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KIEV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych will put up a symbolic legal fight against Viktor Yushchenko's victory and then turn his attention to becoming an opposition leader, Yanukovych's campaign director, Taras Chernovil, said in an interview Tuesday. |
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Riley Allen, editor of Hawaiian newspaper The Honolulu Star-Bulletin never married and never had children, but he always used to say that he had "hundreds of kids in Russia. |
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St. Petersburg politicians and human rights advocates are divided in their forecasts for the city's political landscape in 2005, simultaneously predicting the rise or fall of Governor Valentina Matviyenko's popularity, complications for the Northwest region over the cash-for-privileges reform and a revival of liberal-democratic fortunes. |
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An arrest warrant issued for Nenets governor Vladimir Butov was annulled Monday after Butov appeared in St. Petersburg's Petrogradsky court where he faces charges of beating a traffic officer who stopped Butov's car in the city in 2003. The warrant was issued Thursday after Butov failed to appear. |
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Tsunami Kills Russian ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - One Russian died as a result of the tsunami hitting the Thai Island of Phuket, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday. |
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A German-Russian working group is to be formed to deal with matters regarding so-called trophy art removed from Germany by the Soviets after World War II, German news agency Deutscher Depeschendienst, or DDP, reported last week. Citing circles close to last week's intergovernmental talks in Germany, the report said German Culture Minister Christina Weiss and Russian Culture and Press Minister Alexander Sokolov had agreed to create the group. |
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The world's first international chess tournament played over the Internet ended Thursday with China clinching an unexpected victory ahead of France, Russia and Armenia. |
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 For the first time in 7 years St. Petersburg city government has reported discouraging news on the tourism front: the number of visitors has stopped growing. "Our results will at best repeat last year's figures," said Viktor Pakhomkov, deputy head of the External Affairs and Tourism Committee of the city government. |
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Business owners of mid-sized companies in Russia are less optimistic about the economy than a year ago, according the 2005 Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey, published in early December. |
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Russia's current economic policy cannot lead to the planned doubling of its GDP within 10 years because of the state's "shady" intervention in business, Andrei Illarionov, presidential economic adviser, said Tuesday at a news conference. Illarionov named the recent auction of Yuganskneftgaz as the dodgiest and harmful act of the year to the image of Russian business, Interfax reported. |
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Yukos Dives on RTS ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - The RTS demonstrated a generally downward trend as the shares of both Yukos and LUKoil slid and the market's total value diminished by 0. |
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This year, the first real year of President Vladimir Putin's regime - and not some Yeltsin-Putin hybrid - is coming to a close. State Duma elections a year ago strengthened the Kremlin's control over the legislative process and, in the end, over the rules of the political game. |
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The results of court reforms have meant judges are now more corruptable and more dependent on the government, Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Supreme Court says. |
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 With Johann Strauss waltzes, 19th century choreography, church architecture and children's stories, this winter's premier arts festival promises to be as traditional and exhilarating a celebration of Russian winter as a troika ride. Running from Dec. |
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President Vladimir Putin has paid Pound20,000 to have Smokie play for his New Year party at the Kremlin, according to The Sun. The U. |
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Grand Gosier, 7 Furshtatskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 275 2994. Open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Major credit cards accepted. Dinner for three with wine: 2,270 rubles ($81) "Shall I book a table?" "No, it will be okay. But you know where you're going, don't you?" "Er. |
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There is something irresistible about children's books with under-age heroes named Baudelaire and something diabolical in that two of those tots are called Sunny and Klaus. |
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When talking about katatsya na lyshakh, the Russian expression for skiing, Russians first and foremost think about cross-country skiing, Russia's traditional and popular winter outdoor activity. As most of the country is as flat as a pancake, it is not much of a surprise that alpine skiing as it is known in Europe, Canada, or the United States isn't very popular among Russians despite the preponderance of snow in winter. |
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Sunnis to Boycott Poll n BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The largest Sunni Muslim political party is pulling out of next month's Iraqi elections - dealing a blow to U.S. hopes for credibility at the polls.
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