RUSSIA News, Mar 18, 2012

Putin's campaign promises pose economic challenges The Associated Press Moscow and St. Petersburg saw the largest street protests in Russia's post-Soviet history this winter, when tens of thousands came out to demand fair elections as well as a bigger say in how their country is governed. This emergence of a vocal middle ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-Putin protesters detained by police in Moscow CTV.ca (AP / Ivan Sekretarev) Police detain a protester taking part in an unsanctioned protest rally against alleged vote rigging in St.Petersburg, Russia in this file photo. (AP / Dmitry Lovetsky) The Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian police detained ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

94 arrested outside Russia TV net Variety By Nick Holdsworth MOSCOW -- Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister turned opposition activist, and Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the Left Front and a key figure in recent anti-Putin protests, were among 94 Russianopposition activists arrested ... See all stories on this topic »

Putin's campaign promises pose economic challenges North County Times Moscow and St. Petersburg saw the largest street protests in Russia's post-Soviet history this winter, when tens of thousands came out to demand fair elections as well as a bigger say in how their country is governed. This emergence of a vocal middle ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia's Scandalous 'It Girl' Remakes Herself as an Unlikely Face of Protest New York Times Last week, Ms. Sobchak hosted protest leaders on her new political talk show, which was canceled by Russia's MTV after just one episode and is now broadcast on a Web site. She repeated her declaration that she might emigrate if the authorities resist ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Russia's pampered "it girl" shows serious side by joining Putin opposition Denver Post By Ellen Barry Kseniya Sobchak is known as the Paris Hilton of Russia. (James Hill, The New York Times) MOSCOW — It is tempting, these days, to imagine that the political change that took place in Moscow this winter was a mirage. See all stories on this topic »

Russia's restyled It Girl speaks and the people start to listen Sydney Morning Herald Earlier this month Sobchak hosted protest leaders on her new political talk show, which was cancelled by Russia's MTV after just one episode and is now broadcast on a website. She repeated her declaration that she might emigrate if the authorities ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Hiddink suffers first defeat in Russia Vanguard MOSCOW (AFP) – Guus Hiddink suffered his first defeat as coach in theRussian league when his Anzhi Makhachkala side were beaten 1-0 by Lokomotiv Moscow here on Sunday. Lokomotiv jumped into the third spot of the league's table with 60 points from 35 ... See all stories on this topic »

Baird warns of Russian 'homosexual propaganda' law CTV.ca THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand OTTAWA — Canada is warning gay and lesbian travellers bound for Russia's historic St.Petersburg to be wary after the city enacted a new law banning what it calls homosexual propaganda. Foreign Affairs Minister John... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

The Older Generation Has Failed The Youth - NUGS-Russia Debates GhanaWeb NUGS-Russia CONGRESS, MOSCOW: Ghanaian Students of SaintPetersburg, Russia convincingly buried their counterparts in Moscow in an intellectually stimulating debate insisting that the older generation of African leaders have failed the youth. See all stories on this topic »

India builds ties with Russian varsities The Hindu India is taking steps to expand links with Russian universities in an effort to reach out to this country's younger generation. During a visit to Tatarstan,Russia's predominantly Muslim republic, last week India's Ambassador toRussia Ajai Malhotra ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian railway boss Vladimir Yakunin is trying to keep his company, country ... Telegraph.co.uk The pair, both from St Petersburg, go back a long way – though Yakunin, 63, dismisses as “fairytale” talk that he is part of a crony elite all with neighbouring dachas. Even so, he has one of the most powerful jobs in Russia. And, being something of an ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Putin's smear campaign against his own goddaughter after she went from glamour ... Daily Mail By David Baker Vladamir Putin's glamorous goddaughter, widely seen as Russia's answer to Paris Hilton, has become the target of a Kremlin smear campaign for joining an anti-government movement. Socialite Ksenia Sobchak has now even been accused of ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Women Protest Worldwide 12 Cryptome.org A supporter of a female Russian punk band holds a photo placard of the band while she and others picket the Moscow Central Court in Moscow, Wednesday, March, 14, 2012. Supporters of a femaleRussian punk band have picketed Central Court in Moscow to ... See all stories on this topic » Cryptome.org

