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Attacks on Russian Police Double in 2011

21:28 24/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 24 (RIA Novosti, Alexey Eremenko)

The number of attacks on Russian police officers reached 6,000 last year, almost twice the 2010 figure, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on Tuesday.

Russia Should Streamline Election Observers' Work - PACE
18:13 24/01/2012
Russian authorities should streamline the work of international observers at the March 4 presidential elections, Jean-Claude Mignon, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said on Tuesday.
Caucasus Natives Least Popular in Russia's Capitals
16:12 24/01/2012
Muscovites and citizens of St. Petersburg feel a greater connection with Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians and the least positive feelings for people from the Caucasus region, according to an opinion poll published by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center on Tuesday.
Probe into Magnitsky Jailers Completed
15:29 24/01/2012
A probe into the case of two jail officers possibly involved in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been completed, Investigations Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Tuesday.
Life Terms Sought in Russia Train Bombing
15:10 24/01/2012
Life sentences are being sought for four men accused in the 2009 bombing of a Russian train that killed 27 people and injured more than 100, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday.
Rosatom Managers Sacked, Fined over Corporate Party
12:46 24/01/2012
The marketing director of a subsidiary of Russia’s state-controlled nuclear corporation Rosatom has been sacked for throwing a New Year’s party paid for with public funds, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his blog on Tuesday.

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PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

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Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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