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Vladimir Putin Sworn In For Third Term As Russia's President

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 05.07.2012

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MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helme...

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Police In Russia Arrest Top Opposition Figures, Demonstrators At Protest

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.06.2012

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MOSCOW — A demonstration by at least 20,000 people on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president turned into a battle with police Sun...

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Kremlin Launches Official Vodka, No Word On Democracy

Posted 02.15.2012

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In the heat of vetoing a UN resolution on Syria, bracing against anti-Putin protests, and dealing with news that a Russian submarine carrying nuclear ...

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Liberal Party Leader Claims Kremlin Bars Him From Challenging Putin

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 03.24.2012

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MOSCOW — Election officials have refused so far to allow the leader of Russia's leading liberal party to compete in March's presidential electio...

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Medals for Sale

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.19.2012

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Russian Police Detain 60 In Anti-Putin Rally

AP | Posted 12.31.2011

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MOSCOW -- Police detained 60 opposition activists on Saturday to prevent them from protesting on a central Moscow square against the Kremlin's stiflin...

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Russia's Revolutionaries are Walking Into a Trap

Simon Shuster | Posted 02.29.2012

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Although small rallies and pickets persist, nobody is talking much anymore about the rigged elections that threw a bucket of ice water onto Russia's lethargic electorate at the beginning of December.

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Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.15.2012

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Where the other Mission: Impossible films were calculated to appeal to the kid in adults, this film seems aimed right at kids, period.

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Russia's Opposition Leaders Inspire Little Trust

AP | By MANSUR MIROVALEV and GARY PEACH | Posted 12.14.2011

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MOSCOW -- Russia's opposition, riding high after the largest anti-Kremlin protests in 20 years, has a big problem to overcome: It's a fragile patchwor...

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Q & A: Russian National Elections in 2011 and 2012

Human Rights Watch | Posted 01.21.2012

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Introduction What offices are being filled and for what terms? Why do critics say the Duma does not represent political pluralism? What about ...

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Justin Bieber Caught Partying In A Gay Bar?

Posted 01.08.2012

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Justin Bieber is having quite the week. First he's accused of fathering a child. Then k.d. lang says he looks like a lesbian and dubs him "hot a...

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Trans Siberian Railway Here I Come

Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson | Posted 01.02.2012

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The train's first stop Moscow. This capital city was much brighter and stylish than I had remembered.

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The Truth About Putin's 'Treasure Dive'

AP | Posted 12.05.2011

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MOSCOW -- The widely publicized incident in which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pulled up ancient Greek jug fragments from the seabed on a div...

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Putin Will Run For Russian Presidency

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 11.24.2011

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MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin's decision to reclaim the presidency next year sets up the possibility that he could rule Russia until 2024 and foreshad...

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Russian Tycoon Abandons 'Puppet Kremlin Party'

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 11.15.2011

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MOSCOW — One of Russia's richest tycoons abandoned his efforts Thursday to build up a political party and enter parliament, saying he was unwill...

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Conor O'Clery's Moscow, December 25, 1991 Captures End of Soviet Union

Steve Kettmann | Posted 11.13.2011

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The dissolution of the Soviet empire -- and the resulting end of the Cold War -- is the single most decisive development of recent decades and yet we remain ignorant of what happened -- and why.

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WATCH: Biker Putin? Russian Prime Minister Rides Harley

Posted 10.30.2011

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Though he has yet to officially respond to increasing speculation over his possible presidential run, Vladimir Putin showed a gang of bikers who's in ...

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Putin Close To Decision On Possible Kremlin Return, Say Sources

Posted 09.26.2011

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(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is close to a decision to bid for the presidency in an election next year because he has doubts ...

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Russia Finally Declares Beer Alcohol, Not Foodstuff

Posted 09.20.2011

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Until Wednesday, Russia did not consider beer to be a type of alcohol since it contained less than ten percent alcohol. President Dmitry Medvedev has ...

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Russia Says Authorities Have Averted A 'Large Terrorist Attack' In Moscow

Reuters | Steve Gutterman | Posted 09.17.2011

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By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's top security official said on Monday that authorities had averted a "large terrorist at...

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Google Celebrates Russia's Most Famous Landmark

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 09.11.2011

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Russia's famed St. Basil's Cathedral, erected in Moscow's Red Square, turns 450 years old on July 12. Google is honoring the cultural landmark with a ...

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Join, Silence, Kill: Stalinism Alive in Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.02.2011

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I could barely sleep last night. A book left me tossing and turning, staring at the ceiling grid in my bedroom. The Man Who Loved Dogs, the novel by L...

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Russia Joins West In Calling For Gaddafi To Quit

Posted 07.27.2011

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(Reuters) - Russia believes Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should quit and could help broker his departure, a senior Russian official said on Frida...

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Goldman Sachs Considers Helping Russia Attract Foreign Capital

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev has held talks with Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein about the bank's possible participation in a direct i...

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Gorbachev: Putin Shows 'Incredible Conceit' And Voter Disrespect

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of concei...

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