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As Merkel Heads For Russia, Moscow Is In For A Schockenhoff

Source: Radio Free Europe, Nov 12 2012, 8:01am CST

Has Russia's special relationship with Germany hit the rocks? German lawmakers last week passed a nonbinding resolution calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to raise concerns about the state of human rights in Russia when s ...

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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 prot ...

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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 meeting with Serbian President To ...

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27 weeks ago


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"These are really sharp things which were all very unusual in the past"


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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 (Northern Irel ...

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German Beer Industry ‘Threatened by Fracking’

Source: Environmental Leader  |   May 24 2013, 9:37am CDT

Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make beer and hurt the country’s brewing industr ...

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'New Deal' to tackle Europe's mass youth unemployment

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 24 2013, 9:01am CDT

The "New Deal for Europe" will free up EU resources to pay for language courses and fund jobseekers' flights around the continent in search of work. Germany is increasingly concerned about the need to rescue the coun ...

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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 ...

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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 dis ...

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IEA: protect consumers from energy price hikes

Source: The Local  |   May 24 2013, 8:36am CDT

The IEA also said Europe's biggest economy should make greater use of natural gas to smoothe the transition and reduce the use of coal to meet its carbon reduction targets to combat climate change. Given the scale of the Energiewende or energy trans ...

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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 battle on Friday to avoid being branded ...

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