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Russian Parliament Seeks Biggest Fines for Opposition
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| On Tuesday Russia's State Duma has approved in the first hearing the scandalous draft that could make enormous fines for taking part in or organizing unsanctioned protests.
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| --23-05-2012-- |
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New Russian Cabinet Is Announced
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| Yesterday, on May 21, Russian President has signed the orders on Russia’s new cabinet, replacing three quarters of its members with new people.
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| --22-05-2012-- |
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Hyde Park In Moscow: Where To Voice the Public Opinion
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| Opposition camps in different spots in Moscow city centre may foster a solution to the problem of having an "official" spot where to voice the public opinion. Inspired by London's Hyde Park, Moscow authorities look to designate a similar place to the policially-savvy citizens.
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| --18-05-2012-- |
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Russian Experts: French Relations With Russia May be Strained
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| Russian experts share insights into the possible scenarios for relations in international arena following the election of the Socialist F. Hollande as the French President. They warn against potential strain in communication between Paris and Moscow.
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| --17-05-2012-- |
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Police Drives the Opposition Camp Away; the Camp Moves Parks
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| On Wednesday morning, Moscow police drove the opposition camp away from Chistye Prudy in pursuance of the Basmanny Court order. The camp has moved places and is now located in a public park near Barrikadnaya metro station.
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| --16-05-2012-- |
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Russian Republican Party Is Officially Registered
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| The Russian Justice Ministry has restored registration of the liberal Republican Party of Russia, which will allow the party to participate in elections.
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| --11-05-2012-- |
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A Control Walkabout of the Russian Opposition
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| In the aftermath of the President's inauguration, and the arrests of the opposition leaders during the holiday weekend in Moscow, the famous writer Boris Akunin plans a "control walkabout" around the Boulevard Ring - to see, if or not Muscovites can promenade freely in the town centre.
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| --10-05-2012-- |
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"Old New" President Returns to Kremlin
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| On Monday, May 7, an inauguration ceremony was held in the Kremlin State Palace, against a background of a battle between protesters and police, as well as mass arrests.
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| --08-05-2012-- |
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Protest "March of Millions" Is Authorized
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| Moscow authorities have agreed to permit the May 6 March of Millions protest action, which includes march from Kaluzhskaya Square and a demonstration on Bolotnaya Square.
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| --04-05-2012-- |
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Human Rights Activists Quit Presidential Council
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| Several Russian human rights activists have announced their decision to leave the presidential Human Rights Council after elected president's inauguration on May 7
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| --02-05-2012-- |
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Opposition Mayor Candidate Ends His Hunger Strike
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| Former Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein ended his 40-day protest hunger strike on Tuesday.
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| --28-04-2012-- |
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Russian Cat to Be a New Politician in the Urals Region
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| Three-month-old cat in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg plans to launch a political career, aiming for a seat in the legislature of the city.
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| --24-04-2012-- |
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Concerts of Famous Rock Band DDT Banned in Siberia
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| The tour of the famous rock band DDT around Siberia has been cut short with scandalous news: in the cities of Kemerovo, Omsk and Tyumen the band's shows are banned "as control of terrorism".
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| --23-04-2012-- |
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Opposition Applies for the Biggest Protest March
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| Today Russian political opposition has applied to hold a May 6 "March of Millions" in Moscow to protest the results of parliamentary and presidential elections.
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| --23-04-2012-- |
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Russian Ruling Party Plans Increasing Penalties for Protesters
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| Deputies from Russia’s ruling United Russia party have proposed to toughen punishment for protest organizers and participants.
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| --18-04-2012-- |
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Russians Don't Believe in Politicians' Religious Feelings
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| 63% of Russians don't believe in politicians’ genuine religious feelings while participating in traditional Orthodox services.
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| --13-04-2012-- |
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Hunger Strike in Astrakhan - New Round of Opposition Activity
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| The days-long hunger strike of former Duma deputy, Oleg Shein against vote rigging, has attracted national attention.
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| --12-04-2012-- |
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Emergency Minister to Rescue Moscow Region
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| Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu was appointed by the Parliament as the Moscow Region's next governor.
