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Merkel and Medvedev meet in St. Pete
Combined report Agence France Presse, The Moscow News
German and Russian presidents meet in Moscow to discuss a wide range of issues
News
Russian managers recall lawsuit against TNK-BP chief Dudley
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti)
- Managers of the Russo-British joint venture TNK-BP have recalled their lawsuit against the company's chief executive officer Robert Dudley, lawyer Sergei Akhundzyanov said on Thursday.
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In Brief - Russia to spend extra $3.1 billion on defense in 2009 – Vladimir Putin
Russia to spend extra $3.1 billion on defense in 2009 - Vladimir Putin, Somalia to recognize Abkhazia, S.Ossetia - envoy, West Russia airport closed after crash landing
Politics
Latin America's Rising Star
By Anna Arutunyan
Nearly a generation after traditional Soviet ties were severed with the collapse of communism, Russia is openly moving to establish a foothold in Latin America.
News
Crime Briefs - Skinhead leaders plead guilty to race-hate murders
Skinhead leaders plead guilty to race-hate murders, Police officer, son shot dead in North Ossetia, Stairs collapse at Russian school, 5 children die
News
Somalia sanctions force against pirates
U.S. and Russian naval forces surround hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying military equipment
News
Two sailors survive Black Sea shipwreck
Combined report Associated Press, RIA Novosti
A North Korean cargo ship manned with an Ukrainian crew and headed by a Russian captain sank in the Black Sea on Saturday.
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Putin blasts US for financial crisis
MOSCOW (AFP)
- Russian leaders blamed the US financial system's irresponsibility for the world economic crisis and said it should top the next American president's agenda, as Washington struggled to calm markets Wednesday.
News
Gorbachev to form political party in Russia
By Steve Gutterman
A Russian billionaire said Tuesday he is teaming up with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to form a new political party that will challenge the country's recent steps away from democracy.
News
The iPhone Arrives!
Ayano Hodouchi
The iPhone, long available in Russia only on the grey market, is finally making its official debut in Russia this Friday. Prices for the handsets are expected to be the same everywhere, with the 8GB model going for 23,000 rubles and the 16GB model for 27,000
Local
Saving Moscow from Itself
By Robert Bridge
With Europe's largest city presently awash in oil dollars, gas dollars, and lord knows what else dollars, to the point where no construction project is too grandiose or impossible to imagine, a groundswell of democratic debate is gradually gaining strength against "rampant development" and what some argue is the destruction of the city's very architectural heart and soul.
Columnists
Measuring ‘Russianness’
By Daria Chernyshova
Belonging to any one nation isn’t determined by the information in your passport. One’s cultural identity implies a number of cultural, mental and physical features
Local
For children only
By Anna Laletina
There's scarcely a Muscovite who hasn't heard of the Morozov Children's City Hospital, so it's probably time to introduce this legendary establishment to the foreigners living here.
Local
Russian dream fulfilled
By Katya Vinogradova
The Estate of Muraviev-Apostols, Russian aristocrats who were among the leaders of Decembrist Revolt, has seen better days. It was built in the beginning of the XVIII century next door to the former townhouse of Prince Golitsin.
Local
In Brief - Dorotheum auction house comes to Moscow
Dorotheum auction house comes to Moscow, aschool for adopting parents opens in Moscow's northwest, 6,000 Muscovites to remember October 1993
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Ukraine's Yanukovich to visit United States in April - foreign minister
11:47 20/03/2010 |
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will visit the United States in April, the country's prime minister said.
Uzbek police drug raid seizes some 100 pounds of opium, heroin
10:30 20/03/2010 |
Uzbekistan's special police force have confiscated more than 46 kilograms (over 100 pounds) of narcotics during a police operation, a spokesman for the Uzbek National Security Service said on Saturday.
Russian police authorities shut down website calling for nationwide protests
08:59 20/03/2010 |
Russian police authorities on Saturday closed down an Internet website calling for participants to hit the streets throughout the nation in protests during the "Day of Wrath," Ekho Moskvy radio station reported.
China's capital practically closed down due to sandstorm
08:28 20/03/2010 |
A huge dust and sandstorm has closed down the streets of China's capital of Beijing, bringing the visibility level to practically nil, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
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