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3 hrs ago | Hollywood Reporter

Depardieu Defends Chechnya, Says Boston Bombers Were 'Raised American'

Depardieu, who arrived in Chechen capital Grozny with co-star British actress Elizabeth Hurley, said the ethnic-Chechen Tsarnaev brothers accused of carrying out last month's bombing in which three people died and more than 260 were injured, had been raised American and the outrage could not be blamed on Chechnya.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Orlando, FL, Entertainment

7 hrs ago | Reuters

Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader

A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against protest leader Alexei Navalny at his trial on theft charges on Wednesday, saying that he had done no harm.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia

9 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

'Gas discoveries give Israel new regional clout'

Israel's newfound natural gas reserves will boost its regional clout and could help it improve ties with neighboring states in need of new energy sources, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said.

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13 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine

Makhachkala Bombing Highlights Daghestani Leader's Herculean Task

Acting Daghestan leader Ramazan Abdulatipov in the People's Assembly in January, when he was named acting president by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Related Topix: Russia, Asia, World News

15 hrs ago | The St. Petersburg Times

Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses

Among talk of the problem of unpaid gas bills and the possibility of opening a St.

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Tue May 21, 2013

News24

Officer's Putin desk shots investigated

Displayed on a computer screen is one of the pictures of Alexei Ustimchuk, a former officer of the Federal Bodyguard Service , posing behind Vladimir Putin's desk in the Kremlin.

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AlertNet

Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion

Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings, approving legislation proposed after punk band Pussy Riot performed a raucous protest song in Moscow's main Orthodox Christian cathedral.

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Transitions Online

Croatia, Slovenia Star in New Corruption Report, Kerry to Russian opposition: We Hear You

As it approaches its goal of European Union membership, Croatia got a black eye this week by the American accounting firm Ernst & Young, which issued a report saying the Balkan nation is one of the most corrupt on the continent, euobserver.com reports .

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Jerusalem Post

Syria's rebels blame Putin for prolonged fight

Moscow seen as struggling for relevance as its Mideast grasp slips away; rebels view Russian involvement as thwarting resolution in Syria.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Russia

Ynetnews

Syria's rebels blame Russia's Putin for prolonged fight

Khalid Dayli, a 23-year old fighter with Syria's rebel forces, flicked through the channels on his television, ogling at the scantily clad female singers and dismissing the talents of a Saudi soccer team.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Russia

Weekday Magazine

Levada Center, Russia's Most Respected Pollster, Fears Closure

Prosecutors have "brought us to the brink of sanctions on the one hand and are undermining our authority and business reputation on the other," says Levada's Lev Gudkov.

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Russia Taday

Top Russian security official visits US, 'plays mailman' for Obama and Putin

The head of Russia's National Security Council has arrived in the US on a two-day visit for top-level talks on key stumbling blocks in bilateral relations.

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Transitions Online

Russian Journalist Disabled in Attack Dies, Montenegrin President Reelected

Mikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who was savagely beaten in 2008, died in the town of Khimki, near Moscow, 8 April after choking on a piece of food, RIA Novosti reports .

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Related Topix: Journalism, Activism, Filip Vujanovic, Europe, World News, Montenegro

Mon May 20, 2013

American Reporter

Campaign 2012OBAMA DAY

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

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Related Topix: Cocoa Beach, FL, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Radio Prague

Zeman's refusal to appoint professor sparks outrage

The Czech president, MiloA Zeman, has caused an outcry by saying he will not confer the title of professor on a Charles University academic.

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Weekday Magazine

Putin's Game And Kudrin's Choice

If Russian President Vladimir Putin ever actually appoints Aleksei Kudrin as his prime minister, we'll know that one of two things happened: Either Putin decided to radically change course or Kudrin shamelessly sold out.

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Voice of America

Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court

Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev speaks to the media after arriving for a court hearing in Moscow, May 20, 2013.

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AlertNet

Dagestan bombs kill 3, 2 dead in shootout near Moscow

Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency.

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The Jersey Journal

The Obama administration makes the Keystone Kops look good: Farmer

A common theme runs through the Obama administration's trifecta of troubles - the IRS transgressions, the Justice Department snooping on Associated Press phone calls and the Benghazi blunders - that's more disturbing that any possible criminality.

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Tri-cityherald.com

Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'

Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public opinion on government policy" and demanded it cease publication until it registers as a "foreign agent" under a law passed last year.

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