RUSSIA News, Aug 22, 2011

Gorbachev Lashes Out at Putin Daily Beast But today, a few months before parliamentary elections in Russia, Gorbachev's voice supporting Russian liberals sounds clear. “What can they do to him? Put him in jail or confiscate his property? That would look absurd,” said Moscow-based political ... See all stories on this topic »

Bread, Ice Cream and Circuses Beckon Matviyenko Voters

The Moscow Times

The campaign kicked off in June, when President Dmitry Medvedev proposed to make Matviyenko, 62 and St. Petersburg's governor since 2003, the new speaker of the Federation Council. The previous speaker, Just Russia head Sergei Mironov, was ousted in ... See all stories on this topic »

Daily Beast

European Football Sunday Round-up ESPN STAR Sports A round-up of all the football action across Europe on a busy day where ambitious Anzhi Makhachkala denied Dinamo Moscow in the Russian Premier Liga. DinamoMoscow failed to close the gap on the top two in the Premier Liga as they were beaten 2-1 at ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN STAR Sports

Kim Jong-Il to meet Medvedev in Ulan-Ude The Voice of Russia The North Korean leader first travelled along this route 10 years ago when he made a 24-day visit to Russia coming to Moscow and St. Petersburg and meeting then president Vladimir Putin. The results of the 2001 Russian-North Korean summit were fixed in ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Rebranded Perm basks in Hollywood hopes Tne Moscow News The region has devoted 3 per cent (about $53 million) of its annual budget to cultural development this year in the hopes of persuading young people to stay and develop their home town rather than head to Moscow or St. Petersburg. ... See all stories on this topic » Tne Moscow News

World's best circus comes to town for the first time Berwick Today IT IS often described as the best and most famous of its kind in the world, and next week the Moscow State Circus will bring its latest spectacular to Berwick for the very first time. A mammoth cast of Russia's greatest and most talented circus ... See all stories on this topic » Berwick Today

Russian spending abroad back to pre-crisis levels Russia Beyond The Headlines Analysis of payments made by residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg show that Muscovites have a soft spot for the US Nineteen percent of their total spending was made in that country, followed by Italy (12 percent) and the UK (9 percent). ... See all stories on this topic » Russia Beyond The Headlines

Falling in love as the USSR crumbled Salon I flew to Leningrad, which now everybody was suddenly calling St. Petersburg, and we made love again and again in a tiny apartment I'd rented for another $7. We made love on an overnight train to Moscow. We made love again in the apartment of her ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

SANDERS: Sugar Daddy's bowl is being emptied Washington Times (No oligarch dares leave money lying around in St. Petersburg or Moscow lest a new Rasputin grab it.) Some 1.2 million professionals leaving in the past three years also carried part of the money out. And with diving fossil-fuel prices, the Russian ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Photo Galleries: Nation/World News & Observer Getty Russian aerobatic group "Rus" perform during a demonstration flight at the MAKS-2011, the International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outsideMoscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. – AP Norway`s King Harald speaks during the national ... See all stories on this topic » News & Observer

Wikimedia uploads previously unpublished photographs from The Second World War The Sociable The photographs show the full swath of the war on Russia, from Soviet IL-2 combat aircraft, to German Prisoners of War, to Russian citizens running for cover during an air raid. Red Square Moscow, 10 September 1941. RIA Novosti archive, image #585208 ... See all stories on this topic » The Sociable

// All The King's Men: Fixing Fedor 411mania.com So, M-1 promotes a show around October or November in St. Petersburg or Moscow and they want to bring in someone with name value. Mark Coleman is that man. Granted, he's 46-years old and was not overly impressive in his most recent UFC run, ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Rusnano CEO Anatoly Chubais ISRIA (registration) This is Russia's first LED bulb with a standard E27cap, so it can replace the old generation of bulbs without any additional adaptation. We're to present it on September 2, and the first pilot batch will hit the shop shelves in Moscow and St Petersburg ... See all stories on this topic »

Anzhi frustrate Dinamo Moscow ESPN STAR Sports Dinamo Moscow failed to close the gap on the top two in the Premier Liga as they were beaten 2-1 at Anzhi Makhachkala. Third-placed Dinamo remain five points behind Zenit St Petersburg in second after goals from Mbark Boussoufa (22) and Alexander... See all stories on this topic » ESPN STAR Sports

Archangel Russia: Map Moscow Russia Archangel Russia. Russia news issues, principles and solutions. ... It is home to Moscow, Volgograd and St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg in 2006, ... elborabeach.blogspot.com/2011/08/map-moscow-russia.html

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Russia foiled militant attack on bullet train: report, Russia ... MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Russian authorities have foiled a plot by militants ... a bullet train between Moscow and St. Petersburg, a newspaper reported on Monday. ... Latest from News. "Vampire" arrest sparks discussion on pop culture ... en.news.maktoob.com/20090000970352/.../Article.htm

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