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50 min ago | Weyburn Review

Uralkali to delay potash boost if Billiton proceeds in Sask.

Russia's Uralkali OAO would delay two of its potash mine expansion projects for as long as a decade if rival BHP Billiton builds the world's biggest mine of the crop nutrient, Uralkali's chief executive said in an interview.

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5 hrs ago | RIA Novosti

US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia

WASHINGTON, May 22 Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows.

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Related Topix: Strategic Defense Initiative, World News, Asia, US News, US Politics, Representative Mo Brooks, Republican, US House of Representatives, Department of Defense,

5 hrs ago | Daily Report

Amid Alleged CIA Spy Scandal, Russia Boots Baker & McKenzie Lawyer

As the U.S. and Russian governments trade accusations over espionage activities and human rights abuses, Baker & McKenzie of counsel Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Prison,

8 hrs ago | Pravda

Russia's FSB prevents terrorist attacks in Moscow

In Orekhovo-Zuevo, the Moscow region, special services blocked three terrorists, who planned to conduct a terrorist attack in Moscow.

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12 hrs ago | Reuters

Council of Europe head says Russia must protect LGBT rights

The head of the Council of Europe demanded on Wednesday that Russia allow gay rallies, weighing in on what has become an increasingly divisive issue since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Gay/Lesbian, Vladimir Putin, Transgender

13 hrs ago | Reuters

Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader

A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against protest leader Alexei Navalny at his trial on theft charges on Wednesday, saying that he had done no harm.

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16 hrs ago | The St. Petersburg Times

St. Petersburg Marks 310th Anniversary

This weekend, St. Petersburg will celebrate its birthday early with citywide festivities on Saturday and Sunday preceding the city's actual anniversary on Monday, May 27.

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20 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine

Makhachkala Bombing Highlights Daghestani Leader's Herculean Task

Acting Daghestan leader Ramazan Abdulatipov in the People's Assembly in January, when he was named acting president by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Vladimir Putin

Tue May 21, 2013

The St. Petersburg Times

Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses

Among talk of the problem of unpaid gas bills and the possibility of opening a St.

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Russia Beyond the Headlines

Russian artists' collective holds an exhibition in London

A new group of artists will open their third collective exhibition to coincide with Russian art week in London this June.

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The St. Petersburg Times

United Russia Primed for Primaries

Primaries have been initiated and are now overseen by presidential deputy chief of staff Vyacheslav Volodin.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Vladimir Putin

Russia Taday

South Stream: A fresh element of Russian-European energy cooperation?

Dr Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy foreign minister .

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Ynetnews

Syria's rebels blame Russia's Putin for prolonged fight

Khalid Dayli, a 23-year old fighter with Syria's rebel forces, flicked through the channels on his television, ogling at the scantily clad female singers and dismissing the talents of a Saudi soccer team.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Vladimir Putin,

Hollywood Reporter

Gerard Depardieu Gets Russian Tax Cut After Registering as an Individual Entrepreneur

The status of an individual entrepreneur will allow Depardieu to pay even lower taxes on his local earnings than the 13 percent flat rate applicable in Russia.

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Reuters

Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent

The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February.

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Related Topix: World News, Vladimir Putin

Universe Today

Gerbils, mice perish as Russian spacecraft returns to Earth

A menagarie of animals launched to space last month has arrived back on Earth - with a few casualties for the voyage.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, World News, NASA

Russia Taday

Top Russian security official visits US, 'plays mailman' for Obama and Putin

The head of Russia's National Security Council has arrived in the US on a two-day visit for top-level talks on key stumbling blocks in bilateral relations.

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Agricultural Market

Until the end of 2012/13 MY, Russia can produce another 1.1 mln tonnes of sunflower meal

According to estimations of APK-Inform Agency, in March 2013 the production of sunflower meal in Russia totaled 353 thsd tonnes, an increase of 9% compared with the previous month index.

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Weekday Magazine

A Walk Down Washington's Alley Of Russian Poets

The Alley of Russian Poets is the brainchild of Uli Zislin, a Russian-born poetry collector and songwriter whose idea fell on receptive ears in 2003.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, World News, Washington, DC

Transitions Online

Russia's Morality Police Pull up the Drawbridge

In recent months nonconformist culture and alternative artists in Russia have come under fire from conservative politicians and radical Orthodox groups alike.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Riot, Gay/Lesbian