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›› Russians Name New National Payment Cards 'Peace'

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- Audit Reveals $1.8 Billion Financial Violations at Russia's Space Agency
  
  Russian auditors have uncovered 92 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) in financial violations committed by federal space agency Roscosmos last year, the head of Russia's Audit Chamber, Tatyana Golikova, said Friday.
- Russia Warns Ukraine Over Possible Default: We Will Collect the Debts
  
  Russia would adopt a tough position if Ukraine decided not to pay off debts owed to Moscow by its previous government, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast by Russian television on Saturday.
- Russia Takes 2nd Place at Eurovision Song Contest Amid Jeering Crowd
  
  Sweden beat Russia to win the 60th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, in an event described by organizers as beyond politics but marred by boos for the Russian competitor that were apparently prompted by the Ukraine conflict and the Kremlin's anti-gay policies.
- Russia's 'Undesirables' Law Expected to Boost Media Self-Censorship
  
  Russia's media will be forced to up its self-censorship by new legislation that bans the activities of "undesirable" foreign nongovernmental organizations.
- Independent Radio Station Ekho Moskvy's Founding Editor Quits Amid Scandal
  
  The founding editor of Ekho Moskvy, Russia's leading talk-radio station, has resigned from his post citing the deterioration of journalistic standards at the station.
- Russia's Anti-Drinking Law Denounced as Human Rights Violation
  
  A member of Russia's Presidential Human Rights Council has denounced a new bill that introduces jail sentences for public drunkenness as a violation of human rights.
- Putin Scores 8 Goals in Celebrity Russian Hockey Match (Video)
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin only took up ice skating a few years ago, but that didn't stop the 62-year-old scoring a handful of goals in an all-star hockey match comprising of former hockey stars, businessmen and politicians over the weekend.
- Russian Parliament Will Not Investigate Boris Nemtsov Murder
  
  The State Duma has refused to conduct a parliamentary investigation into the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down outside the Kremlin earlier this year, liberal lawmaker Dmitry Gudkov said Monday.
- Russian Psychiatric Hospital Fined for Showing Kids 'The Silence of the Lambs'
  
  A Moscow psychiatric facility that earlier made the headlines for strapping its child inmates to the beds is now at the center of another scandal after it showed children with psychiatric disorders the film "The Silence of the Lambs," a dark and gruesome U.S. thriller about a murderous cannibal and a serial killer.
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