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06/23/2000

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The World Health Organization issued a report this week evaluating health care systems around the world and it has been met with bewilderment in Russia. Out of 191 WHO member countries, Russia was ranked 130th, sandwiched between Peru and Honduras and far behind 11 former Soviet republics. Only Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan rank lower. The research, which is part of the WHO Health Report 2000, concluded that France has the best health care system, with Italy ranked second. Sierra Leone was ranked last behind Myanmar. Health Ministry spokesman Alexander Zharov said the report was based on data from 1997 and Russia's low ranking does not reflect the current state of the health care system. ""While for France, where the economy is stable, three years do not mean much, in Russia they mean a lot,"" he said Thursday. Dr.

Nazi Invasion Remembered

Troop Withdrawal Strengthens Rebels

Letter-Writing Girl Gets Camera From Kremlin

Gusinsky Asks to Travel

FSB Kidnappers?

Bus Crash Kills 4

Babitsky Probe Longer

Kyrgyz Defense Help

Dead Seals Litter Caspian Sea Coast

Kazakh Senate Moves to Extend President's Power

Baltic Nuclear Power
Uzbekistan Reverting to Repression
Volzhsky Gets Chevron Pipe Contract
Oil Union Calm Over OPEC Hike
Norilsk to Buy Trader Norimet
UES Revamps Spin-Off Plan, Shareholders' Doubts Remain
St. Petersburg Utility Cuts Off Power
Shares Remain Flat Due to Shareholder Rights Worries
Zenit Goes Public and Taftneft Link Deepens
AES Mulls Kazakh Power Lines Tender
Sibneft Oil Growth
Reserves Up $20.2Bln
No Kiev Deficit
Russia on G-7 'Hot Money' List
A3XX Set for Approval
Jobless Protection Cut
TI Buys Burr-Brown
Sprint Assets May Go
American Settles Suits
Kremlin Has Gone Too Far
INSIDE RUSSIA: Gusinsky Arrest: Business as Usual
MEDIA WATCH: Media Crackdown Is Here
COMMENT: Microsoft's Hardball Stance Leads to Demise
Scholar's 60-Year Trek Into Russia
TAKE THE KIDS:
A Day for Night Scrawlers
Marley Cancels Show, Denies Haider Link
'Cider' Star Michael Caine Knighted
Conductor Dufallo Dead at 67
All Aboard for High Altitude
Can't Beat This
Masterpieces Abound at Fest
Pokrovsky's 'Fair' Brings Little New to Comic Opera
Royal Opera House Director to Resign
Hungarian Conductor Ends Stage Boycott
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Variation on a Windup Toy
MARQUEE:
THE OUTDOORSMAN
CLUB KID
THE TROUGH
Hallstrom's 'Cider' a Complex Brew
Injury Goals Put Spain in Last 8
French Reserves Yield in 'Rehearsal' With Dutch
Czechs Defeat Denmark in Matchup of Losers
Dull Norway Draws 0-0 With Slovenia, Both Headed Home
Group D
Group C
Davenport Unable to Survive Second Round at Eastbourne
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Russian Billionaire Pays Record $88M for New York Apartment

Monaco-based potash tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlyev has bought the priciest piece of residential real estate in New York City, paying $88 million for a Manhattan penthouse.

Skolkovo's MIT Seeks to Stop Brain Drain

"I'm probably not going to move back for a couple of decades," said Yekaterina Paramonova, a third-year undergraduate majoring in nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, echoing the sentiment of many Russians who have tasted life outside the motherland.

Doubts Nag Prokhorov's Candidacy

"Let's look at the history of human development," he begins. "Somebody always has to be first. That person says, 'We need to develop in this way,' and nobody believes him; they're suspicious of him. Nobody believed Steve Jobs or Bill Gates at first."

Putin Discouraged From Solo Bobsled Ride

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected a bobsledding training course outside Moscow on Thursday, taking a test run as a co-pilot.

In the Hot Seat

In English, I don't have much occasion to use the verb "to seat." In fact, I think the last time I used it was a year or so ago: "Even though we made a reservation, the maitre d' didn't seat us right away."

City Buying Eco-Buses and Cars

More than 2,000 new "environmentally friendly" buses will be employed on the streets of Moscow in the near future.

Q&A: Metro's Jeroen de Groot Feels at Home, Humbly

The parching heat wave of 2010 did a tremendous favor to Germany's Metro Cash & Carry, just as Jeroen de Groot was coming on board to lead the company's Russian operation.

