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MOSCOW — Russia and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-awaited agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation that could allow the two countries to expand bilateral nuclear trade. The deal, signed on President Vladimir Putin’s last full day in office, establishes the legal basis for Russian and U. |
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St. Petersburg will hold events dedicated to the 63rd anniversary of victory in World War II on Friday in all districts of the city. On Thursday, residents will lay flowers at the sign at 14 Nevsky Prospekt, left in place since the war in memory of those who dies, that reads “Citizens! During artillery shelling this side of the street is most dangerous!” The sign warned St. |
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MOSCOW — The Federal Security Service has drafted amendments to the Criminal Code clarifying the definition of espionage. While the bill’s supporters say it would help prevent citizens from facing groundless espionage charges, critics warn that if it becomes law, the bill could make it easier for the FSB to prosecute scientists and researchers, many of whom have already been caught up in spy scandals. |
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 MOSCOW — Georgia is “very close” to a war with Russia, a Georgian minister said Tuesday, citing Moscow’s decision to send extra troops to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. “We literally have to avert war,” Temur Iakobashvili, the minister for reintegration, said at a news briefing during a trip to Brussels. |
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Local resident Yelena Malysheva, who is suing the world-famous State Hermitage Museum for allegedly restricting people’s access to the gallery’s treasures by closing a series of exhibition rooms, has expressed disappointment over the course of the trial. |
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PARIS — A French court has fully lifted a freeze on the Russian Central Bank’s accounts with French commercial banks, frozen as part of a suit by Swiss trading firm Noga, a lawyer said Tuesday. “We’ve won, which means that there is no longer any seizure possible in any bank,” said Pascale Poupelin, who represents the Central Bank. |
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MOSCOW — A Moscow arbitration court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling to refund TNK-BP 9.7 billion rubles ($408 million) it paid as value-added tax in 2006, the company said Tuesday. The victory comes as the country’s third-largest oil producer, half owned by BP, is facing increased pressure from state authorities, who analysts say are trying to help a state-controlled firm buy a major stake in it. Under Russian law, export operations are exempt from the 18 percent VAT and the Federal Tax Service must refund the tax after companies submit relevant documents. In practice, companies often have to go to courts to get the funds back. TNK-BP praised the ruling. |
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 MOSCOW — An independent railway workers union said Tuesday that it would go on strike later this month if its members’ salaries were not doubled, raising the possibility that millions of commuter train passengers around the country will face delays and cancellations. |
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MOSCOW — The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry to eliminate the link between registration of brands and Internet domain names, making it easier for companies in Russia to defend themselves against cybersquatters. The proposal was one of several by the ministry that were approved. |
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 Long-standing operatic favorites meet cutting-edge new music at the International Stars of the White Nights Festival that kicks off on Saturday at the Mariinsky Theater with the company’s most recent operatic premiere, Nikolai Rimsky’s “The Maid of Pskov. |
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Opposition politician Maxim Reznik said that when he was in prison he was greatly impressed that rock singer Yury Shevchuk of the band DDT joined the Dissenters’ March and rally on March 3. |
 LONDON — For Valery Gergiev, considered one of the world’s great conductors, classical music will only reach a wider audience if it boasts charismatic leaders who will inspire and rally whole communities. The conductor’s own leadership style has been compared by writers and former colleagues to that of a tsar, even a dictator. The famously fiery 55-year-old tours the world as a self-described ambassador for his theater and for Russia. |
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 Grandshuttleband, the ragga-metal band that will perform in an event headlined by DJ Lethal at The Place on Friday, is a new act but it has a direct link to the vibrant local rock music scene of the past. |
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Hemingway’s Bar // 3 Lomonosova Ulitsa. Tel: 310 7007 // Open 12 noon through 6 a.m. // Menu in Russian and English // Dinner for two (without cocktails) 2,120 rubles ($86) You won’t find an old man struggling with a huge fish at Hemingway’s, a large and swanky theme bar on Lomonosova Ulitsa where a popular Mexican restaurant once stood, but you can order tar-tar of red tuna and a halibut flambe. |
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 YANGON — Military helicopters dropped food and water on Wednesday to the cyclone-stricken people of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, where entire villages were virtually washed away in a massive storm surge. The military government said nearly 22,500 people were killed and 41,000 missing in the most devastating cyclone in Asia since 1991 when a storm killed 143,000 in neighbouring Bangladesh. |
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LAGOS — Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. |
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CHAITEN, Chile — Crackling with explosions, Chile’s Chaiten volcano began spitting lava on Tuesday following its first eruption in thousands of years, and Navy warships were deployed to evacuate nearby residents in the southern region of Patagonia. Chaiten erupted last Friday, sending a towering plume of ash into the sky that has since coated the surrounding area of southern Chile and reached into neighboring Argentina. |
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 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Dany Heatley scored twice, including the winner with 47 seconds left, to lift Canada to a riveting 5-4 victory over the U.S. at the world championships on Tuesday. The Canadians secured top spot in Group B with a perfect 3-0 record while Russia who survived a goaltending crisis to beat Denmark 4-1 in Quebec City to take first place in Group D. |
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LONDON — Avram Grant has promised Manchester United a fight to the very finish after his Chelsea side beat Newcastle to ensure the English Premier League title race will go right down to the wire. |
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Chelsea Make Offer MADRID (AFP) — Chelsea have offered Real Madrid 70 million euros (108 million dollars) for their defender Sergio Ramos, daily newspaper El Mundo reported Wednesday. Real, who clinched their second straight Spanish league title over the weekend, was “reflecting on the offer” for the 21-year-old Spanish international who is under contract with the club until 2013, the newspaper said without citing named sources. |
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