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via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on 1/28/13
A woman threw sour cabbage at the Russian nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky at a news conference in Kyiv.
via Russia - Google News on 1/28/13
Spiegel Online |
Euro zone and Russia near debt compromise on Cyprus
Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe and Russia are getting closer to a deal on how to involve Moscow in bailing out indebted Cyprus after Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signaled willingness to help. Medvedev was quoted as saying on Monday that Russia ... Russia's Medvedev: help for Cyprus only if conditions met - paperReuters UK all 17 news articles » |
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Alexander Winning and Ivan Nechepurenko <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 1/27/13
President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed Magomedsalam Magomedov as leader of turbulent Dagestan, a republic where authorities are fighting a militant Islamist insurgency.
via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on 1/28/13
Interior Ministry officials in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia's volatile North Caucasus say a police colonel was killed by an unknown assailant.
via Russia - Google News on 1/28/13
America says no to dialogue with Russia
Pravda Recall, the U.S.-Russian Presidential Commission was established in July 2009, during the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Russia. It was designed to improve cooperation between Moscow and Washington after the White House announced a "reset" ... |
via Russia - Google News on 1/28/13
Washington Post |
Putin fires head of Russia's restive Dagestan region
Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Russia's southerly Dagestan province, the Kremlin said on Monday, signaling concern over mounting Islamist violence, corruption and political rivalries in the Caucasus. Putin dismisses leader of Russia's restive Caucasus province of DagestanWashington Post Putin sacks leader of Russia's troubled Dagestan regionBBC News Putin dismisses head of Russia's troubled Dagestan regionYahoo! News (blog) Prague Post (blog) -RenewAmerica -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 27 news articles » |
via Russia News Headlines - Yahoo! News on 1/28/13
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Russia's southerly Dagestan province, the Kremlin said on Monday, signaling concern over mounting Islamist violence, corruption and political rivalries in the Caucasus. Putin appointed Magomedsalam Magomedov, 49, to a role in the presidential administration, the Kremlin statement said, removing him from a post that he had held since 2010. Ramzan Abdulatipov, 67, a veteran politician elected last year as deputy head of the ruling United Russia party in the lower house of parliament, was named acting head of Dagestan. ...
via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on 1/28/13
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named former Russian Nationalities Minister Ramazan Abdulatipov as acting head of Abdulatipov's home republic of Daghestan, replacing Magomedsalam Magomedov, whose dismissal has been anticipated.
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via Russia - Google News on 1/28/13
ABC News |
Russia Tries Whistleblower, Despite His Death
ABC News Russia is preparing to put lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial, even though he died in 2009, in the latest twist in a case that has become a byword for rampant Russian corruption and has severely strained U.S.-Russian relations. The posthumous trial has ... Russia 'Never Supported' Syrian GovernmentVoice of America Russia opens trial of dead lawyer MagnitskyAljazeera.com Facing worldwide criticism over whistleblower's death, Russia prepares to try ...Fox News UPI.com all 101 news articles » |
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 1/27/13
President Vladimir Putin will soon recommence his "active hobbies" despite several months of speculation about his health, his spokesman said Monday.
via Russia - Google News on 1/28/13
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |
In Russia, Tank Zips through Traffic
Wall Street Journal (blog) A Russian motorist equipped with a dashboard video camera captured frightening footage Saturday of a fast-moving tank cutting across an intersection on a busy highway in the Ural Mountains city of Nizhny Tagil. But local officials explained that it ... Tank appears out of nowhere flying across busy road in RussiaPravda Highway Tank 'Broke No Traffic Rules'RIA Novosti Highway tank terror: T-90 video goes viral (VIDEO)RT all 10 news articles » |