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Today's paper. Last Updated: 02/08/2012

Campaign Mudslinging Taken to New Lows

If politics is a dirty business, then Russia is no exception.

Putin Stand-In Faces Zhirinovsky Fire

In Tuesday's second presidential debate of the campaign season, firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky harangued Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's levelheaded proxy over her patron's refusal to debate and alleged desire to rule for life.

Kangaroo Meat May Return to Russian Tables

Australia is making a renewed effort this year to lift a 2009 ban on imports of kangaroo meat to Russia.

Urals Plant Makes New Electric Train

Ural Locomotives, the Sverdlovsk region-based joint venture between the Sinara Group and Siemens, announced plans to develop a new urban express train.

Pro-Putin Song Is Web Hit

The Moscow Times
A schmaltzy music video hailing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as Russia's savior became a hit on the Russian Internet on Tuesday, with many bloggers and YouTube users poking fun at the song's hyperbolic lyrics.

Criminal Probe of Magnitsky, Hermitage Concluded

The Moscow Times
Interior Ministry investigators have wrapped up the case against lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and his employer, Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder.





Realpolitik Without Realism

People have been asking me all week why the Kremlin is so stubbornly supportive of Syrian President Bashar Assad. "Is Russia's support based solely on weapons contracts with Syria," they wonder, "or the Kremlin's desire to maintain its naval base at the Tartus port?"



Silver Age Cafe 'Stray Dog' Born Again in St. Pete

The legendary St. Petersburg cafe Stray Dog, once the haunt of Silver Age writers such as Vladimir Mayakovsky and Anna Akhmatova, is celebrating its centenary with a series of cultural events.




Pulp Nonfiction: Chief Prosecutor: Migrants Committing More Serious Crimes

Pulp Nonfiction: Chief Prosecutor: Migrants Committing More Serious Crimes

Migrant workers are committing fewer crimes in Moscow, but those they do commit are getting more serious, the city's chief prosecutor said Friday.



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Pressure: 770 mb
Winds: N at 2 m/s
Humidity: 85%
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Oktyabr Getting Facelift, Residents Concerned

Walking along the Moskva River embankment a couple of kilometers from the Kremlin, passersby won't smell the sweet chocolate aroma that filled the air just a few years ago.