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Alimsultan Alkhamatov, head of the republic's Khasavyurt district, which borders on Chechnya, was gunned down in southwest Moscow at about 8:15 p.m. local time

Police confirm senior Dagestan official's murder in Moscow

23:10 27/09/2009

Moscow police confirmed reports that a senior official from the southern Russian republic of Dagestan was murdered in the capital on Sunday.

Senior Dagestan official killed in Moscow - source
22:59 27/09/2009
A senior official from the southern Russian republic of Dagestan was murdered in Moscow on Sunday, a police source said.
Swine flu cases in Russia hit 457 - top sanitary official
22:09 27/09/2009
The number of people diagnosed with the swine flu in Russia has risen to 457, 76 cases more than a week ago, Russia's top sanitary official said on Sunday.
Russian patriarch commemorates Nazi death camp victims in Belarus
20:13 27/09/2009
The Russian Orthodox Church leader paid tribute on Sunday to more than 100,000 people killed in a Nazi death camp in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk during WWII.
Russian space freighter to be 'buried' in Pacific
09:33 27/09/2009
Russia's last space freighter with an analogue control system will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday before plunging into a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, the Russian Mission Control said.

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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.

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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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