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| --09-04-2012-- |
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The Pirate Party of Russia Holds its Congress Online
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| On Sunday, the Pirate Party of Russia held its third congress to announce plans to seek official registration according to the new law.
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| --03-04-2012-- |
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Obama's Microphone Gaffe During Talks with Russia
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| On Monday, during a conversation between American President Barak Obama and Russian Dmitry Medvedev, Obama was overheard while asking his colleague for "space" for the US.
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| --28-03-2012-- |
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Emigration Urge Among Russians at Its Record Low
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| Following some political actions and the rise of mass protests, the number of people who want to leave Russia has halved.
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| --27-03-2012-- |
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How to Name Your New Party?
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| An online voting is launched for choosing the best name for Mikhail Prokhorov's new political party.
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| --26-03-2012-- |
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Eighth Political Party to Be Registered in Russia
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| The Russian Justice Ministry has agreed to register Russia’s Republican Party - the liberal party which was banned in 2007.
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| --19-03-2012-- |
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Opposition Plans to Hold a "March of Millions"
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| Leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov has called people to take part in the new opposition rally, called "march of millions” in Moscow on May 5.
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| --16-03-2012-- |
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All Russian Civil Servants to Report Their Expenses
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| Russian government has proposed a new anti-corruption bill, which will oblige all state officials and members of parliament to declare their expenses.
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| --14-03-2012-- |
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Britain Hopes to Improve Relations with Russia
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| According to the words of the British Prime Minister David Cameron, Britain is going to work with a new elected Russian president in order to overcome difficulties between Moscow and London.
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| --06-03-2012-- |
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Moscow in a Ring of Protests
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| On Monday evening, March 5, there were about 16 different political actions in Moscow. The biggest of them was an opposition rally on the Pushkinskaya Square, which ended with hundreds of protesters detained.
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| --06-03-2012-- |
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99% of Ballots Are Counted, Elections Results Are Established
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| The Central Election Commission has counted more than 99 per cent of the ballots. The next Russian president is preliminarily declared.
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| --05-03-2012-- |
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Preliminary Elections Results
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| Preliminary elections results indicate that ex-Prime Minister is likely to return to power with an astounding support. Despite recorded instances of "caroussels" and minor frauds, their numbers do not suggest a plot to bring once the President back to power, official sources say.
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| --04-03-2012-- |
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Presidential Elections Now Available Online
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| For the first time in Russia's history, everyone can monitor the voting at every polling station in the country online.
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| --02-03-2012-- |
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Muscovites Queue Up to Be Poll Stations Invigilators
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| The instances of fraud at the December 2011 elections raised the expectations the Russian citizens have of themselves as participants at the elections. Being proactive, many of them came to register as poll stations invigilators for Mikhail Prokhorov's side.
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| --29-02-2012-- |
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Prokhorov Asks People to Name His New Party
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| Russian billionaire and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov has announced an open contest to choose the name of his new political party.
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| --28-02-2012-- |
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Global Support for Fair Vote for Russia Grows
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| As March 4th is looming, the support for fair elections in Russia grows stronger and has acquired global scale. We have received a video showing supporters from New York. The video is presented by a Russian expat in America and includes footage from demonstrations against the fraud at elections in Nizhny Novgorod.
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| --27-02-2012-- |
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Napoleon Is a New Candidate for Russian Presidency?
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| Moscow Election Committee has decided to hold a dry run prior to the upcoming polls. The list of candidates can surprise potential voters.
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| --24-02-2012-- |
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Russian Opposition Leaders to Create "Megaparty"
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| Russian opposition leaders are going to set up a new democratic coalition or "megaparty" to make it the strongest opposition power to the current authorities.
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| --16-02-2012-- |
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Presidential Elections Can Leave Fans Without Football
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| Russia's Interior Ministry has ordered the Russian Football Premier League to cancel all Moscow matches that would coincide with March 4, the day of presidential election.
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| --15-02-2012-- |
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How to Protest in Style: Russian Fashion Latest Fad
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| The recent demonstrations have attracted attention from Russian celebrities. Even women went to express their political opinion. And since a woman and fashion are inseparable, a new blog is dedicated to the fashion chronicle of the latest events in Moscow.
