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7 hrs ago | New York Times

Who Fears a Free Mikhail Khodorkovsky?

Mikhail Khodorkovsky , once his country's richest man, has resided in "gulag lite," as he calls the Russian penal system under Vladimir Putin , for six years.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Prison,

15 hrs ago | The Province

Russia tycoon reveals U.S. trips, silent on visa row

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska visited the United States twice this year, his spokesman said on Friday, but declined to say if he solved a visa row with the United States which had long irked top Russian officials.

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Related Topix: Prison, Oleg Deripaska, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Yesterday | Gouverneur Times

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy

Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echoes statements by his successor and protege, President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Yesterday | National radio of Ukraine

Prime Minister of Ukraine goes on two day visit to Yalta, Crimea

It is planned to sign a protocol of the meeting on the results of the negotiations.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Foreign notes

It's not the jokes...it's the way you tell 'em

" [When president Putin was] Asked at a news conference [following his meeting with PM Tymoshenko] to comment on Saakashvili's current visit to Kiev, the Russian strongman premier known for his bad boy image and sharp tongue said the Georgian leader and his host, Ukraine's fiercely pro-Western president Viktor Yushchenko, should meet without ties.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko

Fox News

Russia's Gorbachev Considers Political Comeback

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.

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World News from Times Online

President Medvedev dismisses key media aide Mikhail Lesin

The Russian President has dismissed a key aide for apparent abuse of office in a move that marks the first serious split within the Kremlin since Dmitri Medvedev succeeded Vladimir Putin.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev

The Moscow Times

Court Ruling Shelves Death Penalty

While public opinion on the matter remains mixed, the Kremlin and government have both said they do not want executions to resume, and praise flooded in from human rights groups.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, World News, Russia, Asia,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The St. Petersburg Times

Tax Bill Puts Dent In Party's Image

United Russia's majority in the State Duma suffered a major blow to its image Wednesday, when the Federation Council voted down controversial tax hikes on car owners that were broadly criticized by auto owners, opposition parties and eventually the Kremlin.

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The Tocqueville Connection

Politkovskaya expected death: new film

Two years before she was killed in the stairwell of her Moscow apartment, Anna Politkovskaya mused about life as the Kremlin's number one enemy and pronounced it a "miracle" that she was stillalive.

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Related Topix: Activism

The Age

Russia, Ukraine seek to end gas feud at Yalta

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to hold rare talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday aimed at preventing a repeat of last winter's gas crisis.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Viktor Yushchenko

The St. Petersburg Times

Putin Joins Hip-Hop Acts to Promote Healthy Life

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he thought that hip-hop could be a cure for alcohol and drug abuse and praised the country's rappers for refining an otherwise alien culture by putting 'Russian charm' into it.

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Related Topix: Russia, Asia, World News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Lawyer's Death Puts Spotlight On Kremlin's Battle With Investment Fund

A Russian lawyer representing the embattled Hermitage Capital investment fund has died in a Moscow prison after complaining for weeks that he was denied adequate medical treatment.

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Related Topix: Prison, Mafia

St. Petersburg Times

Lawyer who exposed police corruption dies in Russian jail

A Russian lawyer jailed after uncovering evidence of police involvement in the theft of $230 million from the government has died in prison, officials said Tuesday, and his American partner is accusing the authorities of killing him.

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Related Topix: Prison

Wicklow People

EU-Russia bid to patch up relations

Leaders of the European Union are hoping to patch up relations with Russia. The EU and Russia, led by President Dmitry Medvedev, are scheduled to discuss energy security, climate change, trade and human rights at their biannual summit in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Mirror.co.uk

Putin Hip Hop Mock Up

Vladimir Putin's efforts to get down with younger voters appears to have backfired after the Russian president made an embarrassing appearance on a hip-hop talent show.

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Canoe

Putin reaches out to hip hop artists

Putin in da house? Da! He's tracked Siberian tigers wearing military camouflage, sat in the cockpit of a fighter jet, and shown off black-belt judo moves.

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Canada.com

Clinton raps Russia over rights on "reset" trip

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up a European tour on Wednesday by calling on Russia to uphold human rights and prevent attacks on activists who challenge the Kremlin.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Oregonlive.com

Portland machinery dealers tackling eastern Russia

Portland heavy-machinery dealers are forging farther into the Russian Far East, a rugged region that has crushed many a U.S. enterprise.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Boat Disaster, Oregon

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The St. Petersburg Times

New Partner for South Stream

Slovenia became the latest European country to join Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project on Saturday, signing an agreement which paves the way for Russian gas to reach European markets.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Slovenia, Ukraine,

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