Hotel Spotlight: Azimut Hotels Novosibirsk Argophilia Travel News Travelers researching a trip to the Russian Federation will, undoubtedly, feel directed toward Moscow and St. Petersburg, the country's most visited destinations. It's a little bit funny, a country nearly as big as Canada and China combined, ... See all stories on this topic » Argophilia Travel News

Phuket News - Phuket looks beyond wealthy Westerners The Phuket News The first Russian private airline, Transaero Airlines, has launched scheduled flights from Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia to Phuket airport. Next season, there will be more direct flights to Phuket from approximately 15 cities from Russia. See all stories on this topic »

Dancing with the stars: Anya Klimova-Preston Examiner.com Regardless, Anya Klimova-Preston's education includes studies of Aesthetics (Moscow Lomonosov State University), Theory and History of Art and Folk Art & Dance Choreography (St. Petersburg Trade Union University of Humanities), Stage Choreography ... See all stories on this topic »

Tolstoy lives Daily News & Analysis Field Marshal Kutuzov, despite the sneering ridicule from younger officers who think they know better how to take on Napoleon's army, sticks to his plan of drawing the Emperor deep into Russia, to Moscow — and then burns down the city. See all stories on this topic » Daily News & Analysis

Hockey World: Bigger is better when it comes to guarding goal in today's NHL Edmonton Journal 15), he feels it's better if he stays in Russia,” said a KHL source. Betting is he goes to either St. Petersburg where Denis Grebeshkov, Patrick Thoresen and Alexei Semenkov are playing or Ufa to replace Radulov ... Adam Larsson, the second name on the ... See all stories on this topic »

American Tourism Society joins forces with Adventure Travel Trade Association Breaking Travel News ... a member-based tourism trade organization has joined with ATTA to bring to ATTA its geographic specialization within The Baltics, Central Europe, The Mediterranean/Red Sea, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). See all stories on this topic »

Putin wins in Russia, loses big in Moscow? — RT Vladimir Putin is the clear winner in Sunday's elections, with preliminary results showing he was supported by 63. 6 per cent of voters, meaning he won in the... rt.com/news/russia-putin-moscow-petersburg-837/

BBC News - Russia election: Police release anti-Putin protesters Russian police have released about 250 opposition activists who were ...Especially in St Petersburg there appears to be evidence of severe fraud - more than in ... The BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow reports that fresh evidence of election ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17269326

Russian police break up anti-Putin protests - RTÉ News Thousands of protesters chanting "Russia without Putin" took to the streets ofMoscow and St Petersburg tonight to challenge Vladimir Putin's election victory. www.rte.ie/news/2012/0305/russia.html

St Petersburg bans 'homosexual propaganda' | World news ... He has also sued the law's initiator, St Petersburg United Russia deputy, Vitaly ... Milonov once called gays "perverts", while the former Moscow mayor Yury ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../st-petersburg-bans-homosexual-propa...

Russia News - The Russia News Service He had … ;s wife claimed) and the St Petersburg critics were merciless. With his … ... Thirteen percent of Russians think Moscow should side with Tehran in … world.news.einnews.com/country/russia

From St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, 180000 webcams monitored ... In a St. Petersburg polling station, the webcam showed suspect behavior by the polling commission. Webcams also revealed a slice of Russian life, TheMoscow ... www.ewdn.com/.../from-st-petersburg-to-vladivostok-180000...

RA's Daily Russia News Blast – March 12, 2012 - Robert Amsterdam A prayer session planned in support of the group was denied entry into a church in Moscow, says The Other Russia. The governor of St Petersburghas signed ... robertamsterdam.com/2012/03/n120312/

Moscow and Manchester in final bid to stop St Petersburg gay hate ... GSN » News » Moscow and Manchester in final bid to stop St Petersburg gay... Georgiy Poltavchenko (pictured left) with Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, has ... www.gaystarnews.com/.../moscow-and-manchester-final-bid-st...

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Stephen Cohen on Vladimir Putin, Russia's Opposition and Perils of ... Putin previously served as Russia's president from 2000 to 2008. ... a daily independent global news hour ... An estimated 500 were arrested in parallel rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg after initial results gave Putin a 63 percent victory in ... www.democracynow.org/.../stephen_cohen_on_vladimir_puti...

