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Opposition Plans to Encircle Kremlin

20:22 09/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti)

The new opposition event could see 34,000 lining up around the Garden Ring in downtown Moscow to “encircle the Kremlin” on February 26, organizers said on Facebook.

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Deputy PM Rogozin Urges Russian Defense Industry Upgrade
20:21 09/02/2012
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday urged an upgrade of the country’s defense industry during his working visit to Siberia where he met with scientists and students.1
Gorbachev May Join Protest Group
20:01 09/02/2012
Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is welcome to join but not head the grassroots protest group League of Voters, the organization’s founders said.1
Few Women in Ministerial Cabinet – Putin
18:18 09/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday admitted that there are few women in the upper echelon of the national government, but said that top posts should be distributed with regard to the contenders’ mental and business abilities rather then their sex.
Putin Sets Out Blueprint for Russian Business
16:38 09/02/2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set out his agenda for the future of Russian business on Thursday at a meeting with entrepreneurs, promising less regulation and taxes and asking business to help plan its future.1
Stop Bullying Business Putin Says
15:53 09/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for a review of the penal code to ease pressure and harassment of business.
VTB Buyback Decision Taken to Protect Reputation – Putin
15:21 09/02/2012
The Russian government’s decision that Russia’s second largest bank VTB should hold a share buy-back to compensate losses to shareholders in the bank's "people’s IPO" was taken to protect the bank’s reputation in the eyes of society and investors, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Putin Calls for New Year Holidays to be Moved to May
15:11 09/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday reducing the nearly two-week-long Christmas and New Year holidays and shifting them to May.
Privatization Legitimacy Issue Should Be Closed Says Putin
15:09 09/02/2012
The issue of the legitimacy of privatization in the 1990s in Russia should be closed, and a mechanism for doing that should be devised, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a business lobby group congress.
Russian State Banks Disclose Executive Income
14:27 09/02/2012
Russian state-controlled banks have submitted information on their top managers’ incomes and their business transactions, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday.
Putin Not to Meet PACE Observers – Spokesman
14:11 09/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does not intend to meet with representatives from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) who have arrived in Russia to observe the presidential election, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
'Political Prisoners' Return to Russian Politics
13:54 09/02/2012
On Wednesday, two days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that there are no political prisoners in Russia, two opposition personalities, journalist Olga Romanova and State Duma member Gennady Gudkov, submitted to the presidential administration a list of 39 inmates whom they describe as “political prisoners.”
200,000 to Rally for Putin
13:49 09/02/2012
Supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are to hold a public rally for up to 200,000 in the streets of Moscow on February 23, in what would be the biggest political demonstration in the last two decades.
Putin Speaks against Outside Interference in Syria Conflict
20:44 08/02/2012
Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin denounced the ongoing violence in Syria but said that other countries should not interfere in the conflict.
Putin Condemns Syria Violence but Warns against Interference
19:46 08/02/2012
Russia condemns the ongoing violence in Syria but is against outside interference, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.6
Bar Radicals from Rallies - Putin
19:27 08/02/2012
Radicals and extremists should be barred from public rallies of law-abiding citizens, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Putin: Compulsory Religion Classes Must Engage Students
18:44 08/02/2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came out in favor of robust religion and secular ethics classes in Russian schools, saying they should be taught by theology specialists or priests.
Transmissions from a Lone Star: Russia in Revolt as Viewed from Afar
17:19 08/02/2012
Whenever something major happens in Russia, I wish it were a lot easier to get over there and witness conditions on the ground. For instance when Boris Yeltsin died, I really wanted to visit his corpse as it lay in state in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to see for myself how people were reacting to this man who had caused so much chaos in his 8-year rule.
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, February 8
16:08 08/02/2012
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Medvedev to Meet Opposition Leaders - Source
14:54 08/02/2012
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold meetings with opposition leaders later this month to discuss his plan for political reform, a senior Kremlin source said on Wednesday.

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