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Moscow News №23 2008
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CIS Leaders Meet
STRELNA, Russia (AP)
- Russia's new president met Friday with leaders of a fractious alliance of ex-Soviet republics, warning Ukraine and Georgia not to lead their countries into NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Politics
Medvedev: US Policy Led to Global Crisis
By Kirill Bessonov
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev outlined his views on economy in a speech delivered on Saturday at the St Petersburg Economic forum. Possibly the most important message delivered in the speech was the acknowledgement that the current crisis in the world economy should be blamed on the United States - or more precisely, on the gap between the role that the U.S. seeks to play and its real capabilities.
News
In Brief - Russian Policemen Start Work at Euro 2008
Russian Policemen Start Work at Euro 2008, Russia Destroys Missiles Under Treaty Terms, Ten Killed in Kaliningrad Ship Explosion
News
Meningitis Outbreak Kills Two in Siberia
By Anna Arutunyan
Medical officials have called an enterovirus scare in south Siberia's Hakasiya region a false alarm after tests came in showing evidence that the deaths of a boy and a girl from the Yelochka kindergarten in the town of Abakan were from unrelated causes. Meanwhile, 39 children from the same facility remain hospitalized with a virus-like respiratory illness and intestinal infection.
News
Confusion as Moldova Offers to Return Stolen Paintings
STRELNA, Russia (AP)
- Two paintings stolen from Russia's Hermitage Museum have been found in Moldova and will soon be returned, Moldova's president said Friday.
News
Crime Briefs - Pyramid Scheme Suspects Detained in Moscow
Pyramid Scheme Suspects Detained in Moscow, Jury Acquits Men in Plot to Murder Chubais, Russian Clowns Sue Over Theft of Tricks
Local
Procession to Christ the Savior Witnesses ‘Miracle’
RIA Novosti
On Sunday, a religious procession of several thousand people that began at the Kolomenskoye Museum-preserve proceeded to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, having covered 16 kilometers in five hours.
Local
Trains, Planes... and Forget Automobiles
By Tom Washington and Alexei Peskov
Air passengers who refuse to brave the queues of traffic or slow transport links to Sheremetyevo now have cause to reconsider.
Local
In Brief - Moscow Toughens Fire Regulations
Moscow Toughens Fire Regulations, Russia and the U.S. Exchange Poet Statues, City Debtor is Evicted From His Apartment, Russian Capital Poised to Beat 20-year Birth Record
Local
‘Day of Russia’ Events
Local
Jazz Time
By Alisa Ballard
The sprawling parks of the historical Arkhangelskoye Estate, with its opulent Classicist palace that was once home to some of Russia's wealthiest nobles, is not just a beautiful summertime museum spot just outside of the hubbub of central Moscow.
Local
Moscow Arson Spree Continues
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti)
- Four cars were set on fire in Moscow on Sunday, bringing the total to 32 since a wave of arson attacks on vehicles parked outside apartment blocks began on May 30, police said.
Local
Linking Orphans to Would-Be Parents
By Sergei Dmitriyev
The Moscow Region has launched a project entitled Videopasport Rebyonka (Child Videopassport), Timur Kizyakov, one of the project's creators, told journalists at a press conference last week. The program will provide an opportunity for prospective parents to become acquainted with orphans they intend to adopt before meeting them.
Local
Shashlik in the City
By Phoebe Taplin
The smoke from hundreds of barbecues across the city's parks is as sure a sign of summer as the drifting poplar seeds currently filling the streets with fluffy snow.
Local
New Ways to Track Students’ Progress
By Sergei Dmitriyev
Every student in Moscow will have his or her own portfolio by 2011, the first deputy head of Moscow Educational Department Larisa Kurneshova told journalists on Thursday. The portfolio is a kind of a folder that will contain information on each pupils' individual achievements.
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