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Russia’s risky political experiment - FT.com
Moscow’s pro-democracy street protests are losing momentum. But the country’s political reawakening is not over – it will simply take on different forms. And in this next stage, Russia’s regions may start to play as important a role as the capital’s
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Russia says it won't intervene militarily in Syria - Boston.com
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Russia says it won't intervene militarily in Syria
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By Vladimir Isachenkov AP / March 14, 2012 MOSCOW—Russia is providing Syria with weapons to fend off external threats but has no intention to use military force to protect Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday.
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Russian FM: US to use Russian air base for military transit to Afghanistan under new deal
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MOSCOW - The Russian foreign minister says a new deal allowing the United States to use a Russian air base for transit of troops and military cargo to Afghanistan will help ensure Russia's own security.
AP Interview: Ukraine links Tymoshenko to murder
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US Asks Russia to Warn Iran of 'Last Chance,' Kommersant Says - Bloomberg
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US Asks Russia to Warn Iran of 'Last Chance,' Kommersant Says
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked her Russian counterpart to warn Iran that it has one “last chance” to reach a negotiated settlement over its nuclear program and avoid military action, Kommersant said. Clinton delivered the message at a ...
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Azerbaijan Arrests 22 For Allegedly Plotting U.S., Israeli Attacks
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Azerbaijan’s Ministry of National Security has announced the arrests of 22 people on suspicion of plotting attacks on the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Baku.
Secret Data Offered for Missile Shield Approval
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The Obama administration is leaving open the possibility of giving Moscow certain secret data on U.S. interceptor missiles due to help protect Europe from any Iranian missile strike.
Lavrov Says Russia Defending 'Justice' in Syria Conflict, Not Assad
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia aims to defend not the regime of Bashar Assad but the right of Syrians to choose their own leader and stability in the Middle East.
Doctor Arrested After Demanding Bribe for Care
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A Kaliningrad doctor has been arrested after forbidding his staff to provide medical care to a patient whose daughter refused to pay a bribe.
Russia Could Provide Air Base To U.S.-Led Coalition
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Russian government will discuss a proposal that for the first time would permit the U.S.-led coalition to use a Russian air base to transit troops and military cargo from Afghanistan.
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U.S. asks Russia to warn Iran ahead of new talks-paper
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States has asked Russia to inform Iran's leadership that forthcoming talks with six world powers over its nuclear program represents Tehran's "last chance", a Russian daily reported on Wednesday. "The Israelis are de-facto blackmailing (President Barack) Obama. They put him into an interesting position: either he backs the war or loses the support (of the U.S. Jewish lobby)," the well-connected Kommersant newspaper quoted a Russian diplomatic source as saying. Speculation has been growing in recent months that Israel, with or without U.S. ...
Russia refuses to release anti-Putin punks
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Assad must leave to halt civil war: top dissident
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria has plunged into civil war and only the departure of President Bashar al-Assad can prevent the country from being torn apart, a veteran opposition figure said. Najati Tayyara, 67, is a Sunni Muslim liberal who fled Syria to Jordan last month after the authorities bowed to pressure from Arab neighbors and released him from prison. One of Syria's most respected human rights campaigners, Tayyara was jailed in May 2011 after warning that the crackdown against protesters and the recruitment of minority Alawites into government militia was a recipe for sectarian disaster. ...
Russia's Vekselberg may sue RUSAL in oligarch row - Reuters
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Russia's Vekselberg may sue RUSAL in oligarch row
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Pop musik: the sound of the charts in … Russia
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Andrew Khan explores the gangster aspirations and gay culture references of the Russian pop music scene
Pussy Riot's anti-Putin agit-punk may have temporarily made them international stars, but explicit political messages are a rarity in the Russian charts, irrespective of whether they're aimed at the ruling party or country's powerful business elite. That may not be entirely unconnected to the fact that most of the major outlets for music, including the ubiquitous Muz–TV television station, are owned by oligarchs. Emulation is far more common than confrontation, with the luxurious lifestyle of the nation's rich a constant source of material for aspirational music videos.
The Tony-Montana-meets-Donald-Trump aesthetic has always had a home in American hip-hop, and it's unsurprising to see it replicated in the music of a country where billionaire gangsters are a reality, rather than a romantic fiction. Leading the pack is Timati who has become the first Russian act since Tatu to make the top 10 across Europe.
