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23:59 28/04/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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PACE finds Stalin regime guilty of Holodomor, does not recognize it as genocide
23:05 28/04/2010
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday adopted a resolution saying that the regime of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was responsible for the Great Famine (Holodomor) in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Two towers of Pskov Kremlin almost ruined by fire
22:21 28/04/2010
Two of the seven towers of the ancient Pskov Kremlin in northwest Russia were seriously damaged by a fire that broke out at midnight on Tuesday, local emergency services said on Wednesday.
Moscow irate over Moldovan president's WWII remarks
22:00 28/04/2010
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Moldovan authorities on Wednesday not to use Victory Day for political speculation.
Russia launches freighter with candies, books to ISS
21:42 28/04/2010
Russia has launched a cargo module to the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said on Wednesday.
Russian company buys ICQ for $187.5 million from AOL
21:22 28/04/2010
Russian holding Digital Sky Technologies Ltd. (DST) has agreed to buy ICQ messenger from U.S. company AOL for $187.5 million, the two companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
Bust of Stalin to be erected in Russian Tambov
21:06 28/04/2010
A bust of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will be erected in the Russian city of Tambov ahead of the World War II Victory Day celebrations, head of the regional branch of the Russian Communistic Party said on Wednesday.
Moscow's Sheremetevo airport joins St. George ribbon campaign
20:45 28/04/2010
Moscow’s Sheremetevo International Airport joined the St. George ribbon campaign, the airport’s PR center said on Wednesday.
Putin kicks off oil project on Caspian Sea
20:41 28/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for commercial oil production in the Russian part of the Caspian Sea by the country's largest independent oil producer, LUKoil.
Ukraine to pay $236 per 1,000 cu m of Russian gas in Q2 - Gazprom
20:38 28/04/2010
The price of Russian natural gas for Ukraine in the second quarter of the year will be $236 per 1,000 cubic meters, including a 30% discount, a Gazprom executive said on Wednesday.
Dunkin Donuts back in Russia after 11 year break
18:35 28/04/2010
One of the U.S's largest coffee chains Dunkin' Donuts has re-entered the Russian market and has plans for expansion, the company's franchisee for Russia and Ukraine said on Wednesday.
Putin launches oil extraction in Russian Caspian
17:33 28/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited an oil platform on the Russian part of the Caspian Sea on Wednesday to launch industrial oil production by Russia's largest independent oil producer, LUKoil.
Moscow authorities allow several opposition rallies on May 1
17:26 28/04/2010
The Moscow city authorities have given permission for nine rallies and marches to be held on May 1, the mayor's press service said on Wednesday.
Russia ready for human rights discussions - Medvedev
17:04 28/04/2010
Russia is ready to discuss human rights with other countries, but will solve existing problems on its own, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
Russia to continue publishing archive documents on mass repressions
16:55 28/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday archive material related to mass repressions will be made more accessible to the public.
Russian warship to escort 12 merchant vessels in Gulf of Aden
16:38 28/04/2010
A Russian warship will escort 12 commercial vessels through the Somali pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Russia's Duma welcomes Ukrainian president's opinion of Holodomor
15:56 28/04/2010
Russia's State Duma has welcomed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's opinion on the recognition of Ukrainian genocide during the 1930s, the speaker of the parliament's lower house, Boris Gryzlov, said on Wednesday.
Skewed statistics obscure terrorist threat in Russia - prosecutor general
15:08 28/04/2010
Statistics do not reflect the real level of the terrorist threat in Russia, the prosecutor general said on Wednesday.
EU panicked with volcano flight ban - Russian air transport chief
14:51 28/04/2010
European countries' suspension of flights due to the Icelandic volcano eruption was a sign of panic rather than any real threat, the head of the Russian air transport regulator said on Wednesday.
Some 40 Winter Olympic facilities to be built in Sochi by yearend
14:36 28/04/2010
Some 40 Olympic facilities will be fully completed in the Winter Olympic 2014 host city of Sochi by the end of 2010, and 144 will be under construction

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