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RUSSIA News, Sep 22, 2011


Putin ally becomes speaker of Russian parliament's upper house
Washington Post
By AP, MOSCOW — A former mayor of St. Petersburg and an ally of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been named speaker of the upper house of the national parliament. Valentina Matvienko was elected to the post Wednesday by 140 of the Federation ...
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Malaysian carriers urged to provide direct flights to Moscow
The Borneo Post
These universities are the Russian State Medical University, the Moscow Medical Academy, the Volgograd State Medical University, the Nizhry Novgorod State Medical University, the StPetersburg Mechnikov State Medical Academy, the Moscow Aviation ...
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Russia's Bolshoi ballet hires "star" U.S. dancer
Reuters
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top US ballet dancer will join Russia'scenturies-old Bolshoi on Thursday, reversing a Soviet-era trend which saw Russian artists flee to the West for better opportunities. ...
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Arts in the Village opens 11th season with Caceànova-Finehouse Duo
Fall River Herald News
She has performed extensively in Russia and abroad, including most major venues in Moscow and St. Petersburg, namely the Glazunov Hall of St. Petersburg Conservatory, the Glinka Philharmonic Hall, the Concert Hall of Moscow Conservatory, ...
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Russia awaits election season hints from ruling duo
Business Recorder (blog)
MOSCOW: President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday make a rare joint appearance at the congress of Russia's ruling party as the countdown begins to legislative and presidential polls. The two-day congress of United Russia ...
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Business Recorder (blog)
Radical Russian Art Group Voina Protests Moscow Biennale
New York Observer
By Andrew Russeth 9/21 1:38pm Last year, Voina painted a 213-foot-tall penis on a bridge near the offices of Russia's Federal Security Service. As the fourth MoscowBiennale of Contemporary Art gets set to open on Friday, members of the left-wing art...
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New York Observer
Putin ally named speaker of Russian upper house
Reuters Africa
By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament elected an ally of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as its speaker on Wednesday, in a vote that gave a former St Petersburg governor the highest post to be held by a woman in ...
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Reuters Africa
Synagogue Opens at S. Petersburg Prison
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
In March of this year, a synagogue also opened in the Butyrskaya Prison in Moscow. The Butyrskaya Prison synagogue was Russia's first synagogue at a detention center and was established just a few months after a cooperation agreement was signed between ...
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Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
Putin ally becomes most powerful Russian woman since Catherine the Great
Telegraph.co.uk
Vladimir Putin ally Valentina Matviyenko has become the first woman speaker ofRussia's upper house of parliament, making her the most powerful woman in the country. By Andrew Osborn, Moscow Valentina Matviyenko, the governor of St.Petersburg from ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
TEXT-S&P rates Russian Insurer IC Pomosch B/ruA-
Reuters
IC Pomosch was established in 1995 as a regional insurer based in St. Petersburg, predominantly focused on corporate property insurance and travelers' medical insurance in the region. In 2007, the company opened a branch in Moscow, which created ...
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Russian Ripoff – OpEd
Eurasia Review
For instance in 1991 my friend Ted Gwartney went over to St Petersburg in Moscow and offered to make a land map for them and said, look, if you make a land map and the price of real estate goes up, if the rental value of these homes goes up this should ...
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In first, US ballet star joins Russia's Bolshoi
AFP
MOSCOW — US ballet star David Hallberg is to join Russia's Bolshoi Theatre for the new season, the first time an American has become a member of the legendary company, sources said Wednesday. Whereas Russian dancers including Rudolf Nureyev and ...
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AFP
Pirog–Martirosyan Heats Up: Both Vow To Win Big
BoxingScene.com
Both boxers and their teams gathered together at a press conference to address the Russian media at the VGTRK press-centre in Moscow, Russia. Aside from Pirog and Martirosyan, others present included promoter Kirill Pchelnikov, Pirog's trainer Victor ...
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Ports Not Competing Over New Railway Link
The Moscow Times
There is always a limited amount of resources, even if you are Russian Railways," Goloviznin told The Moscow Times. It was reported Tuesday that 7.5 billion rubles ($250 million) of a 29 billion ruble support package that the Finance Ministry is ...
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Deathtraps in The World's Bourses
Forbes
Paris to Moscow or St. Petersburg in three hours? Absolutely. Even driving, you can make Venice from Nice in 5 ½ hours, but the maze of tunnels makes me anxious. Flash fires. I thought of all my years on the continent as I riffled a couple of dozen ...
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Parental abduction of children to Russia
Jewish Tribune
The typical scenario occurs during a planned vacation when a Russian born mother announces she is leaving for a brief vacation with a child to visit her family in Moscow or St. Petersburg. Once there the mother (or father) announces that she (or he) is ...
