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23:59 22/04/2011

UN Sec.Gen. hails sacking of Russian official over 'white race' remark
19:20 22/04/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he welcomed the firing of a Russian migration service official over his racial remarks.
Duma committee drafts bill on cutting abortion rate
15:17 22/04/2011
Legislators in Russia's lower house of parliament have prepared a draft law that they hope will reduce the more than 1 million abortions performed in the country each year, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.
Russia's Right Cause party looks beyond top ministers for leader
14:16 22/04/2011
Russia's pro-Kremlin Right Cause party said on Friday it was casting its net wider in the search for a leader after being turned down by Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
Russia's top prosecutor says crime figures fiddled on vast scale
19:44 21/04/2011
A probe last year into the authenticity of Russia's crime statistics found "mass falsification" of figures across the country, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika says in a report made public on Thursday.
India patents 1,300 yoga moves
14:17 21/04/2011
India has made available a list of 1,300 newly registered yoga poses, compiled to prevent the ancient moves from being exploited by patent pirates, the Times of India said.1
Putin against longer working week
16:34 20/04/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he did not support the idea of increasing the working week recently suggested by a local oligarch.
Putin proposes online debate on crucial social bills
16:14 20/04/2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed developing a procedure for online discussion of socially significant legislation and for online voting on the most sound ideas.
Putin rules out restrictions on the Internet
15:31 20/04/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has played down the prospect of China-style Internet censorship in Russia, just two weeks after the FSB, the country's domestic security service demanded access to net communication services like Gmail and Skype.
Putin outlines blueprint for stronger Russia (WRAPUP)
15:23 20/04/2011
Russia needs to be strong and avoid experiments with "unjustified liberalism" in order to safeguard its sovereignty and prevent outsiders from dictating the country's development, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.2
Russia to double Reserve Fund by end of 2011
13:57 20/04/2011
Russia will double its Reserve Fund to 1.43 trillion rubles ($50 billion) by the end of this year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in his annual address to parliament on Wednesday.
Russia needs 10 yrs of sustainable development - Putin
13:20 20/04/2011
Russia needs a decade of sustainable development, without experiments based on often unjustified liberalism, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in his annual address to parliament on Wednesday.
Russia must become one of world's leading economies - Putin
13:15 20/04/2011
Russia must become one of the world's top five economies in the next 10 years to avoid interference in its affairs, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Police make arrests in Khimki forest protest
20:58 19/04/2011
Police on Tuesday arrested 26 people at a rally in protest at the planned construction of a highway through woodland near Moscow.
Moscow to see 'anti-fascist patrols' on Hitler's birthday
20:42 19/04/2011
Youth activists will patrol Moscow on Wednesday in a bid to prevent attacks by neo-Nazi groups celebrating the 122nd anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birth, officials said.
Ukrainian tycoon buys U.K.'s most expensive apartment
17:53 19/04/2011
The U.K.'s most expensive apartment has been bought for more than $220 million by Donetsk-based holding company System Capital Management (SCM), owned by Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov.
Russian parliament approves big jump in fines for bribes
13:38 19/04/2011
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday approved a bill increasing fines for bribes by up to 100 times the amount of the bribe given or accepted.
The issue of Lenin’s burial
03:07 19/04/2011
Even after nearly 90 years since Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s death, Russian society is still split over his transfer from the Mausoleum and burial.
Moscow court bans 'extremist' anti-migrant group
14:30 18/04/2011
A Moscow court has ordered the closure of a radical Russian supremacist group that called for the creation of an armed border with the former Soviet Caucasus and Central Asian republics.
Moscow on lookout for investors in Disneyland park project
13:34 18/04/2011
Moscow city authorities are looking for investors to build a Disneyland-like park in the Russian capital, a city government official said on Monday.

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