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Russian lawmaker proposes to strike God from national anthem

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:02:00 GMT

A Russian communist legislator on Tuesday suggested removing the word "God" from the national anthem in order to unite the multiethnic country.

Cuban centenarian says work and love key to long life

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:51:00 GMT

Cuban Elpidio Ramirez Londres, who celebrated his 109th birthday on Monday, says village life, hard work and love are key to a long life, Cuban media reported on Tuesday.

Former Russian town mayor faces misappropriation charges

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:59:00 GMT

The ex-mayor of a town near Moscow is facing criminal charges over the misappropriation of some 19.4 million rubles ($671,400) from the local budget, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Russian police must not aim guns at law-abiding citizens - minister

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:26:00 GMT

The Russian interior minister used his annual Police Day address on Tuesday to remind police chiefs that officers should point their weapons at criminals, and not aim them at law-abiding citizens.

Russia's Constitutional Court hears arguments on death penalty

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:03:00 GMT

Russia's Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether the death penalty should be restored after a court-imposed moratorium expires on January 1.

Russian Nobel laureate in Physics Ginzburg dies in Moscow

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:53:00 GMT

Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Vitaly Ginzburg has died in Moscow at the age of 94, a spokeswoman for the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

Six family members die in west Russia house fire

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:20:00 GMT

A husband and wife and their four adopted children have died in a fire in a residential building in west Russia's Belgorod Region, a police source said on Monday.

Russian police officer who asked Putin for corruption probe fired

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:45:00 GMT

A police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk has been fired after posting a video on the web asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a nationwide corruption probe, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday

Russian policeman who asked Putin for corruption probe fired

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Russian policeman asks Putin to launch corruption probe, fired

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Russian soldiers to get free cigarettes for next two years

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMT

Russian soldiers will continue to receive free cigarettes from military warehouses for two more years, a Defense Ministry official said on Saturday.

Moscow golden youth bombers were 'fed up with everything'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT

Two young Muscovites from well-off families who detonated a small explosive device in a cafe in the Russian capital in late October have told investigators they were "fed up with everything."

Moscow golden youth bombers were 'fed up with everything'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT

Two young Muscovites from well-off families who detonated a small explosive device in a cafe in the Russian capital in late October have told investigators they were "fed up with everything."

Fare dodgers in Russia's Altai detained with 60 fir trees

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Transport police in Siberia's Altai Territory detained three fare dodgers carrying 60 fir trees in a electric train, a police spokesman said on Friday.

Medvedev brings in tougher punishments for top criminal bosses

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Tuesday a law on harsher punishments for top criminal bosses.

Russian activist to receive German human rights award

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:00 GMT

The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest human rights organization, is to be honored by Germany, the German embassy in Moscow said on Tuesday.

Nationalists to rally in Moscow on November 4

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:32:00 GMT

Russian nationalists will hold a rally in Moscow on November 4, when Russia celebrates Day of People's Unity, the leader of a nationalist movement said on Tuesday.

Russian art fetches surprising $13.8 mln at Sotheby's

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:34:00 GMT

Sales of Russian artworks netted about $13.8 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York, well above the estimate of $6-9 mln and despite the global economic crisis

Russia commemorates Stalinist purge victims

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Russia commemorated on Friday tens of millions of victims to political repression in the 1930s-1950s orchestrated by Joseph Stalin.

Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:42:00 GMT

The Venezuelan parliament has adopted a law outlawing the production, import and sale of toy weapons and violent video games, the Globovision TV station said on Friday.

Switzerland set to declare war on 'suicide tourism'

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:00 GMT

Switzerland is reviewing draft legislation aimed at restricting the number of patients allowed to undergo euthanasia procedures in the country's clinics, the Swiss justice minister has said.

Strasbourg court fines Russia $192,000 over missing Chechens

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The Strasbourg court has fined Russia 130,000 euros ($192,000) over the disappearance in 2000 of three people in its North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the court said in a press release on Thursday.

Russia places 69th in world Prosperity Index

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:25:00 GMT

Russia secured the 69th place out of 104 in the Legatum Prosperity Index 2009, a global study of national welfare, the research institution said in a statement published on Tuesday.

Berezovsky faces loss of $150 million in British divorce court

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:53:00 GMT

Fugitive Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky could soon lose more than $150 million when a British court rules on his divorce from wife, the Daily Mail newspaper said on Monday.

RIA Novosti

Russian lawmaker proposes to strike God from national anthem

Cuban centenarian says work and love key to long life

Former Russian town mayor faces misappropriation charges

Russian police must not aim guns at law-abiding citizens - minister

Russia's Constitutional Court hears arguments on death penalty

Russian Nobel laureate in Physics Ginzburg dies in Moscow

Six family members die in west Russia house fire

Russian police officer who asked Putin for corruption probe fired

Russian policeman who asked Putin for corruption probe fired

Russian policeman asks Putin to launch corruption probe, fired

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Russian soldiers to get free cigarettes for next two years

Moscow golden youth bombers were 'fed up with everything'

Moscow golden youth bombers were 'fed up with everything'

Fare dodgers in Russia's Altai detained with 60 fir trees

Medvedev brings in tougher punishments for top criminal bosses

Russian activist to receive German human rights award

Nationalists to rally in Moscow on November 4

Russian art fetches surprising $13.8 mln at Sotheby's

Russia commemorates Stalinist purge victims

Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games

Switzerland set to declare war on 'suicide tourism'

Strasbourg court fines Russia $192,000 over missing Chechens

Russia places 69th in world Prosperity Index

Berezovsky faces loss of $150 million in British divorce court