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Russia Plans to Fight Drugs at Home with Jobs in Central Asia
Moscow :: Russia | 24 days ago
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Russia's drug tsar has come up with a pro-active and novel plan for combatting drug trafficking to his country via Central Asia that sees Russia buying up businesses and creating jobs in the region. Moscow will initially spend about $64 million on
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Russia buries journalist and eco-campaigner who died after beating
Moscow :: Russia | 1 month ago
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The ceremony was held in the Moscow House of Journalists, and was followed by a Russian Orthodox service in the Church of St...Beketov was buried at the Novoluzhino cemetery in his home town of Khimki, in Moscow's suburbs...Beketov was the editor-in-
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ArtsBeat: Architectural Masterpiece in Moscow Under Grave Threat, Preservationists Say
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 1 month ago
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More Arts News & Features Dr. Soleri was best known as the designer of Arcosanti, a settlement in Arizona. After a 40-year absence Bette Midler returns to Broadway, playing the Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in the solo show I'll Eat You Last.
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Tajikistan: Is Dushanbe Setting New Conditions for Russia's Military Presence?
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | 1 month ago
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A military base lease extension, apparently agreed to by Russia and Tajikistan last autumn, seems like it may not be a done deal. Last October, Russian leader Vladimir Putin visited Dushanbe, ostensibly to participate in 60th birthday celebrations
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Russia May Finally Kick Lenin's Embalmed Body Out Of Red Square
Moscow :: Russia | 2 months ago
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Worldcrunch is a new global news service that for the first time delivers the best foreign-language journalism in English. There are fresh grumblings in the Russian government suggesting that Vladimir Lenin has finally overstayed his welcome in Red
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Liberal Editors to Leave Posts
Moscow :: Russia | 3 months ago
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Theeditors-in-chief ofliberal media outlets Gazeta.ru andKommersant-FM radio are leaving their posts, news reports said Monday. Theannouncements immediately spurred speculation ofa media crackdown, although neither editor said thedecision was linked
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Russian opposition man kills se...
Moscow :: Russia | 4 months ago
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A Russian opposition activist who was seeking political asylum in the Netherlands has committed suicide while being held in a refugee centre, friends and associates said yesterday. Alexander Dolmatov fled Russia after the authorities searched his
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Syrians Demand Ransom for Kidnapped Foreign Workers - Report
Ţarţūs :: Syria | 5 months ago
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File photo by RIA Novosti/AFP The kidnappers of two Russian workers and an Italian who were abducted this week have demanded a ransom of 50 million Syrian pounds (USD 700 000; EUR 530 000), according to a Russian news report. Russian citizens Viktor
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MTV Russia To Go Off Air in 2013
Moscow :: Russia | 5 months ago
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MTV Russia will stop airing inmid-2013 due tofalling ratings, theholding company that controls themusic channel has confirmed. Its true, as ofJune 1, 2013, MTV will be replaced bya new entertainment channel foryoung people called Pyatnitsa [Friday],
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Instability Growing in Regions
Moscow :: Russia | 6 months ago
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Social problems like thequality oflocal education andstate ofthe utilities sector are causing growing instability inRussias regions, areport byan influential think tank said Tuesday...Petersburg politics think tank said that average estimates
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