American woman abandons adopted Russian twins, 15 months, on ... MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories ... Custodial staff in Russia's second city of St Petersburg discovered the twins - a boy and ...boy she had adopted from Russia back on a plane to Moscow alone with a note saying ... www.dailymail.co.uk/.../American-woman-abandons-adopted-...

News From Russian Roads, Part 52 | English Russia Russia All the materials on this ... News From Russian Roads, Part 52 ....available for Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kazan Kremlin/Bauman Street in Kazan. englishrussia.com/2012/03/.../news-from-russian-roads-part-5...

Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll - Yahoo! News MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" ...on Monday in Moscow and St Petersburg or refused to go home after aMoscow rally ... news.yahoo.com/russians-stage-protest-against-putin-0946049...

FBI Looking at Murdoch in Moscow | The St. Petersburg Times | The ... The WSJ described the investigation into News Corp.'s Russian business as part of an FBI effort to establish whether wrongdoing in Britain was repeated in any ... www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=35276

Russian Police Arrest Anti-Putin Protesters | Europe | English Russian police have broken up a rally in central Moscow in protest of ... Inside VOA | Contact VOA News ... Russian police detain a participant during an opposition rally protesting Vladimir Putin's presidential victory, in St.Petersburg, March 5, ... www.voanews.com/.../Protests-Arrests-Mark-Putins-Return-to-...

In Russia, thousands protest presidential election results - Los ... At least 20000 gather in Moscow to accuse Russian leader Vladimir Putin of stealing the vote. Hundreds of protesters are arrested in Moscow and St.Petersburg. ... At a news conference, independent Russian observers spoke of instances in ... articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/.../la-fg-russia-protests-2012030...

Russia police break up anti-Putin rallies outside Moscow - Breaking ... Russia police break up anti-Putin rallies outside Moscow Saint Petersburg:Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of people as they broke up oppos. www.breakingnewsonline.org/.../russia-police-break-up-anti-p...

Mass Arrests in Moscow, St. Petersburg - Kanal PIK TV Opposition members were arrested en masse in Moscow, Saint-Petersburgand ... The rally was held under the slogans “For Honest Elections,” “Russiawill be ... pik.tv/en/news/.../32271-mass-arrests-in-moscow-st-petersburg

Dealing with the silent majority | Russia Watch | The Moscow News Putin failed to get a majority in Moscow and barely won a majority in his home city, St. Petersburg. In a measure of Putin's unpopularity in Russia's two largest ... themoscownews.com/russiawatch/20120307/189520472.html

St. Petersburg: Law on homosexuality and ban on ... - Russia-now News, Life and Travel in today's Russia, Russia-Now brings you ... had been a long drawn out and debated affair, the St Petersburg public only learned from a ... 03.02.2012, First Moscow Super Traffic Jams 2012: Everything at a stand still ... www.russia-now.info/.../st_petersburg_law_on_homosexuality...

Russia's Putin faces protests, monitors' criticism | NTN24 NEWS Thousands of protesters chanting "Russia without Putin" took to the streets ofMoscow and St Petersburg on Monday to challenge Vladimir Putin's victory in a ... www.ntn24.com/news/.../russias-putin-faces-protests-m-11237

Who's not congratulating Putin: Russia's middle class - CSMonitor.com In the news: ... But underscoring a split in Russian society, thousands also came out for a ... that's concentrated in cities like Moscow and St.Petersburg. www.csmonitor.com/.../Who-s-not-congratulating-Putin-Russi...

Russia: Police Beat, Detained Protesters | Human Rights Watch (Moscow) – Riot police beat and detained protesters at peaceful protests in ...in Russia's capital but refused to authorize similar rallies in St. Petersburgand ... www.hrw.org/news/.../russia-police-beat-detained-protesters

International Women's Day to Boost Russian Flower Industry ... Click on a link for our categorized news article database and archives ... 7 –Russia's fresh-flower industry will make one-third of its annual revenue through... as Moscow and St. Petersburg, where web-based sales account for 4 percent to 6 ... russia-briefing.com/.../international-womens-day-to-boost-russ...

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