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RUSSIA News, Oct 26, 2014

Dallas Morning News

River cruise highlights Russia's colorful history
If I had trepidation before the trip, it wasn't about the Russians but my fellow Americans. ... St. Petersburg doesn't look nearly asRussian as Moscow.
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Russia Slips to 30th Place in FIFA Rankings
The Russian national football team has slipped seven places to No. ... 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan.
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USA TODAY

Russian lawmaker wants to ban gay-themed Finnish stamps
A Russian lawmaker wants the Russian postal service to ban a popular ... of Finnish gay-themed stamps as "homosexual propaganda," the TASS news ... muscular men entwined, to addresses in Moscow and St. Petersburg. ... referring to recent legislation in Russia outlawing homosexual propaganda.
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The Guardian

Russian artist cuts off earlobe in protest at use of forced psychiatry on dissidents
world news ... Pyotr Pavlensky, a St Petersburg-based performance artist, climbed naked on to the roof of the Serbsky psychiatric centre in Moscow on Sunday and cut off his right earlobe with a large kitchen knife. ... Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot who was captured by pro-Russia separatists, ...
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The Moscow Times

Chairwoman of Soldiers' Mothers NGO Detained on Fraud Charges
Sergei Porter / VedomostiIn August, Bogatenkova accused theRussian ... Police in Russia's Stavropol region have charged with fraud a 73-year-old ... was taken into police custody Friday, the St.Petersburg branch of the NGO said. ... The Moscow Times is happy to serve as a platform for intelligent and ...
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TheNewsTribune.com

Soldiers' rights activist jailed in Russia
MOSCOW — A veteran activist who investigated the deaths and disappearances of Russian soldiers in Ukraine has been jailed, an advocacy group ...
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The Moscow Times

FIFA Says 2018 World Cup Final Arena 'Ahead of Schedule'
Earlier on his five-day tour of the stadiums, Unger had said St.Petersburg's ... While Unger focused Monday on Russia'ssporting future, around him were ... On the other side of the stadium's grounds stood Spartak Moscow fans ... weather with the arrival of heated benches, a news report said Monday.
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FIFA say 2018 WCup final arena 'ahead of schedule'
In Russia, things are different, said Chris Unger, FIFA's top official overseeingRussian preparations, on Monday as he visited Moscow's vast ... Earlier on his five-day tour of the stadiums, Unger had said St. Petersburg's new ... While Unger focused Monday on Russia's sporting future, around him were ...
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ABC News

Should Sweden be scared of Russian spy submarines?
News that a Russian submarine is being hunted in the Stockholm ... If the Russians meant to start a war, they would not bother with minor ... three centuries building a defensive position to control access to St Petersburg by ... Moscow does not appear to be intimidated by Nato's announcement that it is ...
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The St. Petersburg Times

Russia, China to Welcome More Students
The St. Petersburg Times ... More than 500,000 Chinese citizens traveled to Russia in the first six months of 2014. ... them were on tourist trips,” the source was cited as saying by the TASS newsagency. The apparent surge in Russia's popularity comes asMoscow pivots toward China amid deteriorating ...
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News & Observer

Tarpischev sanctioned for Williams comments
FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, Russia's team captain Shamil Tarpischev speaks during a news conference prior to the ... PETERSBURG, Fla.
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Businessweek

Mud and Loathing on Russia-Ukraine Border
I met Nekrasova on a six-day journey along the Russia-Ukraine frontier -- 2,164 ... Even more than in Moscow, St. Petersburgand elsewhere in the Russian ... both Russian and Ukrainian channels, locals only trust the Russian news, ...
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Yahoo News

Russia has no major racism problem, says minister
Russian champion CSKA Moscow has been forced to play all of its ... defender Christopher Samba and Zenit St. Petersburg'sBrazilian striker Hulk.
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The Moscow Times

World's Oldest Living Bear Dies in St. Petersburg Zoo
Varvara qualified for the title of world's oldest living brown bear after another Russian bear, Tikhon, died in the Penza Zoo in central Russia shortly ...
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Undercurrent News

Russia rules out export duties on salmon or pollock
By Eugene Gerden, Seafood.com News ... “I submitted a proposal for the consideration of Arkady Dvorkovich, Russia's deputy prime minister, who ...
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RIA Novosti

