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The Moscow Times
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The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS).
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Medvedev Orders Investigation Into Kremlin Corruption
President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a handwritten order to Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to investigate possible Kremlin corruption linked to the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Conoco to Unload Full LUKoil Stake
ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that it would unload its full 20 percent stake in LUKoil by 2011, ending a nearly six-year strategic partnership with Russia's second-biggest company. LUKoil agreed to buy back 7.6 percent of its shares.
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YouTube Banned by a Far East Court
A Far East court has banned YouTube and four other web sites for "extremist" content in a ruling that promises to raise new worries about free speech, as the Internet is widely recognized as the last uncensored form of media in Russia.
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Court Declares Poet a Militant Leader
A Moscow region court ruled that Yulia Privedennaya turned a youth commune into an illegal militant group and was abusive to some members. She said the commune's goal was only to educate the young through poetry.
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Krasnodar Camp Brawl Fuels Ethnic Tensions
A brawl at a youth camp near the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics has turned into an ethnically charged battle, pitting the Chechen Republic president against the Krasnodar region's governor.
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Two Jailed for Kidnapping Homeless People
Two men from the Perm region were sentenced Wednesday to jail terms for holding 11 homeless people captive for up to five years at a scrap metal processing plant and plying them with alcohol in lieu of salaries.
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91 Evacuated in Downtown Moscow Fire
A fire in an old five-story office building on Ploshchad Tverskoi Zastavy, adjacent to the Belorusskaya metro station in downtown Moscow, sickened two people and trapped 43 others on the roof Wednesday.
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Moscow Fires Raise Smog 10 Times Over Safe Level
The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution soaring 10 times above safe levels, an air monitoring service said Wednesday.
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Kommersant Head Quits Police Council
Kommersant editor-in-chief Mikhail Mikhailin announced Thursday that he was resigning from the Moscow police's public council because the police have failed to prosecute officers who broke a journalist's arm at an opposition rally.
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Kerimov Eyeing the Creation of Potash Empire
Suleiman Kerimov, co-owner of potash producer Uralkali, recently met with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and offered to buy a controlling stake in Belaruskali from the state, said a source close to one of Uralkali's shareholders.
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Texan Charged With Smuggling Night-Vision Scopes
U.S. authorities have charged a Texan woman with trying to smuggle three night-vision rifle sights to Russia.
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2 Jailed in Russian Marriage Scam
Men from Estonia and Uzbekistan were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for participating in a fraud ring that charged a $17,000 fee to arrange sham marriages for Russian and other East European nationals.
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Russians Mark New Holiday
Russians officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking the country's conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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RusAl Seeks Norilsk Disclosure
United Company RusAl on Wednesday demanded that Norilsk Nickel disclose how American Depositary Receipt holders voted at a June 28 meeting and offered to do the same to end a battle for influence at the world's biggest nickel producer.
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'Dancing Bridge' Missing $5M
The Audit Chamber has established that $5 million of state funds spent on the construction of a "dancing bridge" over the Volga River in Volgograd was used "improperly," RIA-Novosti reported.
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Tax Breaks to Stay for New Oil, Gas Fields
Russia will retain tax breaks in 2011 for producers developing new oil and gas deposits that require large capital outlays, though an extraction tax increase will proceed, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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New Bid to Erect Tsereteli Statue in Puerto Rico
Christopher Columbus is on the move again in the New World, as sculptor Zurab Tsereteli's towering statue of the explorer - already shunned by several U.S. cities - might be erected on Puerto Rico's north coast.
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Imax to Open 10 More Theaters in Russia
"Imax Corporation, operator of large-screen movie theaters, reached an agreement to open at least 10 additional locations in Russia, part of an expansion that will boost the number of Imax cinemas worldwide by about 25 percent."
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Polyus Reverse Takeover May Boost Market Value
Polyus Gold said Wednesday that a planned reverse takeover of the company by its London-listed unit may increase the parent's market value as much as 40 percent, helping finance acquisitions.
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OGK-3 Fights Bankruptcy Hearing
OGK-3, a power utility controlled by Norilsk Nickel, appealed to stop the bankruptcy proceeding of a Siberian gas unit it owns with TNK-BP.
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Russian Pilot of UN Copter Is Beaten
A missing Russian pilot and three rebel commanders were beaten when their UN helicopter landed off target in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region earlier this week, a UN spokesman said Wednesday.
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Cosmonaut Replies to Love Letter
An embarrassed Alexander Skvortsov, commander of the current expedition at the international space station, wrote to a 17-year-old Moscow girl who sent him a love letter that she was probably just starstruck.
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Russians Dislike 'Rich' PR People
Russians think that public relations jobs are prestigious and profitable, but immoral, and do not want their own children to take up the line of work, according to a new survey.
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OGK-5's H1 Profits Double
Power producer OGK-5, controlled by Italy's Enel, said its first-half net profit more than doubled year on year as sales grew and costs were cut.
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Kerimov Moves to Replace Uralkali CEO
Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is seeking to replace Uralkali's chief executive officer with an ally after gaining control of Russia's second-largest potash producer last month.
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Putin Asks Fertilizer Makers to Keep Prices Down
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has asked fertilizer makers to keep prices for domestic farmers at the lowest possible level because of the drought in Central Russia.
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Editors Take Stage at Afisha Summer Picnic
The annual Afisha Picnic, sponsored by the popular biweekly arts magazine Afisha, is set to take place Saturday at Kolomenskoye from noon to 10 p.m. The festival will host 47 artists from Russia, England and the United States on six different stages.
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Iggy Pop, 63, Set for Moscow Milk Show
Iggy Pop, the legendary musician who has done just about anything and everything on stage, plays club Milk on Aug. 5 with his group the Stooges.
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Wanted: Slavic Hair
By "Slavic hair," Nastya didn't mean any specific color, just the specific hair structure of your average member of that Indo-European tribe and its descendants. It's what sells best.
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Our Little Castro in Belarus
When it comes to Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Cold War's foreign policy missteps in Cuba should serve as a warning. Support for a banana republic dictator might bring immediate gains, but it eventually turns the big country into the smaller country's hostage.
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Russian Shares Undervalued
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3 Cops Shot in Astrakhan
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A Russian Fairy Tale in Rural Massachusetts
Double Edge Theater, located on a farm in the tiny hill town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, is a unique and surprising organization. Its productions have been seen in cities all over the United States and in such countries as Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary and Romania.
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Medvedev Cuts VEB Rates
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Chuvashia Head Confirmed
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Gazprom Neft Output Up
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Rector in $3.3M Inquiry
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Rambler, Afisha Merged
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Anti-Police Leaflets Probed
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PIK Boosts Cash Collections
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Church Blast Kills One
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Moscow, Kiev Talk Uranium
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Daimler Seeks Van Partner
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