Putin to Push Arms, Energy in India
Moscow's Disputed Construction Program Clears Key Hurdle
The Moscow City Duma on Wednesday passed in a crucial second reading a bill outlining City Hall's construction plans for the next 15 years that critics said puts corporate interests ahead of those of residents and does little to alleviate traffic jams.
Car Rebate Scheme Splutters into Action
The government's cash-for-clunkers program, which was slated to begin on March 8, International Women's Day, is suffering from a lack of clarity and poor timing, market participants said Tuesday.
10 Arrested in Nevsky Express Bombing
Bill Would Strip State Corporations of Profits
The State Duma will consider a bill that will require Vneshekonombank and the Deposit Insurance Agency to transfer 75 percent of their profits into the federal budget, a Duma deputy said Wednesday.
State Talks Tough on Web Piracy
One Killed in Blaze at Opera Nightclub
One person was killed and two were reported missing after a blaze early Tuesday in the Opera nightclub.
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The Real Four I’sBy Vladimir Ryzhkov
Institutions are corrupt to the core, infrastructure is collapsing, innovation is meager, and investment is evaporating.
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Controversial Dacha Demolished at DawnBy Aaron Mulvihill
Bulldozers destroyed the Muromtseva dacha in Tsaritsyno during a dawn raid by police and a demolition crew, just over two months after a mysterious fire gutted it.
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Window on Eurasia: Nation Forcibly Deported Under Brezhnev Now at RiskBy Paul Goble
The last survivors of a pre-Turkic civilization in Central Asia and the last nation to be forcibly deported by the Soviet government are now rapidly dying out after some of them have moved back to their traditional villages in highland Tajikistan, a Moscow journal reports.
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