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Russia a step closer to abolishing the death penalty:

November 21st, 2009

A moratorium has been in place since 1999 and was due to expire.

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech indust...

Putin to continue stimulus as Russia moves out of crisis:

November 21st, 2009

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia's anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet ...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy at his party's meeting:

November 21st, 2009

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echo...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, second right, attend a meeting of premiers of former Soviet states in the Crimean resort of Yalta, Ukraine,...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, second right, attend a meeting of premiers of former Soviet st...

Russia's Medvedev raps ruling party over elections:

November 21st, 2009

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday scolded leaders of Russia's ruling party for failing to ensure democratic local elections last month and told them to win future...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, second right, attend a meeting of premiers of former Soviet states in the Crimean resort of Yalta, Ukraine,...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports.

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports.Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echoes...

Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy:

November 21st, 2009

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports.

Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church:

November 20th, 2009

11/20/2009, 7:35 p.m. EST (AP) — HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen...

Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow:

November 20th, 2009

The Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee says the man killed Monday was an active campaigner against neo-Nazi groups.It said in a statement Tuesday that investigators are looking into the vict...

Gunman kills Russian priest who converted Muslims:

November 20th, 2009

A MASKED gunman entered a church and murdered a Russian Orthodox priest who had received death threats for converting Muslims to Christianity and criticising Islam, prosecutors and church officials sa...

'Russian ties are key' president hopeful Viktor Yanukovych says:

November 20th, 2009

END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The man leading the race to become Ukraine’s next president has declared his determination t...

Moscow Police Detain Opposition Activist:

November 20th, 2009

MOSCOW -- Vladimir Tutayev, an activist from Russia's United Civic Front (OGF), was detained in Moscow today, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. OFG Executive Director Olga Kurnosova told RFE/RL that T...

Russia, Ukraine Agree on Gas Supplies Compromise:

November 20th, 2009

Russia has agreed to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption in coming months. The deal was announced after talks between Russian ...

Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback:

November 20th, 2009

M OSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback. Gorbachev said that corruption and over...

Russia's State Duma approves draft budget for 2010:

November 20th, 2009

MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, approved on Friday in the third and final reading a draft federal budget for 2010 and basic parameters of the budget for...

New German foreign minister on first Moscow visit:

November 20th, 2009

MOSCOW (AFP) - Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues."Russi...

Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic:

November 20th, 2009

(AP Photo/FESCO/HO)In this photo taken Dec 19, 2002 and released by press service of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen somewhere in undisclosed location. The ...

MacDonald Dettwiler signs $200 million communications deal with Russians:

November 20th, 2009

VANCOUVER, B.C. - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) announced Friday that it has signed a satellite technology contract with the Russian Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR...

EU seeks Russian energy boost:

November 20th, 2009

The EU does not want another Russia-Ukraine gas crisis this winter The August 2008 Russia-Georgia war and the disruption of Russian gas exports last winter led to frosty relations with the EU, and a...

Work on Bushehr continuing as scheduled - Russian contractor:

November 20th, 2009

Range of Iranian missiles: reality and plans MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and Iranian officials confirmed on Friday that work to launch Iran's first nuclear power plant is going as sche...

Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic:

November 20th, 2009

MOSCOW -- A Russian ship reached open water off Antarctica after struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days, a Russian shipping company and a British travel agency said Friday.The icebreaker C...

Russia, Kazakhstan Sign Power Grid System Accord - Prime-Tass:

November 20th, 2009

"We have determined commercial terms, volumes of power supplies between the two counties, their regulation and a mechanism of calculating payments for transit," he said. The agreement will help to a...

Russia, Kazakhstan Sign Power Grid System Accord - Prime-Tass:

November 20th, 2009

"We have determined commercial terms, volumes of power supplies between the two counties, their regulation and a mechanism of calculating payments for transit," he said. The agreement will help to a...

Antifa Takes On Nationalists In Russian Youth's Civil War:

November 20th, 2009

Russia's antiracism youth movement, known as Antifa, has long endured violent attacks by nationalists, police harassment, and public indifference. Most recently, they suffered the murder of one of the...

Russia, Germany stress interest in strategic partnership - Summary:

November 20th, 2009

Moscow - Germany and Russia stressed their interest Friday in pursuing their strategic partnership in talks between Kremlin leaders and Berlin's new foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle. Westerwelle, m...

Russia, Kazakhstan Agree On New Oil Transit Terms - Prime-Tass:

November 20th, 2009

The two countries revised a forecast of oil transit volumes and transit routes, Shmatko said. They also agreed to explore cooperation in the construction of oil pipelines, including the Samsun-Ceyha...

Murzilka sees no generation gap in Russia:

November 20th, 2009

MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- "Have you read Murzilka?" The answer is always in the affirmative, even if the question is thrown at Muskovites at random. And the answer is always accompanied by a heart...

Is Russia Falling Behind in Space Race:

November 20th, 2009

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW—Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosm...

The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Thicket:

November 20th, 2009

There's no surprise to many people who follow the issues that power politics is alive and well, and nuclear arms control talks certainly continue to put the Russians on a pedestal. These negotiations ...

Putin to travel to France next week:

November 20th, 2009

France's Mistral amphibious assault ship MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit France on November 26-27, when a decision could finally be made on the pur...

Foreign investment in Russia shrinks by third:

November 20th, 2009

Russia saw an inflow of $54.7bn in foreign investment in the first nine months of 2009, 27.8 percent less than in the same period a year earlier, the Federal State Statistics Service revealed. As rep...

Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition:

November 20th, 2009

20 November 2009 Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that brings the country a step closer to full abolition of the death penalty. The Court decided on ...

Russian Patriarch Urges Restraint Following Priest's Killing:

November 20th, 2009

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has called on Russian society not to draw premature conclusions regarding the murder of an Orthodox priest late on November 19, RFE/RL's Russian Service report...

'I can always find a way to agree' with Tymoshenko - Summary:

November 20th, 2009

Kiev - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave critical support Friday to hopes for stable natural gas deliveries to Europe and praised his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for her manner in ...

Fitch Takes Rating Actions On 8 Moscow-Based Banks:

November 20th, 2009

As part of this action, Fitch has downgraded CFC Bank's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC' from 'B-' and affirmed five other based banks' Long-term foreign currency IDR...