Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison
Source: The Boston Globe
Berezniki :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 06:15:35 -0700 | political-news
Russia (AP) An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on parole. Maria Alekhina, watching...
Pickles, incense, underwear — ‘Hustleman' sees green in Red Line job
Source: Chicago-Sun Times
Perm :: Russia | updated 2013-05-22 00:48:34 -0700 | political-news
Staff Reporter/mdudek@suntimes.com May 21, 2013 7:40PM 24835301 Updated: May 22, 2013 2:32AM They're already slurping up his snow cones, but the fresh hordes of rerouted Red Line riders parading past Garland Gantt's corner cart can also buy anything from tank...
Laughing at Russia's Eurovision Shooting Spirit
Source: Global Voices
Vladivostok :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 21:45:53 -0700 | political-news
Dynamo soccer team, George Orwell wrote that sports are war minus the shooting. He also said that serious sports have nothing to do with fair play. Earlier today, May 21, 2013, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov seemed to echo this spirit,...
BaltikaпїЅs Isaac Sheps Likes a Good Challenge
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:34 -0700 | political-news
May 22, 2013 (Issue # 1760) Isaac Sheps, CEO of Russias largest brewer Baltika, says that his job is selling fun. The fun materializes when a waiter brings over several pints of an amber-colored liquid. I never go to places...
THE DISH: Easy Does It
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:31 -0700 | political-news
Open 11am-3am, 6am on weekends // Dinner for two with alcohol: 1,382 rubles ($43.90) The St. Petersburg Times Published: May 22, 2013 (Issue # 1760) Other than a huge greasy breakfast, nothing tames a hangover quite like a dim sum...
Design Within Reach
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 21:49:34 -0700 | political-news
Petersburg Design Week brings high-end design to the citys shops, museums and galleries...Petersburg Times Published: May 22, 2013 (Issue # 1760) Some of the worlds best designers and architects, as well as lesser-known yet promising talents, are in town this...
United Russia Primed for Primaries
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:22 -0700 | political-news
Primaries have been initiated andare now overseen bypresidential deputy chief ofstaffVyacheslav Volodin. Their purpose is toimprove thequality ofparty candidates andto prevent conflicts among theelite when forming party lists. TheKremlins goal is not tocontrol theprocess since primaries...
Medvedev Dismisses Recession Jitters
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 21:49:35 -0700 | political-news
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the threat of another economic crisis in an interview published Monday and urged consumers not to stock up canned meat, salt and matches. I am confident we will succeed in avoiding a crisis like that...
Pet Food Profitable in Russia
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Kaluga :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:13 -0700 | political-news
Nestle Purina PetCare, a subsidiary of Nestle Russia, opened a $45 million line for pet food production in the Kaluga region last Thursday. The state-of-the-art robotized production line, located in the Vorsino techno park near the border between the Kaluga...
Abuse of Orphans Sparks Investigation
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:12 -0700 | political-news
May 22, 2013 (Issue # 1760) Anonline video that appeared toshow teenage girls savagely beating younger pupils ata remote Siberian boarding school fororphans has sparked acriminal investigation andcalls forpublic oversight over thegovernments opaque andwidely criticized orphanage system....
Rights Record Lambasted
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Arkhangelsk :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 21:49:36 -0700 | political-news
Rights Record Lambasted Its theword foreign agent andthe definition ofpolitical activities inthe law that causes questions...Russia is facing arenewed barrage ofinternational criticism, led bythe European Union, over its human rights record inconnection with anongoing clampdown onnon-governmental...
Bodyguard Snaps to Impress
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Saint Petersburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:53:08 -0700 | political-news
A former bodyguard for President Vladimir Putin took photos of himself sitting in Putins office in an effort to attract women, the Moskovsky Komsomolets tabloid reported Monday. The newspaper published a couple of photographs to back up its claims. According...
Abrupt End for Approved Gay Rally
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Volgograd :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:52:57 -0700 | political-news
Russias largest in the past few years for alleged security reasons on Friday...Soon after demonstrators arrived at the small site designated on the Fields of Mars, which was enclosed by metal fencing, they were pelted with smoke bombs and stones....
Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion
Source: Reuters
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 14:35:38 -0700 | political-news
Topics A lone picketer holds a placard outside the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, in Moscow May 21, 2013. Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings, approving legislation proposed after...
Depardieu, Newly a Russian, Will Play a Chechen in Films
Source: Newyork Times
Saransk :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 21:50:29 -0700 | political-news
The French-born actor Gerard Depardieu, who renounced his French nationality and became a citizen of Russia as a protest against high taxes, said Tuesday that he would turn into a Chechen, in two new films to be set in Moscow...
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