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Police in Russia's Urals seize 9.5 kg of heroin from pensioner

YEKATERINBURG, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Police have seized 9.5 kilograms of heroin from a pensioner in the Sverdlovsk Region of Russia's Urals, the local police force said on Tuesday. The drug seizure was part of a series of...

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Russian policeman kills self after accidentally shooting colleague

YEKATERINBURG, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer from the Urals city of Severouralsk committed suicide after accidentally shooting a female colleague dead, a spokesman for the regional police department said on...

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Slovenia, Russia: Thoughts on Blogging

Recent Articles also in Eastern & Central Europe Recent Links also in Eastern & Central Europe are musing on what it means to be a blogger. Russian Blog reports that Yekaterinburg authorities have announced a flu-related...

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Russia MP in exchange kiosk theft

The 300,000 euros was stolen from a Moscow exchange kiosk A Russian MP has been left red-faced and out of pocket after 300,000 euros (£267,000) he was loaned was stolen from a Moscow currency exchange kiosk. Many are asking...

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Modernised submarine Karelia begins at-sea testing!

Updated on Saturday, November 14, 2009, 17:55 IST Tags:Russia, Submarine Karelia Arkhangelsk: The strategic submarine K-18 Karelia of the Russian Northern Fleet has begun at-sea testing after upgrading at the Zvyozdochka ship...

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Medvedev proposes new governor for Urals province

MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has backed a new candidate to serve as governor of the Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The regional legislature in Yekaterinburg...

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Russian independent media facing testing times

Journalists from small independent radio stations across Russia have been told they must go online and embrace social networking to help them survive. The Yekaterinburg Independent Radio Festival heard that many radio stations...

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Police in Yekaterinburg seize 20 kg of heroin

MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg have seized around 20 kg (44 lbs) of heroin from Tajik and Kyrgyz nationals, a police spokesman told RIA Novosti on Friday. "Yekaterinburg police...

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Comstar enters second stage of consolidation

Russian fixed line operator Comstar United TeleSystems has announced that it has commenced the second stage of its structural reorganisation programme. As reported by CommsUpdate on 11 August, the first stage was successfully...

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Chinese, Russian and Indian FMs reach major consensus at meeting in Bangalore

BANGALORE, India, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Tuesday met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrovand Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in the southern Indian city at the 9th meeting of foreign...

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