RUSSIA News, Aug 20, 2011

From Russia's rivers with love Vancouver Sun By Jeannine Williamson, Vancouver Sun August 20, 2011 2:21 AM Russia's two greatest cities,Moscow and St Petersburg, are around 370 miles apart as the crow flies - a comparatively tiny distance in the vast 6.6 million square miles of the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia squad retained for Euro qualis next month Fox News Midfielders: Diniyar Belyaletdinov (Everton), Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Dmitry Torbinskiy (Lokomotiv Moscow), Igor Denisov (Zenit St.Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (Zenit St.Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St.Petersburg), Alan Dzagoyev ... See all stories on this topic »

St. Petersburg Scandal: A 'Secret' Election Wall Street Journal "Even by Russian standards, there's a large number of layers." Local and federal election commissions said the election hadn't been properly announced, but that underRussia's legal code, that doesn't stop an election from going forward. ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

This Week in Review Russia Profile Russia may have the world's largest land mass, but Muscovites still sometimes feel like they live somewhere in Japan. Moscow remains one of world leaders in housing density, the lack of living space is still felt in the Russian capital, ... See all stories on this topic » Russia Profile

DFA: Pinoy Jailed in Moscow repatriated GMANews.TV “Garcia told the Filipino seafarer that his early release was the positive result of the combination of good relations between the Philippines and Russia, the cooperation between the relevant Russiangovernment agencies and the Philippine embassy, ... See all stories on this topic »

End of Supporting Story Content CBC.ca Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, speaks with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during Gorbachev's address to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation inMoscow, Aug. 23, 1991, a day after the end of the attempted coup. ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Wingspan Holidays plans to woo Leisure traffic to Russia through Bollywood TravelBizMonitor “The major segment of travellers visiting Russia is MICE and most of them visit Moscow and StPetersburg. We are working with the Russian Consulate to carry out advertising and marketing campaigns in India to reach out to both the consumers and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Zenit eye RPL lead as Dinamo look to reel in top two against Anzhi RIA Novosti Zenit St. Petersburg go into this weekend's Russian Premier League matches knowing a slip from leaders CSKA Moscow could see them tie for points in top place, and they have extra motivation after spurning that very opportunity last week. ... See all stories on this topic »

Night before Soviet coup, a shot in the dark Washington Post PETERSBURG, Russia – All was quiet on the evening of Aug. 18, 1991, at Oleg Basilashvili's dacha in the northern countryside. He describes it today with a flair for the dramatic, but why not? He was — and is — one of Russia's most respected actors, ... See all stories on this topic »

world of interiors The Australian The tour begins in Beijing and includes travel by train through Mongolia and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg. Special offer from $12495 a person twin-share, including transfers, accommodation in hotels and aboard trains, most meals, tour director, ... See all stories on this topic »

Soviet N-force was on ''red alert'' during anti-Gorbachev coup MSN India Russia today marks two decades since Soviet hardliners precipitated the demise of the USSR with a botched coup in 1991. 80-year-old Gorbachev, who was held captive in Crimea''s seaside Foros resort two decades ago, today is a marginal figure in Russian ... See all stories on this topic »

WARPLANES: B-52 Cold War Mission Finally Completed Strategy Page August 20, 2011: After preparing to do it for over half a century, an American B-52 will finally fly toMoscow from North America, using the shortest route (over the North Pole). This flight to Russia is not the first for B-52s, but it is the first ... See all stories on this topic »

ZAZ to sing in Russia The Voice of Russia A rising star of the French pop scene Isabelle Geffroy, more known as ZAZ, will come to Russia for the first time this autumn. She'll sing in Moscow and St. Petersburg. ZAZ became extremely popular after she posted her clip “Le Veux” (“I Want”) on the ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Yekaterinburg inaugurates World Cup stadium The Voice of Russia Russia is building or refurbishing more than a dozen stadiums for hosting matches of the 2018 World Cup. The host cities are Moscow, St Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Yaroslavl, Rostov-on-Don, ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Triumph of Putin's will Winnipeg Free Press Youth summer camp in Nilova Pustyn, Russia. (SERGEI L. LOIKO / MCT) In this sprawling Kremlin-sponsored youth camp 300 kilometres northwest of Moscow — white sands, tall pines and Lake Seliger, a jewel of Russian nature — thousands of young men and ... See all stories on this topic »

The Tor de force of river cruising Vancouver Sun You get taken right into the centre of beautiful cities - Moscow, St Petersburg, Budapest, Vienna - and you only have to unpack once. Everything is taken care of. Tips are the only thing we don't include in the price." The figures appear to back this ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia foiled militant attack on bullet train: report - World news ... MOSCOW — Russian authorities have foiled a plot by militants who were building ... train betweenMoscow and St. Petersburg, a newspaper reported on Monday. ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../russia-foiled-militant-attack-bullet-tra...

Russia squad retained for Euro qualis next month - Football news August 19, 2011 — MOSCOW (AP) — The Russia team that beat Serbia 1-0 in a ... Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit St.Petersburg). ... www.mail.com/.../634550-russia-squad-retained-euro-qualis-...

Russian security forces foil Islamist terror plot to bomb train ... Russian security forces foil Islamist terror plot to bomb train. By Alissa de Carbonnel, Moscow(Reuters). Tuesday, August 16, 2011. RUSSIAN authorities ... www.irishexaminer.com/.../russian-security-forces-foil-islamist...

Kiev triumphs: Russia closed the case against the Ukrainian ... Home » Political news » Kiev triumphs: Russia closed the case against the ... closed the criminal case against the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow and its ... In St. Petersburg, in districts where the running for Matvienko, ... www.bakutoday.net/kiev-triumphs-russia-closed-the-case-agai...

ITAR-TASS : EBRD to invest considerable funds in Russia's road ... The St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA), the first official news agency of .... MOSCOW, August 18 (Itar-Tass) —— The state company Russian Motor Roads ... www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/206602.html

News from AP | The Dallas Morning News, dallasnews.com AAA Aug. 9, 2011 8:58 AM ET Russian ruble drops to 6-month low ... Women walk past a display of a currency exchange bureau in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. ... More News; Video.MOSCOW (AP) — The ruble lost more than 3 percent of ... hosted2.ap.org/.../id-52715cd3ae054adab96f7d824e304268

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