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| --09-02-2012-- |
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Yavlinsky is Officially Out of Presidential Race
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| Russia's Supreme Court turned down an appeal by liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky against the Central Election Commission's refusal to register him as a candidate in the presidential election in March.
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| --09-02-2012-- |
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Kick Not Thy Ass! Activists Not Amused at Zhirinovsky Beating His Donkey
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| Russian people are like a donkey: until you give them a good punch-up, they don't get going. To illustrate the thesis, Vladimir Zhirinovsky who is running for presidency began to whip a real donkey. The environmental activists did not get the metaphor.
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| --08-02-2012-- |
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Political Demonstrations in Moscow: 200,000 Citizens Brave the Cold
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| Minus 26 did not stop the Muscovites who wanted to express their political opinion. 170,000 people braved the cold to support the candidates at the earlier scheduled demonstrations on February 4.
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| --04-02-2012-- |
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Latte Art, Russian Way: Would You Like a Putin or a Prokhorov on Your Coffee?
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| Caffeine coffee houses in Moscow give a wake-up call to the political conscience of their visitors. Now you can vote with your latte: just pick yourself a Putin, a Prokhorov, or a Zhirinovsky. God knows, it may even taste differently...
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| --03-02-2012-- |
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Russian Orthodox Church Appeals to the Faithful not to Attend the Protest Demonstrations
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| On the day of his third year anniversary as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill appealed to the faithful not to attend the protest demonstrations, coming up this weekend across Russia.
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| --02-02-2012-- |
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Putin, Go Away! Banner Appears Opposite the Kremlin
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| A banner saying Putin, Go Away! was hung atop of the house opposite the Kremlin. Solidarnost' movement acknowledged responsibility for the action. An hour later the banner was taken down by the police.
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| --01-02-2012-- |
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Russia May Ask Interpol for Help in Getting Evidence from Yelena Baturina
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| The case of embezzlement, involving the spouse of Moscow's former Mayor and the Bank of Moscow, may get assistance from the Interpol. Russian side has asked Austria to help get the evidence from Yelena Baturina, one of the principal figures in the investigation.
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| --30-01-2012-- |
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Criminal Sentences for Illegal Immigrants and Their Employers
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| The Russian Government has announced plans to severe the influx of illegal immigration in Russia by sentencing the immigrants and their employers for breaking the law.
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| --30-01-2012-- |
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Elections 2012: The Final List of Candidates
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| The final list of candidates to fight for presidency at the upcoming elections in March 2012 has been announced. Grigory Yavlinsky has been deregistered as a candidate.
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| --27-01-2012-- |
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Elections 2012: Two Opposition Candidates May Be Withdrawn from the Polls
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| According to the Central Electoral Committee, two independent candidates who were planning to run for presidency at March 2012 candidates may be withdrawn from the lists due to excessive errors in the signature lists of their supporters.
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| --23-01-2012-- |
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Three More Candidates Join the Election Campaign
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| Yesterday, at exactly 6:00 p.m. the Central Election Commission stopped accepting of two million signatures required to enter the presidential race.
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| --19-01-2012-- |
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Continent Shifts: Chile Claims Its Territory in Antarctica
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| Chilean President Sebastian Pinera claimed a part of Antarctica a Chilean possession during his visit to the continent. The land on the Southern Pole was discovered by the Russian expedition in 1820.
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| --16-01-2012-- |
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Liberal Leader Collected All Necessary Signatures
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| Liberal politician and former leader of the "Yabloko" party, Grigory Yavlinsky, has collected two million signatures needed to enter the presidential election on March 4.
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| --16-01-2012-- |
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Communist Leader Promises to Free Khodorkovsky
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| On Wednesday, the leader of the Communist Party of Russia and presidential candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, said he would pardon former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky if elected president.
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| --12-01-2012-- |
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New Appointments in the Russian Government
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| The head of presidential administration, the deputy prime minister, the parliamentary speaker of the State Duma and the presidential administration's first deputy head are announced.
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| --28-12-2011-- |
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New Big Election Protests in Russia
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| On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters held big rallies in Moscow and other Russian cities to to press demands for new parliamentary elections and wholesale liberalizing reform in Russia.
