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Putins Frustration Grows as Russias Economy Slumps
Russia is founded on an implicit social compact: People have given up some freedom in return for economic prosperity. Now, Putin's authoritarian ways could be killing the economic growth that has helped keep him in power. Time and time again, Russia's leaders have pledged to restructure the country's economy, making it less dependent on oil and gas. In an interview this ...
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Pussy Riot member denied parole by Russian judge
A Russian court has refused to grant parole to a jailed member of the Pussy Riot punk band. According to supporters, the judge ruled against Maria Alyokhina because she had broken prison rules. The breaches included not making her bed and writing letters during meal times. She was jailed after performing a so-called punk prayer in a Moscow cathedral against Vladimir Putin, during his ...
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Kremlin cracks down on recruiting in former USSR by Syrian rebels
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW -- Russia has launched a crackdown on efforts to recruit fighters for the Sunni revolt in Syria. Officials said the Kremlin has ordered authorities to intensify monitoring of Islamist groups in Russia to stop the recruitment of fighters to ...
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2500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics
MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi's anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry's web site that another 600 tests are planned for the Paralympics.The World Anti-Doping ...
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Commercial banks overstating current risks in Russia’s economy
VORONEZH, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - Commercial banks are apparently overstating the risks that exist in Russia’s economy today, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at a conference with businessmen in the city of ...
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Russian Intelligence Agency Warns of Rise in Terror Threat
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, expects the Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow after international coalition forces are pulled out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, the GRU chief said on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to ...
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Russia US Perceptions Hit 4-Year Low – Poll
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian and US perceptions of each other’s role in the world have deteriorated over the past year, hitting their lowest point since 2009, according to a new survey commissioned by the BBC World Service. According to the 2013 Country Ratings poll conducted by GlobeScan/PIPA, 23 percent of those surveyed in America have a "mainly positive" view ...
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Space Telescopes Capture Rare Birth of Mega-Galaxy
WASHINGTON, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - US researchers have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study published this week says."Capturing the creation of this type of large, short-lived star body is extremely rare - the equivalent of discovering a missing link ...
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Водоворот Мирового Падения Втянул Российский Рынок В Свою Воронку
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Credit Suisse Шансы на смягчение политики Ц уменьшаются
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В.путин Пообещал Что Решение По Проблеме Роста Тарифов Естественных Монополий удет Принято В лижайшее Время.
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ФосАгро 27 мая опубликует отчетность по МСФО за I квартал 2013г.
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Президент Роснефти обсудил с министром нефти и главой МИД Венесуэлы вопросы сотрудничества двух стран.
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Торги На Российском Рынке Акций Завершились Падением Индекса Ммвб На 356 Ртс - На 418.
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Совет директоров Россетей рекомендует дивиденды за 2012г. в размере 008 руб. на преф.
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ИК Велес Капитал На российском долговом рынке прошла волна распродаж
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Rietumu Сегодня цены на золото снова корректируются
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В Четверг Европейские Фондовые Индексы Заметно Скорректировались
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Sir Paul McCartneys protests fail to help Pussy Riot
Sir Paul called for Alyokhina's release on his website, as well as writing letters to the judge adding his voice to a growing list of celebrities who say the punishment of members of Pussy Riot was ...
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No foreign movies to be shown on Russia’s Public Television - says PRT chief Lysenko
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Ecuador satellite collides with Russian space junk
A small Ecuadoran satellite collided in orbit with the remains of a Russian rocket, but it is too soon to know how much damage it might have sustained, Quito's space agency said ...
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Crimean Tatars Rally to Expel Russian Consul
SIMFEROPOL, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – About 300 people, mostly Crimean Tatars, are rallying outside the Russian Consulate in the Ukrainian city of Simferopol, demanding that the Russian Consul there be stripped of diplomatic status and declared persona non grata. The protests broke out after Russian Consul Vladimir Andreyev criticized a movie about the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars to ...
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Russia Will Avoid Recession This Year – Shuvalov
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is demonstrating "insufficient" economic growth rates but the country will be able to avoid even a technical recession this year, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday. "We consider GDP growth of 2 to 3 percent to be insufficient for us," Shuvalov said, but added that "there will be no recession this ...
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Russian court denies parole for punk group
In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Alekhina went on hunger strike May 22, 2013, in protest at not being allowed to attend her own parole hearing in Perm ...
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Tanzania Makes $206 Million Atomic Tax Claim
Tanzania is demanding almost $206 million in taxes from Russian state uranium company ARMZ, which has won a license to build the East African country's first uranium mine, the energy minister said on Thursday. Atomredmetzoloto, or ARMZ is the mining arm of Rosatom, which also builds nuclear reactors. Tanzania's tax claim relates to the Mkuju River project in southern Tanzania, which ...
St Petersburg Focus
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New business centre in St Petersburg remains contraversial
Okhta Centre has become one of the most contentious development projects in all of Russia. It is a project that offers St Petersburg two options that can’t be matched, either to embrace the modern world and allow a world-class business centre to be built, or maintain the city’s historic skyline, architecture and reputation as a major tourist destination with huge historical significance.
Before 2007, Okhta Centre was called Gazprom City and was promoted as such in Russian and St Petersburg news media, but from the start the project was a contentious issue, due primarily to the fact that the development calls for a massive tower to be built in its centre, a tower that will be the tallest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Read more
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