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2 hrs ago | Russia Taday

E.On Russia to transfer 100% of 2012's net profit into dividends

E.On Russia, the Russian subsidiary of Germany's E.On power company, will transfer 100% of the net profit the energy company made in 2012, some $583 million into dividends, marking a record for the Russian domestic electricity market.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Nuclear Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

2 hrs ago | In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Russia Working to Align Biologics Regs with International Standards

Regulators and the drug industry met in Moscow last week to develop a framework for firms developing biologics and biosimilars in the Russian Federation.

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3 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

15:00Car bombs kill eight in Russia's Dagestan

Two car bombs exploded in the capital of the Russian province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators said.

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6 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine

Navalny Trial Resumes In Russia

KIROV, Russia -- The embezzlement trial of opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny has resumed in the central Russian city of Kirov.

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8 hrs ago | Weekday Magazine

At 20, Russia's Gazprom Struggles To Stay Dominant

Gazprom employees at the launch of production at the Bovanenkovskoye gas field in the far northern Yamal-Nenets Region in October 2012 MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Jurist

UK judge upholds request to withhold evidence in Russian spy death investigation

Sir Robert Owen has agreed to withhold [Al Jazeera report] any information implicating the Russian government in Litvinenko's death, as well as any information that could undermine trust in the UK's government.

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MSNBC

Recommended: Mice and other critters land in Russia after 30 days in space; not all survive

Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher for the Bion-M project, talks to reporters Sunday while others examine the "space ark" capsule in the background.

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The Nation

Asean back on Russia's map as a region of interest

Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Vladimir Putin, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Brunei, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Opinion

The Las Vegas Sun

Mice return from a month in space

Scientists say the experiment is intended to test the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure.

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Weekday Magazine

Two North Caucasus Republics Set Election Precedent

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting of the Government Commission on Social and Economic Development of the North Caucasian Federal District in Grozny in June 2012, flanked by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Ingushetia head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and Daghestan's Magomedsalam Magomedov .

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www.guardian.co.uk | coolncrazy

Russia reveals identity of CIA Moscow chief following Ryan Fogle's expulsion

The US has not reacted to the expulsion of Ryan Fogle, who was caught in a sting operation while allegedly attempting to recruit an FSB agent.

"Basically, the FSB got sick of American spies and demonstratively and publicly slapped one of them," wrote the tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda. "Like a cockroach who thought he was master of the crumbs in the kitchen."

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Iol.co.za

Depardieu compares Putin to Pope John Paul II

French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent is what Russia needs as a leader.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Celebrities, Gerard Depardieu, Vladimir Putin

Sat May 18, 2013

Babalu Blog

Thrilling news for all communists, everywhere and some suggestions for the Russians

Cubans have a living mummy that occasionally pops up here and there, scaring the living bejeezus out of them.

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Canada.com

Plane catches fire landing at airport in Moscow; no injuries

Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.

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Pravda

Sasha Grey sets off on long motor rally across Russia

The former star of adult films, currently a musician, DJ and actress, Sasha Grey, set off on a long car journey across Russia.

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Trend

Top official: Final decision on oil transportation between Azerbaijan and Russia not yet made

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 / Trend, I.Izzet / The final decision on oil transportation between Azerbaijan and Russia has not yet been made, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Information Provision Department Head Elnur Aslanov told journalists on Friday.

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Xinhuanet

Russian warships enter Mediterranean

Russian sailors are seen aboard the Admiral Panteleyev Russian war ship moored at the Cypriot port of Limassol on Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Pravda

Teen girls torture small children in Russian orphanage

Two teenage girls, who beat and abused young boys in a boarding school in Russia's Amur region, were sent to a detention center.

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