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| --26-12-2011-- |
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Michael McFaul Comes to Russia in January 2012 as the New U.S. Ambassador
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| President Obama's chief advisor on Russia, Michael McFaul has been appointed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. ambassador to Russia. He will change his predecessor John Byerly in early January 2012.
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| --22-12-2011-- |
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In the Name of the Country: Mikhail Prokhorov May Marry to Become the President
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| Brides of all nations, stand up! A potential future President of Russia, a billionaire, and - wait for this - a bachelor, Mikhail Prokhorov is said to seriously consider marrying ahead of the presidential elections in 2012. There is no Father of the Nation without the second half, is there?
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| --16-12-2011-- |
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Concert-Exhibition in Moscow to Support those Arrested at Public Rallies
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| December, 17th will see the concert-exhibition “Freedom of Choice” held at the design factory Flakon in support of people arrested during anti-corruption rallies in Moscow on December, 5th and 6th.
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| --14-12-2011-- |
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The State Duma Elections 2011: Geotagging Public Manifestations
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| December 10, 2011 will see a series of public manifestations across Russia against the falsification of the State Duma elections. In the best traditions of Web2.0, the information about demonstrations has been geotagged, and places are put on the map.
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| --08-12-2011-- |
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The State Duma Elections 2011: 20 Per Cent of Russians Support the Communist Party
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| According to the preliminary results of the State Duma Elections 2011, almost 20 per cent of Russian citizens gave their support to the Communist Party.
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| --05-12-2011-- |
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APEC Jubilee Summit Comes to Vladivostok in 2012
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| The 20th summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation will be held in Vladivostok in 2012. The topics for discussion will include intellectual property rights and goods safety.
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| --14-11-2011-- |
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Latvians Vote to Make Russian an Offiicial Language
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| All over the world, Latvian citizens can vote to make Russian a second national language. The deadline for collecting votes is November 30.
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| --14-11-2011-- |
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IAEA: Iran's Nuclear Program Was Developed with the Help of Soviet Physicists
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| An anticipated report by the IAEA contains allegations that the nuclear program in Iran was developed with assistance from Soviet nuclear physicists.
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| --08-11-2011-- |
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G20 Summit Opens at the French Cannes: Internet Copyright Is Discussed
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| G20 summit in Cannes has opened, marking the historic year for France that has assumed the G20 Presidency. One of the cornerstone problems to be discussed is the Internet Copyright, and Russia makes a strong stance on the issue.
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| --03-11-2011-- |
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German Students to Protest Against Khodorkovsky Imprisonment
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| A group of students from Frankfurt-am-Main is planning to visit the Russian embassy in Berlin on October 29, to protest against the imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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| --27-10-2011-- |
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Russian Finance Minister fired on President's Request
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| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on Alexei Kudrin's resignation after the Minister of Finance was offered to resign.
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| --27-09-2011-- |
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Valentina Matvienko Elected the Speaker of the Upper House
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| Ex-governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko has been elected Speaker of the Federation Council.
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| --21-09-2011-- |
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St. Petersburg Receives its New Governor
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| On Wednesday Georgy Poltavchenko took over the position from the previous head, Valentina Matvienko, who held her position for more than eight years.
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| --01-09-2011-- |
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A Zoo in Gaddafi Villa in Libya Is Reported to Have Stored Weapons in Boxes with Russian Custom Marks
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| Army munition and weapons, including machine guns, have been found in place of what was supposed to be a zoo in Saif al-Islam al Gaddafi's villa. Some of the boxes are said to have come from Moscow.
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| --31-08-2011-- |
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Tennis Player Marat Safin to Fight for State Duma Place
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| The Russian tennis player and former World No. 1 tennis player Marat Safin, who is taking part in primaries in Nizhny Novgorod Region, will strike to develop sport culture among Russians.
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| --05-08-2011-- |
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Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Merkel Discuss Libya, Eurozone, and Business Opportunities
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| On July 19, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met in Hannover to discuss the Russian-German stance on the issues of collaborative business development and international involvement.
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| --19-07-2011-- |
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