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Presidential Candidate Proposes Relocating Lenin

20:05 26/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti)

Billionaire presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov has proposed holding a referendum on whether to move Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin from the mausoleum on Red Square where his carefully preserved remains are currently located.

Siberian Police Crack Down on Toy Rally Organizers
17:05 26/01/2012
Not amused by the creativity of liberal activists in the South Siberian city of Barnaul, police have moved to punish the organizers of toy demonstrations that took place in the city earlier this month in the wake of nationwide election protests.
Putin Moves to Crack Down on Illegal Labor Migration
16:30 26/01/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday an array of robust measures, including stiff laws, to deal with illegal migration ahead of the March 4 presidential election.
Hindu Text Must be Banned - Siberian Prosecutors
11:41 26/01/2012
Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk have insisted that a Russian translation of the book on a Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" should be banned as extremist literature, filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book, a court spokeswoman said.
German Court Bans Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Excerpts
11:41 26/01/2012
A Munich court has banned British publisher Peter McGee from printing excerpts from Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Germany because it breaches copyright laws, Focus magazine reported on Thursday.
Moscow City Hall Authorizes 50,000-Strong Opposition Rally
02:44 26/01/2012
Moscow’s City Hall has authorized a 50,000-strong opposition march followed by a rally in downtown Moscow to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections, Deputy Mayor Alexander Gorbenko said on Thursday.

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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.

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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.

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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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