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3 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine

Putin's Game And Kudrin's Choice

If Russian President Vladimir Putin ever actually appoints Aleksei Kudrin as his prime minister, we'll know that one of two things happened: Either Putin decided to radically change course or Kudrin shamelessly sold out.

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4 hrs ago | Voice of America

Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court

Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev speaks to the media after arriving for a court hearing in Moscow, May 20, 2013.

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6 hrs ago | AlertNet

Dagestan bombs kill 3, 2 dead in shootout near Moscow

Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia,

7 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

The Obama administration makes the Keystone Kops look good: Farmer

A common theme runs through the Obama administration's trifecta of troubles - the IRS transgressions, the Justice Department snooping on Associated Press phone calls and the Benghazi blunders - that's more disturbing that any possible criminality.

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Related Topix: US News

9 hrs ago | Tri-cityherald.com

Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'

Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public opinion on government policy" and demanded it cease publication until it registers as a "foreign agent" under a law passed last year.

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Related Topix: Activism

13 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

Who is building what in Sochi for 2014 Olympics

In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, second left, and Oleg Deripaska, toast after a signing ceremony in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Oleg Deripaska

15 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Syria aims ballistic missiles at Israel

The Syrian Army began deploying 'Tishreen' medium range ballistic missiles on May 19, targeting them on the city of Tel-Aviv in Israel .

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Military, US Air Force, Lebanon, IN, Prison, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Sun May 19, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Nesting dolls

When : Through July 20 Where : Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton How much : Admission: $7 adults; $5 seniors, 59 and older; $2 students and children ages 3-17. Free for children younger than 3. www.museumofrussianicons.org 598-5000. CLINTON - About a thousand little eyes - some much smaller than others as they diminish in size - stare ... (more)

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Related Topix: Clinton, MA, World News, Russia

The Weekly Standard

Pipeline Politics

The Cold War is now so over that it might as well be grouped with the ancient ice ages, but there is one echo rolling across Europe from East to West: the Russian attempt to dominate the natural gas market on the European continent.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), World News

The Age

Hope for the oil tycoon who needled Kremlin

Moscow: Russia's Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal against the second conviction of jailed former oil tycoon and fierce Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

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Global Voices Online

Does Kyrgyzstan need Russia's Customs Union?

Discussions surrounding potential membership of the Customs Union that currently comprises Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan are not new to Kyrgyzstan's public.

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Related Topix: World News, Kyrgyzstan

The Nation

Asean back on Russia's map as a region of interest

Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Asia, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Brunei, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Opinion

Weekday Magazine

Two North Caucasus Republics Set Election Precedent

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting of the Government Commission on Social and Economic Development of the North Caucasian Federal District in Grozny in June 2012, flanked by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Ingushetia head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and Daghestan's Magomedsalam Magomedov .

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BBC News

N Korea urged to end missile tests

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on North Korea to refrain from carrying out any further missile tests.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News,

Sat May 18, 2013

The Nation

US chides Russia over missiles

The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a peace conference promoted by Washington and Moscow were hit by diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Electronic, Syrian, Iraq

The Indian Express

Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II

French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu today compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent is what Russia needs as a leader.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Celebrities, Gerard Depardieu

Jerusalem Post

Amos Gilad: S-300 can reach Hezbollah via Syria

The advanced S-300 Russian air defense system, which Moscow has pledged to deliver to Syria, could reach Hezbollah and beyond, a senior defense official warned on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Syria, Middle East, Israel, Terrorism, Palestinian Territories

Al Jazeera

UK's Litvinenko inquest suffers setback

A long-delayed inquiry to determine circumstances that led to the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian intelligence officer, could be abandoned after the official responsible for leading it partly upheld a British government request to withhold crucial evidence.

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NorthJersey.com

Bershidsky: Accused U.S. spy's tools get a laugh from Russians

TWO WIGS, one blond, one dark. Three pairs of glasses. Two knives. Two envelopes containing 500 euro notes.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Mirror.co.uk

Strange case of Ryan Fogle and the spies who never came in from the Cold War

The Americans have a vice in the intelligence world that can be turned against them: They want to know everything at first hand The arrest of US diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle in Moscow this week on spying charges had a distinctly retro feel.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia