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The death of Sergei Magnitsky after a year in prison without trial has raised frightening questions over Russia's justice system - and the wisdom of challenging corruption. By Philip Aldrick, Andrew Osborn in Moscow and Philip...
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev harshly criticised Russia’s hegemonic United Russia political party for allowing dirty election practices at the party’s annual congress in St Petersburg, calling its methods ‘backwards’ and...
By IRINA TITOVA Sunday November 22 2009 Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday harshly criticised officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for abusing their positions to win elections, saying the party must learn to...
Rubin Kazan held Zenit St Petersburg [ Images ] to a 0-0 draw to seal their second consecutive Russian Premier League title on Saturday. The scoreless stalemate in Kazan gave Rubin 60 points and an insurmountable five-point...
as a potential purchase. Spanish publication Marca reports that Rubin, who retained their Russian Premier League title this weekend courtesy of a 0-0 draw against Zenit, have offered the 24-year old €4 million per season to...
Chelsea moved eight points clear at the top of the table, while England lost against New Zealand and Wales beat Argentina Preamble: Welcome to this bumper , super , heroic afternoon of sport. Of course, there are many other...
African version of Spitting Image has delighted big audiences by ridiculing corrupt politicians A rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of...
By TONY KARON Tony Karon – 28 mins ago President Barack Obama spent much of his time in Asia warning Iran that his patience for nuclear diplomacy is wearing thin. "Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to...
Bosnia’s gradual disintegration would appear inevitable. The only question is how the international community will, and should, react to this process. A new state – “Republika Srpska” - is shortly to be born in South Eastern...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.
