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PUSSY RIOT ROCKER FACES PRISON TRANSFER

The St. Petersburg Times

PERM — Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who is currently serving a two-year sentence at a penal colony in the Perm region town of Berezniki, may be transferred to another correctional facility, two news reports said Wednesday.

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UDALTSOV SEES HOUSE ARREST EXTENDED

The St. Petersburg Times

MOSCOW — Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, who has been accused of scheming to incite “mass disorder,” will spend the summer at home.

ORGANS HARVESTED FROM RUSSIAN ADOPTEES

By Vladimir Goryachev

MOSCOW — The Foreign Ministry said organs from adopted Russian children who died in the U.S. may have been used in transplants, a news report said Monday.

PUTIN CALLS FOR SOVIET HONORS TO BE RESTORED

By Jonathan Earle
The St. Petersburg Times

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Southern Russia — President Vladimir Putin described the Soviet Union as a land of opportunity and called for two Soviet relics, mandatory school uniforms and the “Hero of Labor” award, to be dusted off in the name of social justice, during an informal meeting with supporters in Rostov-on-Don on Friday.

BEREZOVSKY TO RECEIVE LONDON BURIAL

The St. Petersburg Times

LONDON — The late Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky will be buried in the Gunnersbury Cemetery in London as soon as medical tests are completed, news reports said Tuesday.

INCUMBENT’S FAVORITE ‘WINS’ TOWN ELECTION

By Natalya Krainova
The St. Petersburg Times

MOSCOW — Governor Andrei Vorobyov’s preferred candidate was on Monday declared the winner of a small town mayoral election marred by allegations of widespread fraud.

SIBERIAN SWIMMERS COMPLETE RECORD-BREAKING 24-HOUR DIP

By Alexander Panin
The St. Petersburg Times

MOSCOW — The government will not intervene on behalf of Russians hit by a drastic restructuring of Cyprus’ banking system, though it will consider specific cases involving state-linked companies, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.

KADYROV WANTS TRAVEL BANS FOR EX-OFFICIALS

The St. Petersburg Times

MOSCOW — Chechnya republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has proposed banning former top officials, including former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, from traveling abroad, where their state secrets could fall into the wrong hands, Kadyrov wrote in a column published in Kremlin-friendly newspaper Izvestia on Monday.

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