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Created: 14.06.2006 11:41 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:37 MSK

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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Created: 29.05.2006 12:55 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:52 MSK

Chechen PM Could Double-Cross Kremlin With a Group of Eight summit scheduled for July in St. Petersburg, Washington is paying renewed attention to Russia. Tatania Lokshina, chairwoman of the Moscow-based Demos think tank, speaks about the situation in Chechnya. FULL STORY...

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Created: 19.05.2006 22:45 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:05 MSK

Beginning of the End for Interpol Speaking at a meeting held by Interpol in Minsk amid a boycott by the EU, a senior Russian law enforcer praised Interpol for allegedly backing Russian arrest warrants issued for self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky, Yukos co-founder Leonid Nevzlin, and other people wanted in Russia. Leonid Nevzlin, a vocal critic of the Kremlin, casts doubts on the credibility of the statement made by the chief of the Russian delegation. FULL STORY...

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Created: 24.04.2006 17:23 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:23 MSK

Raising Living Standards for the Russian Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister, shares his views on national projects and external policy issues. FULL STORY...

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Created: 03.04.2006 14:36 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:36 MSK

Russia’s Domestic Issues Must Not Concern U.S — Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, has urged the U.S. not to interfere in Russia’s domestic issues, although he acknowledges that democracy is fragile in Russia. He says Russians’ belief in democracy is the legacy of perestroika, the economic restructuring that he introduced before the fall of Communism. FULL STORY...

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Created: 28.02.2006 18:05 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:05 MSK

	US Profited From Mohammed Cartoons Scandal — Expert Chief producer of the Arabic service of the Russia Today TV channel discusses who could be behind the Muhammad cartoons scandal and of Russia’s controversial relations with Hamas. FULL STORY...

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Created: 22.02.2006 16:03 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:03 MSK

FSB Claims Spies in Russia are Overstepping Boundaries Foreign intelligence services operations have become exceptionally daring on Russian territory in their pursuit of military secrets, says FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev. FULL STORY...

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Created: 06.02.2006 17:47 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:56 MSK

Young Russian Nationalist Says Will Oppose Both Kremlin and West Dmitry Rogozin is suave, smooth-talking and, his opponents say, a racist. And he is winning over voters the Kremlin wants for itself. FULL STORY...

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Created: 30.01.2006 17:38 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:26 MSK

Putin Was Right Choice for Russia — Boris Yeltsin First Russian president Boris Yeltsin says he is glad he chose Vladimir Putin as his successor. FULL STORY...

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Created: 26.01.2006 18:41 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:41 MSK

Russia Ready to Cooperate With Palestinian Islamist Govt. — Envoy Russia is ready to cooperate with new Palestinian government whatever it turns out to be. Alexander Kalugin, Russian special envoy to the Middle East, articulates Russia’s stance on the possible development of the situation in Palestine after the elections. 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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Severstal Plans 12Bln Euro London IPO Following Arcelor Bid Failure — Paper

Russian steelmaker Severstal, whose bid to merge with Arcelor was terminated on Friday, June 30, now plans a 12 billion euro London IPO, Russian Business daily reported on Sunday, July 2.

LISA VRONSKAYA

MosNews

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.

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.

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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.