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The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow has flown out of Russia five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.

An online video that appeared to show teenage girls savagely beating younger pupils at a remote Siberian boarding school for orphans has sparked a criminal investigation and calls for public oversight over the government's opaque and widely criticized orphanage system.

A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers

With a recent survey showing intolerance toward gays is growing, activists warn that bans on gay rights rallies will damage social stability.

Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul said.

"The damned city of Kishinev" is how Alexander Pushkin described this small town in the territory formerly known as Bessarabia. The poet's outburst is understandable, because he was forced to spend three years in exile in a place, which was, in his opinion, comparable with Sodom.

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By Simone Peek

Twelve different sand statues, crafted by competitors from eight different countries are currently on display in Kolomensky Park, as part of the 7th edition of a sand sculpting competition.

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A traveler to Kolomna shouldn't rush to put a checkmark next to this city's name on his list of places visited, since this ancient town has so much charm he'll want to return.

It's not often that something positive is born out of the destruction of war, but Lipetsk is one such example. In the beginning of the 18th century, after Peter the Great started the Great Northern War with Sweden, his main supplier of iron, he needed to find domestic sources to compensate.

When Anton Chekhov decided to visit this remote island in Russia's Far East in 1890, his close friend, journalist Alexei Suvorin, argued, "There is nothing interesting on Sakhalin!"

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By Ian Buruma

Exaggerated fear of outside enemies has always been a part of the political landscape of the United States.

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President Vladimir Putin has introduced legislation into the Duma that would increase the maximum age at which top officials can continue to work in state service from 65 to 70.

With World Trade Organization membership taking effect this week, lovers of high-end imported spirits are in for a treat: Tariffs on whiskies, cognacs and other fine spirits are set to fall to make imported booze more competitive with local production.

Eva-Maria Kunapuu began making scented candles in her kitchen seven years ago when she couldn't find any decent ones in the shops in her hometown of Tallinn.

A bus-stop kiosk selling beer and cigarettes could easily get lost among many similar shops scattered on the streets of this town 18 kilometers north of Moscow if it were not for one special feature.

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Of the lesser-known great figures of Russian letters Pyotr Chaadayev surely is one of the finest and most interesting.

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Sarah Coburn (soprano) and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in an operatic concert. Steven White conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Friday, May the 17th, 7 p.m.

Antonio Banderas playing plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard in 'The Skin I Live In' - a psychological thriller in which he illegally performs experimental operations on captors, hoping to discover the procedure that could have saved his wife. The film plays at Rolan on Wednesday.

The Lady With the Lapdog (Dama s Sobachkoi): This exquisite work by Kama Ginkas dramatizes Chekhov's classic story of love found and lost. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. Friday, May the 17th, 8 p.m.

Lindsey Stirling: violin. P!PL Club. Wednesday, May the 22nd. 8 p.m.

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