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Kremlin Aide Tries to Smooth Over G8 Attendance Flap
The leaders of the world’s seven largest economies have made it clear that they are ready for productive work with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the G8 summit where he will represent Russia instead of President Vladimir Putin.
Environmental Protests Score Few Victories
They wrote protest letters and research papers, appealed to higher authorities and fought with police — all to protect a beloved pine forest slated for destruction to make way for a road.
Q&A: Republican Entrepreneur Touts Obama's Reset
By Howard Amos
Listing just a few of his current jobs takes Bernard Sucher about a quarter of an hour.
WTO to Heat Up Competition on Ice Cream Market
Sokolniki Park is gearing up to welcome up to 400,000 guests to its annual ice cream festival next weekend, and among them several new guests — foreign companies.
Dreamliner Starts Flights From Domodedovo
Russians headed to Japan are now able to enjoy the novelty of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.
Former P&G Russia Head Tells His Story in New Book
Retired P&G chief John Pepper ducked under his desk in elementary school, practicing a precaution in case of a Russian bomb strike.
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Protest Camp Running Out of Options
The future of an anti-Kremlin encampment on Kudrinskaya Ploshchad looked grim Thursday, as a city lawmaker said local residents wanted it removed, and reported construction plans and a bizarre meeting of local council members all but thwarted a move to a more permanent location.
- Izhmash Looks to Cash In on Kalashnikov Name
- Museum Director Detained at Airport With Lost Icon Worth $1M
- Heads Roll Following Oil Spill at Trebs and Titov
- Pollster: Putin's Attractiveness Sagging 'Irreversibly'
- Siberian Man Gets Stuck in Trash Chute Fleeing from Girlfriend
- High-Speed Rail Link Could Cost Budget $35Bln
- Kadyrov Sacks His Government
- Cash Salary Payments Could Be Eliminated
- Soyuz Capsule Docks With Space Station
- Lithuanian Police Detain 39 in Child Custody Case
- Gasoline Shortages Looming Again
Why Putin Skipped Out of the G8By Michael Bohm
If Putin was seen as getting too close to Obama at Camp David, it would have been a blow to his tough-guy image as someone who stands up to the United States. At a time when the protest movement is gaining momentum in Moscow and other cities, Putin could ill afford to be seen schmoozing with Obama — whose administration, in Putin's own words, serves as the opposition's main sponsor.
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Russia Abroad: In Ethiopia, Russian Is the Language of Healing
Addis Ababa is home to the last Russian Red Cross outpost abroad, a remnant of a network that, in its Soviet heyday, included locales such as Pyongyang and Beijing.
Wine Culture Takes Root
Finding good wine at a reasonable price in Russia is like finding a needle in a haystack, while limited growth in demand, new alcohol consumption rules and even the changing winds of international politics have all complicated the import industry.
Hopes Raised As Court Frees Entrepreneur
The country's courts may finally be heeding orders from the Kremlin to end a crackdown on the business community, judging by the surprise ruling to avoid jailing a gravely ill entrepreneur after her conviction on fraud charges.
One Year Later, Mavrodi's MMM-2011 Is Nobody's Problem
Federal officials went on radio shows and gave interviews to warn the public about Sergei Mavrodi's MMM-2011. But 12 months later, in an interview with The Moscow Times, Mavrodi said authorities “won’t succeed” in shutting him down.
Once Soviet-Funded, Afghan Film World in RuinsReuters
Clouds of hashish and cigarette smoke float across a screen showing a dancing Pakistani woman, who evokes yowls of excitement from the hundreds of Afghan men passing their time in one of the capital's rundown cinemas.
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Kamchatka Observer: Building Burton ParkSnowboard manufacturer Burton's official distributor in Russia held a countrywide contest rewarding cities with new snow parks, and the comparatively small Petropavlovsk was in the running.
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