Annual Germany-Russia Forum Canceled as Ties Cool
Organizers of the St. Petersburg Dialogue said Monday that this year's ... Germany has criticized Moscow for supporting pro-Russian separatists in ...
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Moscow's Annual Nationalist March Runs Into Hitches With Authorities
A nationalist organization known for organizing Moscow's annual Russian ... Dmitry Dyomushkin, leader of the nationalist organization known as "Russians," told TheMoscow Times that ... Similar nationalist marches were also held last year in St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk ... Also in News.
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Kyiv Post

The Moscow Times: Russians flock to cheap supermarkets as food prices rise
Russia's faltering economy appears to be edging shoppers into budget food stores, with two of the country's biggest food retailers reporting a ...
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The Moscow Times

Russia's RTS Slides to 5-Year Low as Brent Slumps, Gazprom Falls
Russia's dollar-denominated RTS Index (RTSI$) sank to a five-year low as oil slumped and OAO Gazprom dropped on investor concern the ...
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Express.co.uk

Cannibal Corpse: 'We were threatened with arrest over Russianshows'
... and in Moscow and St. Petersburg we were told that we did not have the ... We have played in Russia many times and we love our Russian fans.
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The Guardian

Russian human rights group faces threat of closure
Russia's justice ministry has asked the supreme court to close Memorial, the ... we will figure out a way to unite once again,” he told RBK news agency. ... In 2008, police raided Memorial's StPetersburg office, confiscating the ... crimes, the group offers regular “terror tours” of Moscow's Lubyanka district, ...
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SuperSport

Zenit draws with Krasnodar, sees lead cut
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia — Zenit St. Petersburg saw its lead at the top of the Russian Premier League cut to two points Saturday after a 2-2 draw ...
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CBC.ca

Why would a Russian submarine enter Swedish waters?
Sweden may not be a member of Nato, the dark alliance thatMoscow's defence chiefs have identified as Russia's number one enemy. But it has ...
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The Moscow Times

Germany's Leverkusen Sees Off Zenit St. Petersburg in Champions League
Wolfgang Rattay / ReutersZenit St. Petersburg's goalkeeper Yury Lodygin reacts after he failed to save a shot by Bayer Leverkusen's Giulio Donati ...
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The Moscow Times

FIFA to inspect Russia's World Cup stadiums
The 2018 FIFA World Cup matches will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, ...
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Tip of the Tower

Report: CSKA Moscow Owns Zadorov's Russian Rights
While we wait for an official ruling from the Buffalo Sabres on the playing status of D-man Nikita Zadorov's status in Buffalo, there is a question about ...
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Daily Beast

The Kremlins Plan to Erase Russias Memory and Its Conscience
MOSCOW—The Russian government is threatening to eliminate Memorial, the ... Last April, the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center in St. Petersburg ... “We help people realize that Russia'spast and present are very much .... of committing atrocities and mailed the evidence to The Dallas Morning News.
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The Moscow Times

Putin, We Are Tired of Your Cold War Games
"You need to come with us," they commanded in Russian. ... to violate the law and that the U.S. Embassy in Moscow had advised us that a ... Randy explained to the judge that he had been inRussia just three months ago ... a nonprofit online news outlet based at Boston University and at WGBH News.
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DAWN.com

A view of the Zenit Arena football stadium in St. Petersburg,Russia. — Photo by AFP
In Russia, things are different, said Chris Unger, Fifa's top official overseeing Russian preparations, on Monday as he visitedMoscow's vast Luzhniki ...
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NPR (blog)

Sweden's Sub Hunt Evokes Cold War Memories
The hunt for a possible Russian submarine operating clandestinely in ... "Swedish Navy Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad told a news conference that it is ... the dark alliance thatMoscow's defence chiefs have identified as Russia's ...
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Telegraph.co.uk

Monks at Putin monastery set up mozzarella factory as food-import ban takes its toll
By Tom Parfitt, Moscow ... Mr Putin, Russia's president, is a frequent visitor to the Valaam monastery, which is considered a beacon of Russian ...
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The Moscow Times

From the Archive: Thousands Mourn Murder of Russian Reporter Kholodov
This article was taken from the Moscow Times archive and was first published on Oct. 21, 1994. ... President Boris Yeltsin, who was in St. Petersburg on Thursday, defended Grachev, warning ... Most of Russia's major dailies carried tributes to Kholodov Thursday, even those papers that ... Also in News.

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