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Russian police whistleblower Dymovsky says released

23:06 07/03/2010

A former Russian police officer who had posted on the web two video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption said Sunday he has been released from custody.

Somali pirates release fishing vessel with Russian crew
22:49 07/03/2010
Somali pirates released on Sunday the Thai Union 3 fishing vessel seized last year with over 20 Russians on board, a Thai Union company manager said.
Toy balloons released into sky in Russian Far East anti-abortion flash mob
18:59 07/03/2010
An anti-abortion flash mob in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, entitled Silent Scream, gathered some 30 participants on Sunday who symbolically released black and red toy balloons with unborn children's names into the sky, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
Russian police whistleblower to be released within hours - investigators
15:01 07/03/2010
A Russian police officer who posted online video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption will be released from custody within hours, investigators said on Sunday.
Russia-China oil pipeline to be ready by yearend - minister
09:21 07/03/2010
The construction of the Russia-China oil pipeline will be finished by the end of this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday.
FACTBOX: Miss Russia beauty pageant — history and traditions
06:46 07/03/2010
Irina Antonenko from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg was crowned Miss Russia 2010 on Sunday.
Irina Antonenko from Urals crowned Miss Russia 2010
01:13 07/03/2010
Irina Antonenko from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg was crowned Miss Russia 2010.

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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.

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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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