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Daily Mail, 04.01.09 03:02 UTC

It's miserable being an oligarch - I'm happier as a peasant, says man who once challenged Putin

Comments ( 0 ) Add to My Stories As the fortunes of Russia's super-rich oligarchs begin to crumble, a man who was once one of them has some surprising advice: they should acknowledge their folly in ...

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Seattle Times, 02.01.09 10:34 UTC

Russia ends jury trials for "crimes against the state"

MOSCOW Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last quiet hours of a dying year to sign a controversial law that eliminates jury trials for "crimes against the state," a measure that lawyers ...

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Los Angeles Times, 02.01.09 00:30 UTC

New Russian law ends jury trials for 'crimes against state'

President Dmitry Medvedev signs the controversial measure with little publicity. A pending Putin-backed law widens the definition of treason. Government critics fear the stage is set for a crackdown.

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Newsweek World News, 31.12.08 20:31 UTC

Doing Democracy Promotion Right

Bush gave democracy promotion a bad name. The next administration has to get it right.

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Los Angeles Times, 30.12.08 23:32 UTC

Russian leader signs law extending presidential terms

The move by President Dmitry Medvedev amends the nation's constitution for the first time in its history and sparks speculation that Vladimir Putin will soon return to the presidency.

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Times Online World News, 30.12.08 22:01 UTC

Country split over whether Daniel Craig is film hero or villain

Daniel Craig crouches with his back pressed hard against the white trunk of a birch tree. Gripping an Erma MP40 submachine gun, he glares over his shoulder at a target in the forest. This is not a ...

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Economist, 30.12.08 19:08 UTC

Russia - Uncle Volodya's flagging Christmas spirit

The Russian government is beginning to run out of the goodies that it has traditionally used to buy popular acquiescence

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Telegraph, 29.12.08 20:01 UTC

The sinister resurrection of Stalin

The Soviet leader’s triumphant imperialism is the key to his rehabilitation under Putin, believes Anne Applebaum.

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Daily Mail, 28.12.08 13:00 UTC

The British diplomat who ran over Russian spy in bizarre Moscow car accident

A British diplomat in Moscow knocked over a pedestrian who turned out to be a senior Russian spy. The accident threatens to reopen a simmering diplomatic row between London and Moscow which has seen ...