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Yanukovych Claims Narrow Win, but Tymoshenko Won't Concede
Reuters
With a little more than 90 percent of votes counted early on Monday, election officials gave opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych 48.49 percent and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko 45.86 percent, a margin of 2.63 percentage points.
Stocks Fall on Foreign Fears, Set for Rebound
By Rachel Nielsen
World markets took a beating last week as problems in several European economies and U.S. jobs data spooked investors, but despite the bad news from abroad, Russian equities are well-poised for recovery.
Pro-Kremlin Spin Doctors Admit to Smear Campaign
By Natalya Krainova
Editors and writers of the website Conspirology.org say they were hired by Duma Deputy Nikolai Pankov of United Russia to organize a smear campaign against his political opponents.
Chigirinsky Loses Rossiya Lawsuit
By Irina Filatova
Exiled tycoon Shalva Chigirinsky's ST Development filed lawsuits in December against Mayor Yury Luzhkov and his deputies, Vladimir Resin and Vladimir Silkin, alleging that the company hadn't been adequately compensated for work done on Hotel Rossiya.
Health Official Fired Over Disagreement
By Maria Antonova
The head of the health watchdog lost his job after ‘siding with experts’ over the government.
Lavrov Says NATO, OSCE Are Ineffective
By Maria Antonova
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is lobbying for a new security treaty with Europe, an initiative of President Dmitry Medvedev, but with little success.
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Putin Warns United Russia to Hear the People
By Nikolaus von Twickel
In comments seen as a reaction to growing anti-government sentiment, the prime minister told United Russia deputies that they should not make promises they cannot keep, and that they should admit their mistakes.
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Yevgeny Kiselyov: The Yanukovych Wild CardIs Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych’s touch stance against Moscow just empty words, or does he mean what he says?
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Afghan Escape Drama ‘Kandahar’ Pulls In CrowdsBy Alexander Bratersky
The film is based on a real-life escape of a crew of Russian airmen from a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan.
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Theater Plus: Remembering the Great Vsevolod YakutBy John Freedman
Vsevolod Yakut was one of the Soviet Union’s great actors from the 1940s to the 1980s, performing more than 150 roles on stage and screen. An actor's actor, he brought to his work scrupulous attention to detail and total devotion to what he believed to be the magic of his profession.
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Chigirinsky Loses Rossiya Lawsuit
By Irina Filatova
Exiled tycoon Shalva Chigirinsky's ST Development filed lawsuits in December against Mayor Yury Luzhkov and his deputies, Vladimir Resin and Vladimir Silkin, alleging that the company hadn't been adequately compensated for work done on Hotel Rossiya.
