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Created: 01.07.2006 15:25 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:32 MSK

Moscow Hit by Wine Crisis

Wine shelves went empty in grocery stores and supermarkets across the Russian capital in June, as suppliers and retailers followed the government’s order to remove all imported wines and spirits with old excise labels from sale by July 1.
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Created: 24.06.2006 10:30 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:30 MSK

Dangerous and Costly — Hailing a Gypsy Cab in Moscow Some of the Russian travel guides available on the internet claim that Moscow gypsy cabs are the cheapest and most reliable means of transportation in the Russian capital. This is not always the case, however. FULL STORY...

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Created: 17.06.2006 12:12 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:42 MSK

Russian War Hero Tells Her Secret She is a remarkable woman. And yet, she is just another Soviet woman who concealed her true sex while serving in a tank regiment during World War II. A Russian paper tells an astonishing story of a Russian woman who defended her homeland back in the 1940s. FULL STORY...

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Created: 10.06.2006 16:48 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:44 MSK

World Cup Kicks Off Without Russia Host Germany and Costa Rica got the soccer World Cup underway with a match in Munich on June 9. The World Cup is seen by millions of fans as the biggest soccer event on the planet. It feels sad to see Russia not participating in the tournament. FULL STORY...

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Created: 29.05.2006 11:13 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:24 MSK

Moscow Gay Activists Assaulted by Homophobes Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov could not have been more open and honest when he explained why he had banned a gay pride parade in the Russian capital. Such events “may be acceptable for some, in some sense, progressive countries in the West, but not for Russia”. FULL STORY...

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Created: 17.05.2006 16:30 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:31 MSK

Baby Boom for Cannon Fodder Authoritarian rulers have always loved children. Or would it be more honest to say, they feigned their love for the little ones? Perhaps, they realized — even though they hated the idea — that sooner or later they would have to yield to the younger generation. But they also knew that to win their people’s hearts, it was enough to shower warmth and affection on a few babies and their mothers. FULL STORY...

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Created: 10.05.2006 12:57 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:03 MSK

Klebnikov’s Murderers Still At Large Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes Russia Magazine who exposed the workings of the country’s shadowy billionaire tycoons, was killed outside his Moscow office in 2004. A 41-year-old New Yorker of Russian descent, he was struck several times by shots fired from a passing car. Those who ordered and those who carried out his killing remain at large. FULL STORY...

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Created: 24.04.2006 11:24 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:24 MSK

Chernobyl: 20 Years On As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, environmentalists are releasing new alarming estimates of the future death toll. Scientists are examining the deadly consequences of the fallout, while survivors go on living in contaminated areas, watching their children, born long after the blast, die. FULL STORY...

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Created: 12.04.2006 14:20 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:01 MSK

Top Manager Jailed for Heading Wrong Company Becoming a senior executive of a major oil firm may seem an attractive career move for any ambitious man, but in Russia the consequences of such a promotion may prove harmful. Vasily Aleksanyan was arrested just a week after taking over the top post at the embattled oil company Yukos and, as the man himself said shortly before detention, in doing so he ignored repeated warnings from law enforcers to stay away from the company. FULL STORY...

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Created: 10.04.2006 13:36 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:36 MSK

Russians Missing Out on TV News Several years ago it might have seemed that what Russia was really missing was a nationwide news network in the likeness of CNN or BBC News 24, broadcasting news bulletins 24 hours a day. Plans to establish a round-the-clock news service nurtured by some broadcasters fell through. FULL STORY...

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Created: 03.04.2006 13:42 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:11 MSK

What It Feels Like Being an Alien in Moscow All the leading world media outlets have their correspondents in Moscow. Some regard their assignment as an honorable mission, others — as exile. Some marry Russian women, others dream of escape. Some enjoy speaking Russian and take a keen interest in Russian art, others view it as a punishment. Yet most agree that Russia has long ceased to be an exciting place to cover. FULL STORY...

MosNews

World Religious Leaders Meet in Russian Capital Ahead of G8 Summit

A meeting of international religious leaders convened Monday in Moscow with the intention of crafting a statement to be sent to the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations. The participants are expected to discuss everything from terrorism to poverty.

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Russia’s Titanium Giant VSMPO-Avisma Receives $75M Back Tax Claim — Paper

The world’s largest titanium producer, Russia’s VSMPO-Avisma, has received back tax claims for 2005 for a sum of 2 billion rubles ($75 million). This information was reported by Russian daily Kommersant, which quoted company sources, on Tuesday, July 4.

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Ukraine’s Football Achievements Mean a Brighter Future for Children — Shevchenko

Ukraine’s Andriy Shevchenko is one of more than 100 football greats serving as a FIFA charity ambassador. In an interview to SOS-Kinderhof International, Shevchenko explains his decision to take part in the Children’s Villages project, speaking about the situation in his homeland of Ukraine and the chances that Ukraine and Germany have at the World Cup.

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Genealogy of Fifth Generation Fighters

The more talk there is about fifth-generation fighters, the more often the question arises: what exactly is a fifth-generation fighter? A special report from Lenta.ru traces back to the roots of this highly sought after aircraft.

GIDI WEITZ AND AMIR BEN-DAVID

Yediot Ahronot

Gazrprom’s Eye Fixed on Israel

Israel and Russia have started negotiations on contracts for the supply of natural gas and the construction of a pipeline to carry it. Who will profit from the billion-dollar deal? Gidi Weitz and Amir Ben-David at Yediot Ahronot, the Seven Days weekend magazine, search for a key to the puzzle.

Cars Dive into Moscow Canal

One after another, a blue BMW and a red convertible broke through an embankment and plunged into the waters of the Moscow Canal in the center of the city. What happened was not actually a tragedy, not a real one, at least.