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Former police captain Maxim Kagansky

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Runaway Ex-Cop Charged in Graft Crackdown

20:36 18/01/2012 RIA Novosti, Alexey Eremenko

A former cop and alleged “smooth operator” was charged with graft in Moscow on Wednesday in a $3-million case that highlighted corruption problems plaguing the country’s police force.

Russian Bomb Shelter Pot Growers Get Prison Terms
17:52 18/01/2012
One Belarusian and two Ukrainians have received 12-year prison sentences for growing marijuana and manufacturing other drugs in a bomb shelter in Russia’s second largest city St. Petersburg, the regional drug control directorate said on Wednesday.
Russian Police Detain Suspect in 1999 FSB Blast
17:28 18/01/2012
Moscow police have detained a 29-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of involvement in a bombing that damaged the former headquarters building of the KGB in Moscow in 1999, the Interior Ministry's Criminal Investigation Department said on Wednesday.
Extradited Russian Faces 142 Years Jail for Hacking
12:22 18/01/2012
A Russian citizen extradited to New York from Switzerland on Monday faces up to 142 years in prison for hacking offences, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said on Tuesday.

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Scuffle in Ukraine’s Parliament Thwarts Language Bill Consideration

Scuffle in Ukraine’s Parliament Thwarts Language Bill Consideration

A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

The U.S. Department of State criticized Russia for continuing violation of human rights and democratic freedoms in an annual report published on Thursday.

Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov

Russia Refuses to Allocate $10 mln to Afghan Army

Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.

Opposition camp at Moscow’s downtown Chistoprudny Boulevard

Third of Russians Approve of Anti-Putin Camp Closure

Almost third of Russians approve of the closure of the Occupy-style camp at Moscow’s downtown Chistoprudny Boulevard where people were protesting against Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency, a poll held by the Public Opinion Foundation has revealed.

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