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Presidential Candidate Proposes Relocating Lenin

20:05 26/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti)

Billionaire presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov has proposed holding a referendum on whether to move Russian Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin from the mausoleum on Red Square where his carefully preserved remains are currently located.

Siberian Police Crack Down on Toy Rally Organizers
17:05 26/01/2012
Not amused by the creativity of liberal activists in the South Siberian city of Barnaul, police have moved to punish the organizers of toy demonstrations that took place in the city earlier this month in the wake of nationwide election protests.
Putin Moves to Crack Down on Illegal Labor Migration
16:30 26/01/2012
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday an array of robust measures, including stiff laws, to deal with illegal migration ahead of the March 4 presidential election.
Hindu Text Must be Banned - Siberian Prosecutors
11:41 26/01/2012
Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk have insisted that a Russian translation of the book on a Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" should be banned as extremist literature, filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book, a court spokeswoman said.
German Court Bans Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Excerpts
11:41 26/01/2012
A Munich court has banned British publisher Peter McGee from printing excerpts from Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Germany because it breaches copyright laws, Focus magazine reported on Thursday.
Moscow City Hall Authorizes 50,000-Strong Opposition Rally
02:44 26/01/2012
Moscow’s City Hall has authorized a 50,000-strong opposition march followed by a rally in downtown Moscow to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections, Deputy Mayor Alexander Gorbenko said on Thursday.

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Russians Thrash Slovakia to Win World Hockey Title

Russians Thrash Slovakia to Win World Hockey Title

Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009.

Medvedev and Obama met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight most industrialized countries summit in Camp David

Russia’s Medvedev Holds Bilateral Meeting With U.S. Obama

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev assured U.S. President Barack Obama of Russia’s succession in its foreign policies course after Vladimir Putin took the post of the country’s president.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a press conference at the begening of the NATO 2012 Summit in Chicago, on May 20, 2012

NATO to Continue Missile Defense Dialogue with Russia

NATO will continue its dialogue with Russia on the establishment of a European missile defense system, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday.

Newly elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic

Nikolic Wins Serbian Presidential Election

Nationalist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic has won Sunday’s presidential election runoff in Serbia, with his opponent liberal EU-oriented ex-President Boris Tadic conceding defeat.

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