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Vladimir Putin gets tiger cub for birthday

It was the perfect gift for the ultimate hard man of world politics: a tiger cub presented to the former Russian president Vladimir Putin for his 56th birthday. Mr Putin has yet to decide between the names Mashenka and Milashka...

Russian human rights activists accuse Nobel Committee of pandering to Kremlin

Russia's human rights community accused the Nobel Committee of pandering to the Kremlin after Lidia Yusupova, a leading activist who exposed abuses in Chechnya, was overlooked for this year's peace prize. By Adrian Blomfield in...

Russian firms to get up to $50 bln to refinance foreign debt

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's government is to allocate up to $50 billion for companies to refinance their foreign debt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "Up to $50 billion is being earmarked...

Russia to launch stock market support next week: PM

By Denis Dyomkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will stump up some of its oil wealth to support battered asset prices from next week, launching an aid package worth around 5 percent of the value of Russia's traded shares....

Russia's Medvedev supports G-8 meeting on economy

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he supports holding an emergency meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to discuss the global financial crisis. Medvedev said he had discussed the idea with...

Archangel Diamond Corporation Aware of Press Reports Indicating Russian Government Consent for...

TORONTO, ONTARIO, October 10 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the outcome of future negotiations, completion of the Transaction, execution of definitive...

Medvedev says anti-crisis measures enough for now

BISHKEK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he believed the government had done enough so far to support the financial sector, but promised to hold a meeting to see how to help the real economy....

Outside View: Cyberwar threat grows worse

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2008 - Viruses, worms, identity theft, extortion and other forms of criminal activity are not the only illicit uses of the Internet. "Malware" -- malicious software designed to exploit weaknesses in...

Lithuania to vote amid economic fears, Russia worry (Reuters)

By Nerijus Adomaitis 14 minutes ago VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians vote in a parliamentary election Sunday with double digit inflation fuelling fears their small economy could be swamped by the global financial crisis. Some...

Russian government to invest in stocks, bonds: report

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that his government will start investing in Russian equities and bonds next week in an attempt to stabilize the country's ailing financial markets, the...