amid a spate of criminal cases against opposition leaders.
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| Syrian Rebels Claim Killing Russian General Aiding Assad |
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has claimed responsibility for killing a Russian general who was allegedly working as a consultant for the Syrian defense minister, in an announcement broadcast by Al Arabiya TV on Wednesday. There was no independent confirmation of the death of General Vladmir Kojaiv, though Al Arabiya showed what the FSA claimed was his identity card with a photo, RIA Novosti reported. The rebel army said the killing of Kojaiv and his private translator, Ahmed Aiq, was evidence Russia was embroiled in the Syrian crisis. ...
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| The Lede Blog: Kremlin Critic Debugs Office. Tweets About It. |
Aleksei Navalny, a blogger and anticorruption crusader in Russia, arrived at work on Monday to find that his office had been bugged.
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| Violence threatened at Madonna concerts |
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| Violence threatened at Madonna concerts in Russia, embassy warns |
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