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23:59 15/01/2010

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Moscow officials vow probe of traffic-stopping porno clip
20:26 15/01/2010
The showing of a two-minute hardcore porno clip on an outdoor advertising screen in Moscow will be investigated, city officials said on Friday.
Haitian students in Moscow desperate for news of loved ones
19:22 15/01/2010
Students from earthquake-stricken Haiti studying in Moscow are sick with worry for their relatives at home and are unsure if they will be able to continue studying.
Russian Navy to receive new carrier-based fighters
18:57 15/01/2010
Russia's Navy will take delivery of the first MiG-29K (Fulcrum-D) fighters later this year, a Navy official said on Friday.
'Bush legs' in Russia: from savior to outcast
17:10 15/01/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's tough warning to U.S. poultry producers has cast a shadow over future imports of a product that has a special place in the history of post-Soviet Russia -U.S. chicken legs.
Russian producers say ready for ban on U.S. poultry
16:03 15/01/2010
Russian producers are ready for the potential ban on U.S. poultry imports, a spokeswoman for one of Russia's largest meat manufacturers said on Friday.
Porno clip causes traffic jam in downtown Moscow
15:48 15/01/2010
The showing of a two-minute hardcore porno clip on a massive advertising screen caused a traffic jam in downtown Moscow as motorists "unable to believe their eyes" stopped their vehicles.
Russian parliament approves Strasbourg Court reform
15:13 15/01/2010
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday ratified Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, opening the way for European Court of Human Rights reform.
Moscow denies human rights activists permit to hold rally
14:35 15/01/2010
Moscow city authorities have denied Russian rights activists permission to hold events in memory of a lawyer and journalist gunned down last year in central Moscow
Russian court jails two over 2007 train attack
13:47 15/01/2010
A court in northwest Russia jailed on Friday two men in connection with an attack on an express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in August 2007.
Russian Defense Ministry continues search for Su-27 wreckage
10:42 15/01/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry is still searching for the wreckage of the Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet, refuting earlier statements the plane was found, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Urals businessman fined for selling silver pot pendant
10:31 15/01/2010
A jewelry shop owner from the Urals city of Chelyabinsk was sentenced to a 4,000-ruble ($135) fine for selling a silver cannabis pendant, local prosecutors said on Friday.
Moscow businessman robbed of $800,000
06:42 15/01/2010
A group of four unidentified assailants robbed a businessman of about $804,000 in various currencies when he stopped his car at a traffic light on a street in southern Moscow, a police source said.
Wreckage of Su-27 fighter found in Russia's Far East
05:53 15/01/2010
Rescue teams discovered on Friday the crash site of a Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which had been missing in the Khabarovsk Territory since Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russia set to restore radar shield on western borders in 2010
04:23 15/01/2010
Russia will restore the complete radar coverage of its western borders when a new radar facility in the southern town of Armavir becomes fully operational by mid-2010, the Space Forces commander said.
Search for missing Su-27 fighter continues in Russia's Far East
03:25 15/01/2010
The search for the Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which has been reported missing in the Khabarovsk Territory resumed early on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.
Russian rescuers arrive in Haiti to join quake-relief effort
02:26 15/01/2010
The first two Russian Il-76 transport planes have landed in the Dominican Republic delivering rescue workers, supplies and heavy equipment to help the earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Russian military lays hope on new Angara carrier rockets
01:27 15/01/2010
Russia will use extensively the new Angara class carrier rockets to deliver military satellites into orbit, the commander of Russia's Space Forces has said.
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