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Man Dumps 1-Kg Gold Brick in Charity Box
22:26 10/02/2012
A gold bar weighing in at one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, the country's ONT television reported on Friday.
Communist Rally Edges Out Putin Supporters
21:00 10/02/2012
Moscow City Hall chose the Communists over supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, allowing the leftist party to hold a rally on the downtown Manezh Square on February 23.
Organizers of Pro-Putin Rally Fined $33
18:35 10/02/2012
Organizers of last week’s record pro-government rally in western Moscow were fined 1,000 rubles ($33) for exceeding attendance limits at the event.
February 4: Russia Rallies – Part 3
18:35 10/02/2012
Tens of thousands people are expected to brave the bitter cold at two major rallies in downtown Moscow on Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalization and supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continues to unfold.
Apple founder Steve Jobs dies
17:33 10/02/2012
Apple founder and ex-CEO Steve Jobs died at the age of 56.
Medvedev: Police Reform Is Working
17:31 10/02/2012
President Dmitry Medvedev praised the reformed police while urging them to follow through on journalist investigations and voter complaints, as well as refrain from “hysterics.”
Drunk Priest Attacks Cops in Ukraine
17:30 10/02/2012
Running the risk of being defrocked, a priest from the Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Church rampaged through the sidewalks of Kiev on a jeep and tried to beat up the traffic police who stopped him.
Yet Another Teen Suicide Roils Russia
15:11 10/02/2012
Russians, already bruised by a spate of teen suicides that grabbed headlines earlier this week, learned on Friday of the suicide of yet another teenager.
Opposition Plans to Encircle Kremlin
20:22 09/02/2012
The new opposition event could see 34,000 lining up around the Garden Ring in downtown Moscow to “encircle the Kremlin” on February 26, organizers said on Facebook.5
Mail Leak Links Youth Tsars to Cyberattack
18:55 09/02/2012
Kremlin youth policy bosses may face criminal charges over staging cyberattacks on media and carelessly discussing it in emails that were leaked by the Russian wing of The Anonymous politicized hacker group.1
Ombudsman Calls for Action Over Spate of Teen Suicides
15:12 09/02/2012
Russian Children Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov on Thursday called on the government to take urgent measures to contain an alarming rash of teenage suicides across the country.
Putin Calls for New Year Holidays to be Moved to May
15:11 09/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday reducing the nearly two-week-long Christmas and New Year holidays and shifting them to May.
Russia Confirms Drilling into Sub-Glacial Antarctic Lake
19:54 08/02/2012
The St. Petersburg Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute on Wednesday officially confirmed startling reports that Russian scientists bored into an untouched Antarctic sub-glacial lake, Vostok, that has been sealed for millions of years.
Bar Radicals from Rallies - Putin
19:27 08/02/2012
Radicals and extremists should be barred from public rallies of law-abiding citizens, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Poland to Extradite Rogue Russian Prosecutor
18:33 08/02/2012
A Polish court ruled on Wednesday to extradite to Russia former Moscow region deputy prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko over his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar gambling operation.
St. Petersburg Approves Fines for 'Gay Promotion'
17:18 08/02/2012
St. Petersburg’s city legislature approved on Wednesday a bill imposing fines up to $16,700 for the promotion of homosexuality.1
Lagerfeld: Russian Men 'Ugly'
11:46 08/02/2012
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has branded Russian men as ugly, Greeks as corrupt and Queen Elizabeth as being a more smiley version of her grandmother Queen Victoria, in a column he wrote as guest editor-in-chief of Tuesday's edition of Metro, a global newspaper.
Siberian Pupils Sit Ethnic Feature Photo Test
11:36 08/02/2012
School children in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk are sitting tests to identify the race of people from their photographs.
Pedophile Castration Bill ‘Breakthrough’ - Russian Ombudsman
23:10 07/02/2012
Russian Children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Tuesday hailed the adoption by the lower house of parliament of a bill stipulating tougher penalties for pedophiles, including chemical castration.

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