At least two people died of hypothermia and 33 more were hospitalized, according to City Hall data.

Rasmussen also said Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of the alliance and that Georgia's territorial integrity needed to be fully respected.

Yegor Gaidar understood that rapid price liberalization and the complete abandonment of import tariffs in early 1992 were a necessary evil.

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The new measures will require more sophisticated excise stamps on bottles and ban retail sales in certain locations.

Kremlin aide Arkady Dvorkovich said Russia would consider the summit a success if major emitters from both developed and developing countries agreed on their own emissions cuts.

Police fired at the car as it sped away from a checkpoint in Ingushetia, causing it to explode and killing relatives of Human Rights Defenders Award laureate Maksharip Aushev.

BP and the oligarchs have received tens of billions of dollars by channeling almost all of the venture’s profit on dividends since TNK-BP was created in 2003.

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BPC’s Chinese contract may be set at a price lower than spot prices in Brazil, the company's sales chief Oleg Petrov said.