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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Friday, June 18, 2010. Russia will scrap the capital gains tax on long-term foreign investment next year in order to create a much-needed "investment boom," Medvedev told a gathering of foreign businesses Friday.
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Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor
Tue 28 Sep 2010
Russia President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked the powerful veteran Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov who had criticised the Kremlin and then defied mounting pressure to resign. Luzhkov had ruled Russia's... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
Medvedev fires Moscow's mayor, mired in scandal
Kremlin   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Yury Luzhkov
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Medvedev fires Moscow's mayor, mired in scandal
Tue 28 Sep 2010
Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who governed the capital... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao shake hands at a signing ceremony in Beijing Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.  Daily Star Lebanon  Mon 27 Sep 2010
Russia wants to supply all of China's gas
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - Powered by BEIJING: China and Russia signed agreements on Monday to boost energy cooperation, while Moscow said it is ready to supply its energy hungry neighbor with all... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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A rescue helicopter stands at the airport of town of Dzhezkazgan, in central Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010.  The Star  Fri 24 Sep 2010
Russian-U.S. space crew aborts return to Earth
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut aborted a return to Earth on Friday when their space capsule failed to separate from the International Space Station.... (photo: AP / Sergei Remezov, Pool)
Photos   Russia   Space   US   Wikipedia: International Space Station program
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Moscow Mayor Pokes Kremlin. Herald Tribune Fri 24 Sep 2010
Moscow Mayor Pokes Kremlin. (Cue Hornets.)
MOSCOW — Of all the high priests of Russian officialdom, few have become more deeply entrenched in power than Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov. AC = 1234 -->... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Kremlin   Moscow   Petersburg   Photos   Russia
Defiant former Soviet vice-president Gennady Yanayev  flashes a victory sign in this Tuesday May 18, 1993 file photo as he and the former KGB chairman Vlaimir Kryuchkov, left, emerge from the Moscow court building. Russia's Communist Party says Gennady Yanayev, a coup plotter who briefly declared himself president of the Soviet Union, replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, died Friday Sept. 24, 2010 at age 73. Breitbart Fri 24 Sep 2010
Soviet 1991 coup leader Gennady Yanayev dies at 73
Former Soviet statesman Gennady Yanayev, seen here in 1991, has died follow... Former Soviet statesman Gennady Yanayev, who led the abortive 1991 coup against then... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Photos   Politics   Russia   Soviet Union   Wikipedia: Gennady Yanayev
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. The Star Thu 23 Sep 2010
Russia's Putin urges Arctic resources deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged Arctic nations on Thursday to cut a deal on how to explore the region's rich mineral resources, and... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
Arctic   Photos   Resources   Russia   Wikipedia: Arctic Ocean
Rice - Food - Grain - Commodity CBC Thu 23 Sep 2010
UN probes rising food prices
Russian grain company executives will be among experts attending a special meeting prompted by global worries about high food prices, including the effects of Russia's... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Food   Photos   Prices   Russia   Wikipedia: Food
Vladimir Putin The New York Times Thu 23 Sep 2010
Putin Calls for 'Trust' in Developing a Thawing Arctic
MOSCOW -- "Mutual trust" will be the key to developing the vast resources of the Arctic and protecting its fragile ecosystems, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said... (photo: Creative Commons / Russavia)
Arctic   Developing   Mutual   Photos   Putin
In this photo taken on Saturday, July 24, 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin steps down to meet the media in Foros, Ukrainian government residence Ukraine. Yahoo Daily News Wed 22 Sep 2010
Russia, China agree gas supply terms: Gazprom
MOSCOW (AFP) – Moscow and Beijing have agreed on key supply terms for future Russian gas deliveries to China, which is seeking to secure energy resources to fuel... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
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