| April 2009 |
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Russia began the defense of its ice hockey world championship crown on Friday with a convincing 5-0 victory over Germany in the Swiss city of Berne. 
A controversial senior lawmaker spoke out on Friday in defense of the public use of Russian swearwords, or mat. 
The parents of a 3-year-old French-Russian girl involved in a "tug of love" dispute over their daughter have reached an amicable agreement, a prominent Russian lawyer said on Friday. 
Russia's annual St. George Ribbon campaign in honor of those who fought in World War II kicked off on Friday on the Far East island of Sakhalin. 
North Korea does not as yet intend to return to six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear problem, but Russia hopes Pyongyang heeds its call to do so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
North Korea does not as yet intend to return to six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear problem, but Russia hopes Pyongyang heeds its call to do so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. 
The chief of Russia's military intelligence (GRU), Gen. Valentin Korabelnikov, was relieved of his post after handing in his notice, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
The chief of Russia's military intelligence (GRU), Gen. Valentin Korabelnikov, was relieved of his post after handing in his notice, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Friday. 



