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Russia Slams U.S. Ambassador

AP | Posted 05.29.2012

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Associated Press MOSCOW -- Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday harshly criticized the U.S. ambassador for his remarks at a meeting with students, a...

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Russia Test-Fires New Missile

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile d...

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Putin's Not-So-New Cabinet

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.22.2012

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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin named a new Cabinet on Monday that retained some of the outgoing government's key figures but added a ...

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Russian Opposition Leader Jailed

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOSCOW -- A prominent Russian opposition leader was sentenced Thursday to 10 days in jail, a day after being arrested at a rally as activists try to k...

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Despite Crackdown, Dozens Occupy Moscow Square

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

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Associated Press MOSCOW — Several dozen people continue to occupy a square in central Moscow after some of their fellow protesters were detained ...

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Police Uproot Russian Protest Camp

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOSCOW — Russian police arrested about 20 protesters on Wednesday night at a central Moscow square where demonstrators had moved after police up...

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Occupy Comes to Moscow

Tomas Hirst | Posted 05.10.2012

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Police have stepped up their efforts to contain and disperse street protests, including through mass arrests, while the protesters themselves have taken to drifting around the city in order to evade their pursuers.

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PHOTOS: Putin's Patriotic Victory Day Parade

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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By Timothy Heritage and Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, speaking in Moscow's Red Square with ...

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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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Moscow Ski-Jump Fire Extinguished

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

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MOSCOW -- A fire at a landmark ski-jump overlooking central Moscow has been extinguished after lighting up the night sky for nearly an hour. The ski-...

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Jan Gehl: Cities for People (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.02.2012

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Architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has dedicated a significant proportion of his career to making cities better places for people by studying public spaces and their impact on civic society.

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Green Cloud Over Moscow On Chernobyl Anniversary

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.26.2012

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Russian media are reporting that a mysterious green cloud has descended over Moscow, just in time for the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. ...

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AMAZING VIDEO: Angry Doctor Demolished Auto Dealership In Car, Police Say

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.11.2012

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A Russian man, disgruntled by a 20 minute inconvenience at a car dealership, went on a rampage destroying several cars and demolishing a showroom floo...

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Russia's Show of Syrian Force

Matthew RJ Brodsky | Posted 04.05.2012

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Instead of wasting resources trying to convince Moscow to abandon its Middle East interests in order to press ahead with more UN resolutions, Washington would do well to assert its role as world leader and work with those countries that have a common interest in Syria.

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Stalin Notebooks Cause Stir In Russia

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 04.04.2012

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MOSCOW — School notebooks with a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the cover have been causing a controversy in Russia since they went...

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Deadly Blaze Kills Sleeping Migrant Workers

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 04.03.2012

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MOSCOW -- A blaze Tuesday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the cit...

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WATCH: Europe's Tallest-To-Be-Tower On Fire

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 04.03.2012

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MOSCOW — Huge flames danced for hours on the top floors of an under-construction Moscow skyscraper that is to be Europe's tallest, lighting up t...

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24 Hours in Moscow

Trisha Andres | Posted 04.03.2012

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With a string of new art galleries and restaurants and a thriving creative community, Moscow's cultural offerings are aplenty.

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Is Russia's 'Gay Propaganda' Legislation Aimed At Outlawing Homosexuality?

Kommersant/Worldcruch | Posted 04.01.2012

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MOSCOW- Russian lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would punish "homosexual propaganda" directed at minors. This comes on the heels of the rec...

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LOOK: Moscow Police Arrest 55 In Protests

AP | MIKHAIL METZEL | Posted 04.01.2012

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MOSCOW -- Police detained about 55 protesters on Sunday outside the gates to Red Square, which was unexpectedly closed to all visitors and tourists to...

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The Super-Rich Love This City...

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.29.2012

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The British Royals aren't the only rich people that love London. The British capital is the most important city for the super-rich all over the gl...

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'Pussy Riot' Supporters Picket Moscow Police

Posted 05.08.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Supporters of a female Russian punk band have picketed police headquarters in Moscow to protest the group's jailing for trying to moun...

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Election Observers Report 'Serious Problems' In Russian Vote

AP | JIM HEINTZ and PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.04.2012

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MOSCOW -- There were "serious problems" in the vote that returned Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency, the head of the major international electi...

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The Revolution That Wasn't

The European Magazine | Posted 05.01.2012

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Of course one has to be careful about taking their statements at face value, but a bit of research backs up their pessimism: There will be no Russian Spring. But why not?

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Gorbachev: Putin Has 'Exhausted' His Potential As Leader

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 04.10.2012

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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's in...

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