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COSSACKS ASK PUTIN TO HELP RETURN RUSSIANS TO NORTH CAUCASUS
25-05-2005 22:53 VESHENSKAYA, Rostov Region, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Cossacks asked President Putin on Wednesday to help return Russians to North Caucasian republics.
IT'S UP TO CHECHENS TO WORK FOR LAW AND ORDER IN CHECHNYA: PRESIDENT PUTIN
25-05-2005 22:15 VESHENSKAYA (Rostov Region), May 25 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin said that it was for Chechens to reinstate law and order in their republic.
KHODORKOVSKY TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL MAY 26
25-05-2005 19:32 MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The reading of the verdict in the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Yukos CEO, Platon Lebedev, head of the Menatep Group, and Andrei Krainov, former head of the Volna company, was adjourned until May 26.
RUSSIANS WANT GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS MORALITY
25-05-2005 16:07 MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The majority of Russian citizens, 79%, say Russian society's morality has degraded in recent years and think only government intervention can improve the situation, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), Noviye Izvestia reported.
SURVIVORS OF NEFTEGORSK EARTHQUAKE GATHER TO COMMEMORATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
25-05-2005 09:26 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Eleven survivors of the devastating 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake in the Russian far eastern island of Sakhalin came to the place of their ordeal today by cars, local rescue official told RIA Novosti.
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RUSSIANS ABOUT LOWER MORAL STANDARDS IN SOCIETY
24-05-2005 21:53 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - In the past few years, the moral standards in Russian society have changed for the worse, said 79% of Russians polled by the All-Russian Public Opinion Center (VTsIOM).
RUSSIA TO HOST FIRST-EVER 8,000-KILOMETER RACE
24-05-2005 21:13 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Great Russian Race covering about 8,000 kilometers from Vladivostok (Far East) to St. Petersburg will start on Saturday, May 28. This joint Russian-British relay is the longest race in the history of track-and-field events.
WESTERN ARISTOCRATS COLLECTING $1 MILLION IN CHARITY FUNDS FOR RUSSIA
24-05-2005 20:13 NOVOSIBIRSK, May 24 (RIA Novosti, Yana Ryabinskaya) - Participants in the Vladivostok-St. Petersburg motorcycle rally intend to collect $1 million for charity purposes during this event. A statement to this effect was made during the motorcyclists' meeting with journalists in Novosibirsk (Western Siberia). The team arrived in that city Tuesday.
RUSSIA'S INHABITANTS ARE READY TO PUT UP WITH MONETIZATION OF BENEFITS
24-05-2005 15:56 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's inhabitants' attitude to the monetization of the benefits becomes increasingly loyal. Today 41% of the citizens of the Russian Federation back the decision to replace the existing benefits in paying for the costs of housing management, telephone, medicines and public transportation fares, while the respective figure was 33% at the beginning of the year.
RUSSIAN, SWEDISH JUSTICE MINISTRIES DEVELOP COOPERATION
24-05-2005 15:11 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Justice Ministries of Russia and Sweden signed a program of cooperation for 2005-2006 in Moscow on Tuesday.
GERMAN JOURNALISTS ON BESLAN TERRORIST ACT
24-05-2005 10:52 MOSCOW, MAY 24, (RIA Novosti) - The "01.09. Beslan File" book by German journalists was launched here May 23.This book is a piece of investigative reporting by six Spiegel correspondents after the September 1-3, 2004 terrorist act in Beslan, North Ossetia (North Caucasus).
RUSSIA ASKS OSCE TO WATCH LATVIAN AND ESTONIAN HUMAN- RIGHTS SITUATION
24-05-2005 09:29 MOSCOW, MAY 24, (RIA Novosti) - Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Yury Fedotov called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to draft measures for the sake of ensuring ethnic minorities' human rights in Latvia and Estonia.
RUSSIAN MAJORITY PREJUDICED AGAINST IMMIGRANTS, SHOWS OPINION POLL
24-05-2005 08:36 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - A mere 20 per cent of Russians think this country has economic benefits with immigration. 38 per cent are of a contrasting opinion. The figures came up in an opinion poll the VTsIOM, All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center, made quite recently.
RUSSIAN MAJORITY DOESN'T APPROVE TAX DODGING, SAYS OPINION PROBE
23-05-2005 22:28 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - 59 per cent of Russians spoke up against tax evasion, even when there is a chance to do it safely. The figure came up in an opinion probe whose results VTsIOM, All-Russia Public Opinion Study Center, was circulating today.
PUTIN PROMISES SOLUTION TO MIGRATION PROBLEMS
23-05-2005 21:57 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin today promised that solutions would be found to migration problems in the country by September.
PRESIDENT PUTIN CONGRATULATES KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA ON 80TH ANNIVERSARY
23-05-2005 17:10 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting with the writing staff of the popular Komsomolskaya Pravda, or Komsomolka, daily that will celebrate its 80th anniversary on Tuesday.
MOST RUSSIANS OPPOSE TAX EVASION - POLL
23-05-2005 15:12 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Most Russians (59 percent) say they oppose tax evasion. In their opinion, all taxes must be paid completely, even if tax-evasion opportunities exist. These statistics were published by the National Public Opinion Center (VTSIOM).
RUSSIAN TV LEAVES THIRD OF AUDIENCE INDIFFERENT
23-05-2005 13:54 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - More than one third of those watching Russian TV are "indifferent" to it, according to a new poll conducted by the Public Opinion fund, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, a political pro-governmental daily, reported.
COURT FINDS KODORKOVSKY AND LEBEDEV GUILTY OF APPROPRIATING APATIT FUNDS
23-05-2005 13:19 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - The Meshchansky District Court found ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and head of Menatep group Platon Lebedev guilty of embezzling the funds received by Apatit for the sale of apatite concentrate. According to the results of investigation conducted by the Prosecutor General's office, the defendants used a network of controlled organizations to sell apatite concentrate to intermediaries for lower prices. In their turn, the intermediaries re-sold the concentrate for market prices. As a result, during 2000-2002, Khodorkovsky received profits in the amount of 6,168,043,000 rubles ($1 = 27.97 rubles), the prosecutors claim.
MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS FEAR IMMIGRANTS
23-05-2005 12:55 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - The results of a recent poll indicate that the majority of Russians fear immigrants, Vedomosti, a business daily, reported.

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