His single Welcome to St Tropez features Kalenna Harper of Diddy Dirty Money and is the latest in a series of releases to have seen the rapper lining up with heavyweights from the US, including Snoop, Busta Rhymes and Diddy himself. It's difficult not to wonder whether, as with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Japanese energy drink commercials, the participants expected the results to remain an embarrassing secret only to be viewed by a domestic audience.
Party politics may be off the agenda, but Russian pop has long been engaged in a war of attrition with social conservatism. As in many other countries in central and eastern Europe, a sexually liberal youth culture butts heads with the church and sections of the older generation. The faux lesbianism of Tatu may have prompted eye-rolling in some parts of the world but it's easy to underestimate how transgressive it could appear in a nation where the battle for recognition of gay rights has further to go.
Irrespective of the orientation of the singers, disco and high-camp techno pop have done more to shape the Russian charts than any other influences – a situation that hasn't changed significantly since the mid-1990s. Openly gay stars may be thin on the ground but, from Ruki Vverh's video for On Tebya Tseluet to Mitya Fomin parading around Havana to the backing of Pet Shop Boys' Paninaro, gay culture is central to Russian music.
The exuberant bounce of 2011's biggest hit, Mama Luba by Serebro, whose gleefully silly zero-budget video has become the most parodied clip in recent memory, showcases one side of that debt. It is, perhaps, the marriage of wistful Russian lyricism and melancholy Italo-disco that has traditionally been responsible for the most distinctive and compelling singles, however.
The reigning queen of the darker side of dance-pop is Moscow's Nyusha – a 21-year-old singer-songwriter who, like Taylor Swift in the US, has won the grudging respect of curmudgeonly critics. Her hits Vibirat Chudo and Vishe have been hailed as a return to the spirit of a putative turn-of-the-millennium "golden age" when the tear-stained electro of stars such as Tatiana Bulanova ruled the airwaves.
An even more striking exploration of similar territory is the superb Derevya by Vintazh, which swaps synths for Eastern instrumentation and boasts an extravagant video decried by bonkers internet site The Vigilant Citizen as occult propaganda for the new world order. It's not necessary to subscribe to outlandish conspiracy theories to find either the single, with its lyrics about being beaten by satyrs, or the visuals unsettling. As attempts to wind up the religious right go, it's more interesting than anything Lady Gaga has been up to recently.
There may be little appetite to take on President Vladimir Putin, who remains far more popular than most of his foreign critics are willing to accept, but there's too much independence within Russian youth culture to cede ground on the social battles. With cities across Russia following St Petersburg's lead in introducing laws to censor "immoral" content, primarily relating to homosexuality, it's a fight that's likely to intensify in the immediate future. Not for the first time, the old capital's lawmakers might find themselves on the wrong side of history.
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Azerbaijan arrests alleged Iran-hired terrorists
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Security services in Azerbaijan have arrested 22 people they say were hired by Iran to carry out terrorist attacks against the U.S. and Israeli embassies as well as Western-linked groups and companies.
Russia and U.S. Spar Over Syria
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The ongoing violence by Syrian forces against its citizens is threatening to cause a serious diplomatic rift between Russia and the U.S., according to AFP. The ongoing disagreement at the United Nations has seen China and Russia twice veto resolutions on Syria.
Kobzon Ready to Take One Last Crack At the U.S.
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A crooner adored by millions around the former Soviet Union, seasoned politician Iosif Kobzon was once called "Russia's Frank Sinatra."
фото дня от Адагамова .)))) Председатель комитета Государственной Думы РФ по культуре Станислав Говорухин, член комитета Госдумы по культуре Мария Максакова-Игенбергс и первый заместитель председателя комитета Государственной Думы РФ по культуре Иосиф Кобзон (слева направо) на пленарном заседании Государственной Думы.
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Obama warns Iran window of diplomacy 'shrinking'
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MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday showed irritation with Moscow's longtime ally Syria, saying Syrian President Bashar Assad has been slow to implement long-needed reforms and warning that the conflict in the Arab state could spiral out ...
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Путин и тигрица. Кого поймал премьер-министр?
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Блогеры заподозрили, что мистификации с амфорами предшествовала мистификация с "дикой" тигрицей.
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Путин и тигрица. Кого поймал премьер-министр?
Блогеры заподозрили, что мистификации с амфорами, которые Путин извлек со дна моря, предшествовала мистификация с "дикой" тигрицей.
