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Under international law, each of the five Arctic Circle countries has a 322-kilometer (200-mile) exclusive economic zone in the Arctic Ocean.

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Russia to spend $50 million to prove its right to extra Arctic floor

02:21 05/02/2010

Russia will invest some 1.5 billion rubles ($49.7 million) in defining the extent of its continental shelf in the Arctic in 2010, in order to prove its right to more of the Arctic floor.

Polish president condemns Ukrainian nationalist leader's heroization
01:25 05/02/2010
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has said a decree by outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to declare Stepan Bandera, whom many see as a WWII Nazi collaborator, a national hero, runs contrary to the historical truth.
Lexus worth $43,000 stolen from Russian road police officer
00:36 05/02/2010
A Lexus RX400h car worth 1.3 million rubles (more than $43,000) has been stolen from a St. Petersburg traffic police officer.

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United Nations Security Council

UN Security Council ‘Tired, Out of Step’ – Amnesty International

The United Nations Security Council is suffering a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," the human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President after a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels on May 24, 2012

EU Wants Greece to Stay in Euro Zone - Rompuy

EU leaders want Greece to remain in the euro zone, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

Following the December 2011 parliamentary election, Russia was hit by a wave of unprecedented street protest

Russia Faces Full-Scale Political Crisis – Report

Russia is facing a full-scale political crisis which may lead to a radical transformation of the country’s ruling system as a result of the growing rivalry between the government and opposition, a report issued by the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

An assistant shows the block with a red button marked "reset" in English and "overload" in Russian that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Geneva on March 6, 2009

Russia May Toughen Foreign Policy to Boost Domestic Support – Report

The Russian leadership may take a harder line on their foreign policies in a bid to improve their damaged popularity at home, a report prepared by the Center of Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

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