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Russia said it suspects UK Member of Parliament Denis MacShane, who initiated parliamentary debates on human rights in Russia, is deliberately trying to damage bilateral relations out of personal political ambition, the Russian embassy in London said in a statement.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will in due time present his own presidential election program, which will differ from the program currently presented on his campaign website, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Kommersant FM on Thursday.
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The Yekaterinburg, a Russian nuclear submarine damaged by fire while in dry dock in late December, will be repaired and re-enter service in summer 2014, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account.
Russia’s gross domestic product grew by 4.2 percent in 2011, the world’s third highest growth rate among leading economies, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
St. Petersburg’s police have detained one of their own driving a stolen Lexus, the Russian Investigation Committee said on its web site.
A Russian-owned ship reportedly carrying weapons to Syria docked in Tartus on Thursday despite assurances it would change destination, Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Most of Russia’s presidential candidates, with the exception of Vladimir Putin, have promised to free jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky if elected in March. Analysts say this commitment is due to a desire to expand their support base and capitalize on a growing belief among Russians that the former Yukos head has been unfairly treated.
Heads will roll among Russian governors if Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers on this threat to sack those who allowed a hike in utilities and housing maintenance fees at the start of the year, assuming the prime minister becomes Russia’s next president.
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Russia's Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling on Thursday that postal voting is legal.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised stable utility prices and easy utility price formulas on his presidential campaign’s official website launched on Thursday.
Sergei Mironov, leader of the quasi-opposition party A Just Russia, has said he is ready to leave office early if elected president in March but not before carrying out far-reaching political reforms.
An online database listing some of the more absurd examples of Russian red tape - and the officials responsible - is being launched as part of President Dmitry Medvedev’s Big Government project.
Russia and the United Kingdom reached a “significant breakthrough” in bilateral extradition agreements as London extradited four people charged with serious crimes to Moscow, Russia’s top prosecutor said.
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed greater accountability of the government, promised liberalization of society, higher wages and pensions, and a proactive foreign policy ahead of presidential elections slated for March 4, which he is determined to win.
A U.S. federal appeals court in Washington will examine Russian energy giant Gazprom’s appeal on Thursday against a lower court’s dismissal of a $140 mln claim against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko.
The official website of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign was launched on Thursday.
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a system of administrative courts to be set up to hear complaints by citizens against the state.
President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to set up a working group to counter money laundering aimed at hiding criminal incomes.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will not take part in televised debates with rival candidates ahead of presidential elections in March, his spokesman said on Thursday.



