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Sharapova, Leps Top List of Highest-Paid Russian Celebrities (Infographic)

By Alexandra Tyan
Today Forbes Russia released its annual ranking of highest-paid Russian celebrities and sports figures. Who made the list?
 


Data based on reporting from Forbes.

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Arkhangelsk explosion

Russian Doctor Contaminated by Food, Not Nuclear Blast – Authorities

This is the first official confirmation that a doctor who treated patients after a nuclear blast was found with a radioactive isotope in his body.
Test positive

Russian Hockey Star Kuznetsov Gets 4-Year Ban for Cocaine

Video allegedly showed Kuznetsov seated next to a table with lines of white powder and rolled-up U.S. dollar bills.
Grand Opening

Chechnya Inaugurates 'Europe's Biggest Mosque'

The mosque was opened in a pomp-filled ceremony and has capacity for more than 30,000 people.
Anniversary

30 Years Ago, the 'Baltic Way' Protested Soviet Rule

Aug. 23 marks 30 years since the Baltic Way protest, when 2 million people in Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands to create a 600-kilometer...

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