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Reuters: Putin pledges to fight corruption, capital flight

Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Dec 12 2012, 4:41pm CST

President Vladimir Putin pledged on Wednesday to crack down on corruption and the flight of capital from Russia in a new campaign to tackle problems that have marred his 13-year rule and blighted the country's busines ...

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Depardieu to open restaurant in Russian city

Source: Movie Balla  |   May 21 2013, 1:51am CDT

Moscow, May 21 (IANS/EFE) French actor Gerard Depardieu, a Russian citizen since early this year, is soon to open a restaurant in the city where he now resides, authorities said Monday. "Depardieu told us that he will soon open a restaurant that aim ...

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Russia is Playing a Losing Hand like a Winner

Source: American Thinker  |   May 21 2013, 1:03am CDT

History is back and so are the Russians. After an interregnum of twenty years, during which the communist Soviet Union was demolished and a crony capitalist, Russian kleptocracy turned inward to establish firm control of journalists (oh ...

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Russia: More than 50 Groups Targeted

Source: Human Rights Watch  |   May 21 2013, 12:15am CDT

(Moscow) – Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland should urge Russian leaders to end the crackdown on civil society groups during his visit to Russia.Jagland is in Moscow on May 19 to 22, 2013 for meetings with President Vladimir Putin and ...

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Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

Source: Truth Dig  |   May 21 2013, 12:10am CDT

Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria Posted on May 20, 2013 AP/Ivan Sekretarev Russian tanks move along Red Square during a Victory Day parade on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Moscow recently decided to send mor ...

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Russia Foils Terror Attack on Moscow

Source: Rantburg  |   May 20 2013, 11:29pm CDT

[Naharnet] Russian security services said Monday they had foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another. "Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National A ...

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Russia’s business powers footing half the bill for expensive Sochi Games

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment  |   May 20 2013, 9:10pm CDT

SOCHI, Russia — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Ru ...

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

Source: The New York Times  |   May 20 2013, 7:36pm CDT

MOSCOW — In recent years, when public opinion turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center , a respected group of sociologists who broke off their relationship with Vladimir V. Putin ’s administrati ...

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19 hours ago

Summit a target

Source: Daily Star  |   May 20 2013, 6:51pm CDT

Intelligence insiders fear Republican fanatics could target 3,500 police officers from the mainland drafted in to bolster security at the event in Co Fermanagh. PM David Cameron, 46, US President Barack Oba ...

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Boehner Asks Obama to Push Putin on Russian Adoption

Source: Roll Call  |   May 20 2013, 3:39pm CDT

Speaker John A. Boehner wants President Barack Obama to help Ohioans adopt Russian children. In a little-noticed letter last week, Boehner and the rest of the Ohio congressional delegation asked Obama to bring up the current ban on Americans ...

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Council of Europe tells Putin of concern over Russian NGO law

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 20 2013, 3:06pm CDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma (not pictured) after their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, ...

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