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RT News line, September 21
RT
Moscow's NATO envoy and informal leader of the Congress of Russian Communities (KRO) Dmitry Rogozin has said the discussion on issues of nationalism should be put on the political agenda. He suggested that KRO should initiate the creation of the ...
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Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement
Murmansk & Shtokman News
The company is registered in St.-Petersburg, with offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Madrid and Singapore. Owing to its wide line of ships represented in segments mostly sought-for by Largest Russian oil and gas companies, ...
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Trophy tour off to flying start in St Petersburg
UEFA.com
I think this visit of the European Cup is also a great motivator for kids, for Russian kids, since it should encourage football, and in terms of Russian football as a whole it should help to increase the game's popularity." Supporters in Moscow will be ...
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UEFA.com
ATM SA and Linxdatacenter to Both Sell Each Others' Colocation Services
Newswire Today (press release)
With data centers in Moscow, Sankt Petersburg, Tallinn, and Warsaw, Linxdatacenter is an international provider of data center and outsourcing solutions and services. The company has built a unique coverage telecom network coupled with leading edge ...
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Lokomotiv's Air Carrier Loses License
The Moscow Times
Meanwhile, St. Petersburg-based blogger Leto06 reported on her LiveJournal page that one of the Lokomotiv crash victims, team captain Ivan Tkachenko, was a longtime anonymous donor to charity, giving sums ranging up to 500000 rubles ($15000) for ...
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The Moscow Times
Minsk Gets an Earful from UN, Earfuls Could Get Cheaper in Balkans
Transitions Online
It's fall in Central and Eastern Europe, and thus time for the usual stories about the grand pastime of mushrooming, as millions head out to local forests to gather their “beloved fungi,” as The St.Petersburg Times puts it. “The Russian people's love ...
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Drugs smuggled in digestive tracts, genitals and vegetables
Pravda
At Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg a Tajik citizen was detained who tried to bring heroin to Russiain his intestines. As reported to Pravde.ru by the press service of the North-West Customs Administration, the medical examination confirmed 88 ...
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Limco Logistics is the First Preference for Worldwide Shipping
Market Press Release (press release)
The cargo logistics company have main headquarter in US and facilitate satellite offices in Moscowand St. Petersburg. The shipping to Russia, Africa or Europe is easily possible through Limco and the company is licensed by Federal Maritime Commission. ...
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NBA Free Agents 2011-12: Predicting Where Top Free Agents Will Land Post Lockout
Bleacher Report
... return to the Russian ranks, and he revealed that he's less than a week away from making a decision. While the competition for his services in Russia may very well lie between CSKA Moscow and Spartak St. Petersburg, the latter is his hometown club....
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Bleacher Report
Syrian Community in Russia expresses Support to Syria
Day Press News
MOSCOW, PETERSBURG- The Syrian Arab community in Russia and impendent countries condemned on Tuesday the terrorist acts carried out by armed terrorist groups in Syria. Members of the Syrian community expressed, in a solidarity rally held in Moscow, ...
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Day Press News
When Monuments Honor a Dishonored Past
Southern Pines Pilot
... came to join me in an extended stay in Russia, that grotesque mummy was making headlines. Boris Yeltsin was talking about having the former leader removed from his public crypt and given a decent burial alongside his mother in St. Petersburg. ...
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Direct Sapsan between Nizhny Novgorod and St Petersburg ...
The Moscow News ... but more Moscow - St Petersburg and Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod trains will be added, allowing passengers to change in the capital. ...
www.themoscownews.com/russia/20110920/189056053.html
Yuri Zhevnov: Better to play in Moscow or in St. Petersburg, rather ...
You are here : World News – Russian opinion » Movies » Yuri Zhevnov: Better to play in Moscow or in St. Petersburg, rather than flying to Makhachkala ...
mysouth.su/.../yuri-zhevnov-better-to-play-in-moscow-or-in-st...
ITAR-TASS : Days of Vietnamese Culture opening in Moscow
The agency also operates a photo service, the largest of its kind in Russia. ... The St. PetersburgTelegraph Agency (SPTA), the first official news agency of ...
www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/229959.html
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery - Hotels In Russia
Best Hotels Russia can also help you to arrange trips to Moscow hotels, ... Best Hotels Russia »Russian News and Stories » Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery ... Last week St. Petersburgmarked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Nazi ...
www.besthotelsrussia.com/.../piskaryovskoye_memorial_ceme...
CHESSANYTIME - News - Moscow too strong for Saint Petersburg
Moscow, on paper the stronger side on all ten boards, won with ...
www.chessanytime.com/.../moscow-too-strong-for-saint-peters...
Russia's Amazon.com Makes Deal to Expand
Businessweek's Brad Stone reports that Russia's biggest online commerce ... in Tver, located centrally between Moscow and St. Petersburg, plans to use the ...
www.sparkpr.com/.../russia’s-amazon-com-makes-deal-to-exp...

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