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Opposition activists collect signatures to annul Duma elections

22:12 03/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti)

Russian opposition forces have set up a working group which will begin collecting signatures on a petition demanding that the National Supreme Court annuls the outcome of the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, Mikhail Shneider, member of Solidarity opposition movement said on Tuesday.

Russia to monitor Chechen military’s mental health through computer
17:57 03/01/2012
Russia’s Defense ministry announced that starting 2012 it will switch over to computerized tests to assess the mental health of servicemen deployed in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya.
Poland to question Russian ex-prosecutor in gambling scandal
16:21 03/01/2012
The prosecutor in Poland’s Nowy Sacz town will interrogate on Tuesday a former Russian prosecutor, Alexander Ignatenko, detained in Poland on Russia’s request amidst illegal gambling scandal, a local prosecutor spokesperson said.
Teenager dies from gunshot wound during New Year fireworks
14:40 03/01/2012
A gunshot wound caused the death of a teenager in southern Russia during fireworks on New Year’s night, local investigators said on Tuesday.
Russians expect protests, political upheavals but no coup in 2012
13:38 03/01/2012
As Russia enters 2012, the year of presidential elections, the majority of Russians expect protests and political unrest but no coup in the country, the Levada pollster website said.
Three people dead in south Moscow apartment building fire
07:46 03/01/2012
Three people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building on early Tuesday in the south of the Russian capital, a spokesman for the Moscow emergency situations department 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.

Opposition camp at Moscow’s downtown Chistoprudny Boulevard

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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