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First Video Added to Moscow Times Web Site
The video, a 3 1/2-minute interview with Rose Gottemoeller, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, examines the informal summit between Presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush in Sochi on April 6. The video can be found on The Moscow Times' homepage, www.themoscowtimes.com.
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Market Matters : Oil Tax Pledge Buoys Markets
Markets surged after the swearing-in of Dmitry Medvedev as president in a pomp-filled ceremony Wednesday and a tax-cutting speech by Vladimir Putin the day after, when he was approved as prime minister.
Russia Investment Roadshow : Scenes From Last Year's Forum
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A Lineup Aimed at Taming Siloviki
By Francesca Mereu and Max Delany / Staff Writers The new makeup of the Cabinet and presidential administration resulting from this week's government shakeup is aimed at undercutting the power that political clans within the security services have accumulated in recent years, former security insiders said. |
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Medvedev Makes Germany a Top Priority
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer In another sign of the special relationship between Moscow and Berlin, President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday welcomed German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the first prominent foreign guest to the Kremlin since his inauguration last week. |
Security Exhibit Shows Off Russia's Best
By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer Dancing children armed with toy weapons and dressed in military garb opened a five-day security exhibition at the All-Russia Exhibition Center on Wednesday. |
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Wary Congress Gets Russian Nuclear Pact
By Susan Cornwell / Reuters U.S. President George W. Bush has asked Congress to review a civilian nuclear deal with Russia, but lawmakers warned that it might be blocked over Moscow's links to Iran's nuclear program. |
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Medvedev Filling Kremlin With Putin's Former Aides
By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff Writer President Dmitry Medvedev is filling the Kremlin with advisers and aides who held similar positions in Vladimir Putin's administration. |
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Kyrgyzstan Pressured by Rights Group
Reuters U.S.-based Human Rights Watch is urging Kyrgyzstan not to extradite an Uzbek asylum seeker, saying he could face torture if returned to his homeland. |
Bush Picks Beyrle as Ambassador
By Anna Malpas / Staff Writer U.S. President George W. Bush has nominated John Beyrle, a career diplomat with extensive experience in Russia and Eastern Europe as U.S. ambassador to Moscow. |
NATO Allies Set Up Cyberdefense Center
By Paul Ames / The Associated Press Seven NATO allies signed a deal Wednesday to create a research center in Estonia to boost the alliance's defenses against cyber-attacks, which are seen as a growing threat to military and civilian computer networks. |
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French Diplomacy Cooled Abkhazia Tensions
The Associated Press A Georgian minister said Wednesday that French diplomacy fended off potentially provocative actions by Russia in separatist Abkhazia. |
Lavrov Suggests Guarantees for Iran
Reuters The six powers negotiating with Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment program could offer Tehran security guarantees, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters Wednesday. |
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Equating Holodomor With Genocide
By Georgy Bovt
Spring Weather Brings Spring Illnesses
By Michele A. Berdy
Taking the Temperature In Georgia's Hot Spring
By Matthew Collin
The Natural-Resources And Democracy Curse
By Konstantin Sonin
Returning Direct Elections
By Nikolai Petrov
Georgia Is Medvedev's First Foreign Policy Test
By Vladimir Frolov
An Early Assessment of Putin's Foreign Policy
By Fyodor Lukyanov
The Fed Can Help Russia Lower Its Inflation
By Martin Gilman
Olympic Gold in Abkhazia
By Yulia Latynina
Remaining a Moral Victor
By Alexei Bayer
A Fight for Peace in Georgia
By Alexander Golts
High-Stakes Soap Opera
By Alexei Pankin
Medvedev the Bookworm
By Mark H. Teeter
Two-Headed Eagle Infected With Bugs
By Boris Kagarlitsky
