Tag: russia
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September 09, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
Down-To-Earth Aristocrat
He was tall, handsome, . . .
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September 15, 2006 08:53 AM EDT --
Gunmen Kill Russian Banker
Richard Balmforth
Moscow
GUNMEN murdered a Russian central banker . . .
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December 19, 2006 11:01 AM EST --
Commercial Raiding Russian-Style
Much like their Viking forebears Russian market players are raiding the market place. Unlike the rest of the world where raiding is a term used to denotes the takeover . . .
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October 13, 2009 07:11 AM EDT --
Continental Divide: Eastern Europe Fears New Era of Russian Dominance
By ANDREW E. KRAMER With a new pipeline planned along the bed of the Baltic Sea, the Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is driving . . .
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November 16, 2006 09:00 AM EST --
Insomniac Bears Scare Russians
Insomniac bears are roaming the forests of southwestern Siberia scaring local people, the Reuters news agency reports.
As the weather stays too warm for the season the . . .
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April 04, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
Widow launches campaign to force action on poisoned ex-spy
The Scotsman
4 Apr 2007
HELEN WILLIAM
A CAMPAIGN to pressure, shame and force the British and Russian governments into bringing the killers . . .
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August 28, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
Rasputin: Enigmatic Mystery Monk
On 10 January 1869, Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was born to a peasant family as Grigory Yefimovich Novih, in the Tyumen Oblast of western Siberia. Grigory . . .
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October 03, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Orthodox ReliGion Has Invaded Russian Schools
Of late a most discordant & serious debate has been waging within Russian society is being waged about the Russian Orthodox religion being . . .
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September 15, 2008 08:28 AM EDT --
Plane Crash In Central Russia Kills All Aboard
A passenger jet carrying 88 people on board crashed as it was preparing to land in central Russia early Sunday, killing everyone on board, officials . . .
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February 04, 2009 07:37 AM EST --
Patriarch Kiril, of the Russian Orthodox Church was enthroned as the new leader. It is with the hopes that he will lead a rapprochement with other Christian Churches. Hundreds of dignitaries . . .
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November 01, 2006 07:57 PM EST --
Russians Dying After Moonshine Boom Following Vodka Tax Increase
Almost 1000 people have died or have become seriously ill in Russia. Scores have died and 900+ have been treated in hospitals after drinking . . .
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October 03, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
[ Sent to me by a friend in Moscow. It is very realistic! ]
10 Things You Need To know About Moscow
10. Do not waste your time in Moscow trying to understand the queue system. The very best anthropologists . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:13 AM EDT --
RUSSIAN HISTORY 2.0: KREMLIN WANTS TO 'CORRECT' THE RECORD
Fred Weir The Christian Science Monitor Boston, Massachusetts May 21, 2009 A proposed law could make comparing Soviet rule with . . .
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July 08, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
The Pearl
By Douglas Smith
ISBN # 9780300120417
Rating: *****
This story is set in Catherine the Great's Russia. It is the irresistible story of the Russian serf, Praskovia Kovalyova . . .
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September 04, 2006 01:44 PM EDT --
Russophobia, Again…!
OK….the Russians feel that the western press/media give them an unfavorable slant in the reporting that they do about anything dealing Russia, the former Soviet Union, . . .
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July 26, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Stalin Still A Hero To Russia's Youth
Conor Sweeney
The Scotsman
MOSCOW,26 Jul 2007, RUSSIA'S youth admire the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin - who presided over the deaths of millions . . .
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October 29, 2009 07:56 AM EDT --
Should Stalin quote, statue be returned to Moscow subway? New debate over Soviet dictator
STEVE GUTTERMAN Associated Press Writer October 27, 2009
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow subway . . .
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May 07, 2006 08:21 AM EDT --
The following article is defines an example of "Bully Politics" as it is often played by Russia. The Republic of Georgia is famosu for being the birthplace of wine, for having outstanding wines . . .
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March 19, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
PLAYING THE UKRAINIAN CARD
Timoshenko should be writing a thank-you note to Putin for the success of her U.S. visit.
COMMENTARY: By Nina L. Khrushcheva
Nina Khrusheheva teaches international affairs . . .
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March 22, 2007 05:49 PM EDT --
Wealthiest woman in Russia wins damages from Forbes
The Scotsman
Conor Sweeney
Moscow
2 Mar 2007
RUSSIA'S richest woman yesterday won a controversial defamation case against Forbes magazine over . . .
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