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  • August 2007

    • Moscow Boots BBC from Airwaves

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 18, 07 3:06 PM CDT

      Moscow Boots BBC from Airwaves

      (Newser) - Moscow thrust the BBC into the geopolitical limelight yesterday by axing its radio service from Russian airwaves. Media pundits are blaming the decision on rising anger between Moscow and Britain as the head of Russia's BBC called the radio silence “highly irregular and extremely disappointing.” But a Russian regulator denied any political motivation behind the move and promptly hung up on the Guardian .  More »

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      Russia  • Great Britain  • Moscow  • Alexander Litvinenko  • BBC

    • Moscow Court Acquits Music Site Boss

      Reuters  |  Aug 16, 07 8:12 AM CDT

      Moscow Court Acquits Music Site Boss

      (Newser) - A Russian court has acquitted the founder of Allofmp3.com of breach of copyright, Reuters reports. The now-defunct Russian website infuriated American and Western European music companies by offering cut-rate downloads that they said infringed on their copyright. EMI, Time Warner, and other major corporations insisted on prosecution, but a judge found Allofmp3 had paid sufficient royalties. More »

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      Russia  • music  • court  • copyright  • file sharing  • Moscow  • mp3

    • Bomb Derails Russian Train

      Reuters  |  Aug 14, 07 7:54 AM CDT

      Bomb Derails Russian Train

      (Newser) - Russia suspects terrorism in a bomb that derailed a train on the busy Moscow-to-St. Petersburg line yesterday, reports Reuters. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and more  treated at the scene, about 170 km from St. Petersburg. The bomb was planted on a bridge; the locomotive and most carriages derailed after crossing. More »

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      Russia  • terrorism  • insurgents  • bomb  • Moscow  • train  • Eastern Europe  • St. Petersburg  • Chechnya

    • Chess-Playing Killer Goes on Trial in Russia

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 14, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      Chess-Playing Killer Goes on Trial in Russia

      (Newser) - Russia is in the grip of the king of all murder trials, the Guardian reports: A chess player has been accused of luring dozens of opponents away from the board and to their brutal deaths in a Moscow park. Alexander Pichushkin has allegedly boasted of 63 murders, one shy of a chessboard, and each marked on his personal board with a cross. More »

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      Russia  • murder  • arrest  • Moscow  • chess  • Alexander Pichushkin

    • Holyfield to Challenge for Belt in Moscow

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 3, 07 6:29 AM CDT

      Holyfield to Challenge for Belt in Moscow

      (Newser) - Forty-four-year-old Evander Holyfield will challenge for his fifth heavyweight crown on October 13 against WBO champ Sultan Ibragimov. The Moscow bout was slated to feature Ibragimov and WBA champ Ruslan Chagaev, who withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Holyfield, who downed Lou Savarese in June, says he's ready to unify the heavyweight division ttile. More »

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      Moscow  • boxing  • Sultan Ibragimov  • WBO

  • June 2007

    • Russia Stakes Claim to Oil-Rich Arctic Territory

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 28, 07 5:18 AM CDT

      Russia Stakes Claim to Oil-Rich Arctic Territory

      (Newser) - Russia has claimed a massive, oil-rich chunk of the Arctic, despite international laws that block ownership of the territory. The Kremlin based its move on scientists' insistence that an underwater shelf links Russia to 460,000 square miles of the North Pole, which contains 10 billion tons of oil and gas deposits which can be extracted relatively easily. More »

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      Russia  • United Nations  • United States  • oil  • gas  • Arctic  • Moscow  • Arctic oil  • North Pole

    • Mo$cow: World's Priciest City

      BBC  |  Jun 18, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Mo$cow: World's Priciest City

      (Newser) - Moscow is the world's most expensive city for expats, according to an annual human resource study. A cup of Muscovite coffee can run more than $6, and lodging in the Russian capital can send foreign workers from rubles to rags. London placed in the survey, which compared costs of living in 143 cities worldwide. More »

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      Russia  • New York  • London  • money  • Moscow  • Paraguay

    • Moscow Backs Down on Missile Shield

      Associated Press  |  Jun 7, 07 1:55 PM CDT

      Moscow Backs Down on Missile Shield

      (Newser) - After weeks of exchanging sharp criticism with US officials, Vladimir Putin today suggested a truce over a controversial missile shield in Eastern Europe. In talks with President Bush at the G8 summit, the Russian president reversed course and said Moscow would support US plans for the shield if it is based in Azerbaijan. Bush called the idea "interesting." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Vladimir Putin  • Moscow  • G8 summit  • missile shield  • Azerbaijan

  • May 2007
  • April 2007

    • Gates Rebuffed By Moscow on Defense Plan

      Associated Press  |  Apr 23, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Gates Rebuffed By Moscow on Defense Plan

      (Newser) - Robert Gates was in Moscow today trying to soften Russian resistance to American anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, but so far the Russians aren't buying. The Defense Secretary is pushing proposals that would invite the Russians to share data, cooperate on research, and participate in joint testing of the system. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Robert Gates  • Moscow  • missile  • anti missile bases

    • Russia Locks Down Foreign Students

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 20, 07 7:26 AM CDT

      Russia Locks Down Foreign Students

      (Newser) - Moscow’s top medical school is urging 2,000 foreign students to stay indoors for the next three days, citing an annual surge in attacks by skinheads around Aprll 20—Hitler’s birthday. The lockdown of non-native students is a preventative effort in response to a rise in xenophobic violence in Russia. More »

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      Russia  • violence  • student  • Moscow  • xenophobia

    • Russia Threatens New Cold War

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 11, 07 8:56 AM CDT

      Russia Threatens New Cold War

      (Newser) - Livid over U.S. plans for a missile defense system in its backyard, Russia is mounting a cold-war-style response. The Kremlin admonished that the military installations planned for Poland and the Czech Republic would threaten "the world's strategic stability," and promised a suitable counter-measure, reports the Guardian . Responses are likely to include upgrading its nuclear missiles, defense experts  said. More »

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      Moscow  • Kremlin

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