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MOSCOW - NTV Plus sports programming began airing on TV6's frequency Tuesday and the Press Ministry, which yanked TV6 off the air overnight on Monday, said that a tender for the channel would take place March 27. The abrupt shutdown of TV6 at midnight Monday, just hours after a court ordered the ministry to do so, marks the first time a national television station has been switched off in Russia in a process not fully prescribed by law. |
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Some local liberal politicians are concerned about a recent assault on Mikhail Brodsky, the Legislative Assembly deputy and Union of Right Forces (SPS) faction leader who was beaten up by unidentified assailants near his house on Dec. |
 MOSCOW - Politicians from across the political spectrum lashed out Tuesday at the shutdown of Boris Berezovsky's TV6, while ordinary Russians expressed frustration and confusion. "President [Vladimir] Putin was fighting against Berezovsky, but the victims of the fight are viewers and journalists," said Boris Nemtsov, the leader of the Union of Right Forces party. |
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 MOSCOW - There is a well-known Russian proverb: With seven nannies, a kid loses an eye. It is precisely this abundance of bureaucratic "nannies" that has become the main cause behind the growing problem of besprizorniki - street kids, most of whom run away from their parents, experts say. |
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The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday adopted an amendment to the City Charter that will allow deputies convicted of a crime but given a suspended sentence to maintain their official positions. |
 MOSCOW - The army - tarnished by reports about hazing, draft dodging and underfunding - is not as bad as it is cracked up to be, military officials declared Thursday. To prove it, the army is going to work hand-in-hand with the cultural elite to revive a Soviet-era tradition of making movies, television shows and radio programs dedicated to the machine-gun-toting boys in fatigues. |
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MOSCOW - Regional governments this week began forming pardon commissions to replace the presidential pardons commission disbanded by President Vladimir Putin in hearing appeals from prisoners. |
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MOSCOW - A videotape obtained in Afghanistan by the U.S. newspaper Newsday shows footage of Osama bin Laden and Chechen rebel leader Khattab, and the Kremlin spokesperson on the Chechnya war said Tuesday that this should prove to the world that al-Qaeda is financing the Chechen rebels. Analysts, however, said there is no way to know whether the tape is genuine, and it is unlikely to lessen Western criticism of Russia's conduct in Chechnya. |
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 Building on its previous success in attracting foreign firms to locate and invest in the region, the Leningrad Oblast Administration announced over the last week that two more foreign firms are planning to set up operations there. Oblast administration representatives released further information this week about plans by Imasa, a Spanish construction firm, and U. |
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MOSCOW - The State Statistics Committee on Wednesday issued a slew of final statistics for last year that largely confirmed what was already known - 2001 was a good year for the economy. |
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Transneft, CPC Link MOSCOW (SPT) - State-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft plans to construct a link between its pipeline system and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Prime-Tass reported a Transneft source as saying Thursday. Transneft will finance the construction of the link, which will allow it to move more oil through the CPC, the source said. |
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Not Enough BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, (Reuters) - Argentine consumers and businesses complained on Wednesday that the government had not gone far enough in unfreezing bank accounts, while the IMF repeated an offer help to the recession-hit country if it presents viable economic plans. |
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THE most important positive political development of 2001 is, without doubt, the set of decisions taken by the country's leadership in the wake of Sept. 11. President Vladimir Putin, despite opposition from the political elite and from his own entourage, came out in favor of Russia joining the international anti-terrorism coalition. |
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WASHINGTON - Ah, Enron. It makes me nostalgic. I came to Russia in 1991 with enthusiasm for the blah blah blah. I left 10 years later knowing more than I had ever planned to about pyramid schemes, asset stripping, rigged auctions, paramilitary factory takeovers, share dilutions, "transfer pricing," "authorized banking," Cyprus-based tax-avoidance arrangements and the excellent sexual adventures of Yury Skuratov. |
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A glossy women's magazine invites its readers to visit Berlin. The readership is informed that since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which divided the city, everything has been going swimmingly. "The two Berlins are gradually growing together, the invisible scar is mending and the architectural countenance of unified Germany's capital is becoming harmonious in its integrity. |
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THANK you, Jacques Chirac. Thank you for continuing to be the world leader most willing to risk embarrassing and angering Vladimir Putin by urging him to end the disgraceful war in Chechnya and for refusing to allow Putin to get away with justifying the brutality there by equating the Chechens with the terrorists of Sept. |
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 Trying to define the genre of Tatiana Zhurkova's works is a hopeless task. At first glance, many viewers are tempted to call them "dolls," focusing attention on the porcelain dolls' heads that top off virtually all of Zhurkova's works. But Zhurkova herself argues that her mystical creations are far too conceptual to be dismissed as toys. She refers to them simply as "objects." Her caterpillars, dragonflies, fishes and Sun Goddess - currently on display at the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum - are simultaneously realistic and surreal. |
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 La Minor is a band that specializes in old urban folk songs such as the notorious "Murka." These songs - still too young to be called "traditional," but well on their way - are populated with sundry romanticized bandits, thieves and cheats. |
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The Rollins Band, is clearly the most exciting of the foreign acts appearing this weekend, with their Friday-night show sure to finish ahead of those by faded pop singer Demis Roussos and Portuguese Goth-rock act Moonspell in terms of the overall interest generated. See Gigs in the Listings for complete details. Don't overlook the fact that the start time for the Rollins Band's concert is 7 p.m., unusually early for a show at PORT. Meanwhile, the club boom in the city continues as at least two new spots will open this weekend. One is an "art-blues" club called Gandharva, which is Sanskrit for "celestial musicians. |
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 The city still has a long way to go before it can boast a culture of friendly, Cheers-style neighborhood bars where "everyone knows your name." My friends and I have long dreamed of the day when we would walk into the bar where we've spent more evenings than any of us will admit and be greeted by a big smile and a friendly "Hello, boys! Will it be the usual tonight?" Instead, we are regularly stared down like total strangers by a waiter who takes our order with a surly expression, brings it silently and then promptly disappears lest, heavens no!, we decide to order another round. |
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Pakistanis To Vote ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Signaling the end of three years of military rule in Pakistan, President Per vez Musharraf announced Thursday that legislative elections would be held in October. Elections for national and pro vin cial legislatures will mean that laws will be enacted in Pakistan by elected representatives rather than by military decree. |
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Italian Player Killed ROME - Brescia's Italian Cup game against Parma was called off on Wednesday following the death of one of its players. Brescia defender Vittorio Mero was killed in a car accident on Wednesday afternoon. |
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