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Russian activists to defy 'foreign agent' law

Source: Straits Times, Nov 20 2012, 4:52am CST

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian rights groups pledged on Tuesday to boycott a new rule forcing top NGOs to carry a "foreign agent" tag, on the eve of the implementation of the law which has become a symbol of President Vladimir Putin's opposition crac ...

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Russia Pledges 1.7 Bln Euros for Serbian South Stream

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 24 2013, 11:51am CDT

BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi), May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will provide 1.7 billion euros to finance the construction of Serbia’s stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and then o ...

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Russian Minister Urges Completion of 2 New Radars

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 24 2013, 10:56am CDT

KALININGRAD, May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Construction of Russia’s two new antimissile radars – one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia’s Irkutsk region – should be complete by the end of next year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoig ...

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NGO loses appeal in Russia

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 10:43am CDT

MOSCOW, May 24 (UPI) -- A Moscow court said Friday the March inspection of civil organization Memorial Human Rights Center was conducted legally. Memorial's offices in Moscow were subjected to an unscheduled inspection March 26. The group prote ...

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Russia says Syria will attend Geneva peace talks

Source: Global Post  |   May 24 2013, 10:22am CDT

Russia said Friday that the Syrian regime agreed "in principle" to attend peace talks in Geneva in June. President Vladimir Putin (L) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet Russian Ambassadors in the Forei ...

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“Russia won’t change its position on Kosovo”

Source: B92  |   May 24 2013, 10:20am CDT

SOCHI -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that his country has not changed its stance on Kosovo and that it supports Serbian friends in talks with Pritina. He told a press conference after a meet ...

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Putin, Obama to meet in June, September - Indiatalkies.com

Source: India Talkies  |   May 24 2013, 9:57am CDT

Moscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) President Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama will meet at the G8 summit in June and during the US president’s visit to Russia in September, a Kremlin aide said Friday. “The first meeting will be in Lough Erne (North ...

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Russian stance on Syria unchanged: Kremlin

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 8:57am CDT

MOSCOW, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Russia's fundamental stance on Syria for a political settlement remains unchanged, the Kremlin said Friday. "Russia's position on Syria is of a principal nature, it may obtain some shades as the situation develops but ...

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Russian rights group Memorial loses court challenge over raids on offices

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 24 2013, 8:43am CDT

A Moscow court has rejected two appeals by one of Russia's oldest human rights groups over raids by prosecutors on its head offices at the height of a crackdown on critics of the Kremlin in March. In its ruling on Friday, the Zamoskvoretsky district c ...

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Russia's oldest rights group fights 'foreign agent' tag

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 24 2013, 8:23am CDT

1 of 2. Alexander Cherkasov, head of Russian human rights group Memorial, speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Moscow, May 23, 2013. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest rights group began a legal bat ...

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Gyro-man's plea to President Putin

Source: BBC News  |   May 24 2013, 8:10am CDT

24 May 2013 Last updated at 09:10 ET By David Maxwell BBC News Norman Surplus's gyrocopter is currently being stored in north west Japan A County Antrim man who is trying to fly around the world in a gyrocopter has appealed t ...

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