Opposition Rally Barred From Central Square

Organizers of a Feb. 26 opposition rally called "Farewell to Putin's Political Winter" said their application to hold the event on Ploshchad Revolyutsii next to the Kremlin was rejected by City Hall.

Three "Hamsters" Arrested Outside U.S. Embassy

Three activists from a pro-Kremlin youth group wearing hamster costumes were arrested outside of the U.S. Embassy on Friday.

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Duma Reform Could Reduce Poll Trickery

A bill submitted to the State Duma by President Dmitry Medvedev would ban political parties from putting nationally known figures on regional parliamentary election lists while increasing the number of electoral districts from 80 to 225.

Putin Plan Targets Population Drop

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled his plan on social policy Monday, focusing on how Russia will boost its dwindling population amid a demographic crisis that threatens to turn the country into "void space."

Journalist Booted After Visa Violation

A prominent French writer and journalist has been kicked out of the country on the grounds that she did not have the right to research a book while on a business visa.

Putin Chasing Imaginary American Ghosts

Here we go again — another round of anti-Americanism from the Kremlin and state-controlled media. Blaming outside forces for Russia's woes has a long history in the country. The closer we get to the March 4 presidential election, the more intense the anti-American hysteria becomes.

General Says Russia Could Use Nuclear Weapons to Keep Country Intact

Russia's armed forces would be within their full rights to use nuclear weapons if any threats to the integrity of the country arise, Russian General Staff head Nikolay Makarov said Wednesday.

Moscow Is Unlovable and Unlivable

Today's Moscow is unlovable and unlivable, overdeveloped, underserved by public utilities and choked by traffic. You can't drive, you can't breathe, there is no place to park and walking is impossible thanks to giant SUVs lining the sidewalks.

Report: United Russia Might Be Dismantled

United Russia, the country's dominant political party for more than a decade, might be radically reformed or even dissolved in the coming months.

HIV Prevention Falls Short as Funding Ends

Katya moved to Moscow seven years ago and three years later — when she was pregnant with her first child — discovered she was HIV-positive.

Officer on Atomic Submarine Commits Suicide

A senior lieutenant serving on the Gepard atomic submarine, part of the Northern Fleet, hanged himself in his cabin.

From South Ossetia to War With Georgia

While the Russian authorities are, for the time being, using kid gloves to deal with the opposition at home, they have not shown the same constraint in South Ossetia.

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Start of Stadium Demolition Draws Outcry

Architectural preservation group Arkhnadzor said Monday that demolition at the constructivist-era Dynamo football stadium as a part of ongoing building work was against the law.

Election Webcam Installation Begins

In a city that was once the cradle of Russian democracy, an unprecedented new campaign kicked off over the weekend to install web cameras in every polling station around the country in an effort to prevent voting fraud.

Feminist Punk Band Become Unlikely Putin Foil

Pussy Riot, a feminist punk collective from Moscow, creates protest through its dissident songs and unsanctioned performances, including a brief unauthorized concert in late January on Red Square.

Why Putin Will Never, Ever Give Up Power

If Putin gave up power at any age, he and dozens of his friends and colleagues who have become millionaires and billionaires over the past 10 years through their Kremlin-connected businesses could face serious corruption charges. This is why the best, and perhaps only, way for Putin to preserve immunity is to stay in power until death.

Why Putin Is Mad at Me

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got very angry last Wednesday when he met with the editors-in-chief of Russia's top media outlets.

Russia Seeks Proof U.S. Zapped Failed Probe

A Russian state commission investigating the crash of the Fobos-Grunt Mars probe will conduct tests to see whether U.S. radar played a role in the spacecraft's failure.

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.

Putin Plan Targets Population Drop

Recruiters Say Mother Russia Seeking Talent

Demographics make it a candidate’s market, but foreigners have to offer something unique to find their place.

Pro-Putin Song Is Web Hit

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.

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From Protest to Nausea

The history of successive authoritarian regimes in Russia reveals a recurring pattern: They do not die from external blows or domestic insurgencies.

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06/23/2000

Putin's Revised Bill Goes To Duma

NASA:Evidence Of Water On Mars

Charges Against Gusinsky Still Murky

Combative Judge Removed in Far East

Italy Responds to Visa Applicant Storm

WHO Ranking Rankles Health Chiefs

Nazi Invasion Remembered

Troop Withdrawal Strengthens Rebels

Letter-Writing Girl Gets Camera From Kremlin

Gusinsky Asks to Travel

FSB Kidnappers?

Bus Crash Kills 4

Babitsky Probe Longer

Kyrgyz Defense Help

Dead Seals Litter Caspian Sea Coast

Kazakh Senate Moves to Extend President's Power

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