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FILE - This is a Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 file photo showing a portrait of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in jail, as it is held by his mother Nataliya Magnitskaya, as she speaks during an exclusive interview with the AP in Moscow, Russia.
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Sergei Magnitsky's Russian trial condemned as 'absurd'
Sun 27 Jan 2013
A Moscow trial to prosecute the dead whistle-blowing lawyer who exposed huge tax fraud among Russian officials has been labelled a "Stalin show trial" and an "absurd" attempt to discredit him. Sergei... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Gay rights activists demonstrate in downtown Moscow on Sunday, May 27, 2007. Russian police detained gay rights activists, including at least two European lawmakers, as they tried to hold a demonstration in downtown Moscow on Sunday, while conservatives
Moscow   Photos   Police Arrest   Rights   Russia   Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Russia		  STL Today 
20 detained at Moscow rally against anti-gay bill
Fri 25 Jan 2013
Russian police detained 20 gay rights campaigners and militant Orthodox Christian activists Friday near the country's parliament as it overwhelmingly backed a bill that would ban "homosexual... (photo: AP/Sergey Ponomarev)
In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released.  The Daily Telegraph  Thu 24 Jan 2013
Pussy Riot members speak about life in prison
Members of Russian band Pussy Riot, who are serving a two year prison sentence for their "punk prayer" protest against Vladimir Putin, remain defiant. 560 315... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 file photo Russian gay right campaigner Pavel Samburov (center left) and five other gay rights activists kiss during a protest near the State Duma, Russia's lower parliament chamber, in Moscow, Russia. A controversial bill banning "homosexual propaganda" has been submitted to Russia's lower house of parliament for the first of three hearings Tuesday, Jan. 22. 2013.  Boston Herald  Mon 21 Jan 2013
Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide
MOSCOW — Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze, file)
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Police officers patrol in Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Irish Times Wed 16 Jan 2013
Sniper kills Russia crime boss
One of Russia's most prominent reputed crime bosses, a 75-year-old nicknamed "Grandpa Hassan" who survived time in Soviet jails and assassination attempts, was shot dead... (photo: AP / Anna Shevelyova)
Mafia   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Aslan Usoyan
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, and his wife Asma Assad watch a presentation at the campus of Infosys Technologies Ltd., an Indian software services company, campus in Bangalore, India, Friday, June 20, 2008. Al-Assad is on a five-day official visit to In Zeenews Mon 14 Jan 2013
Assad's exit not precondition for dialogue: Moscow
Moscow: Russia believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit cannot be a precondition for a deal to resolve the country's crisis, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi)
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A Tu-104 near Vnukovo Airport. Following its removal from civil service, several aircraft were transferred to the Soviet military Canberra Times Mon 14 Jan 2013
World's safest airline? Really?
Rescuers work at the site where a plane careered off the runway at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow on December 29 last year. Despite several fatal incidents, 2012 was the... (photo: Creative Commons / Anthony Ivanoff)
Airlines   Airports   News   Photos   Wikipedia: Aviation safety
In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. A Russian volcano which started erupting last week has continued to spew ash and smoke into the air. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, last erupted in 1976. The New York Times Sat 12 Jan 2013
Volcano Erupting in Russia's Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano erupting in Russia's Far East is sending plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and creating a lava lake. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano is... (photo: AP / Alexander Petrov)
Environment   Moscow   Photos   Volcano   Wikipedia: Tolbachik
Press Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. The Washington Post Thu 10 Jan 2013
Russia to wait a year on adoption law
MOSCOW — A controversial new Russian law banning adoptions by Americans will not go into effect for another year, President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
Adoption   Lawmaker   Moscow   Photos   Wikipedia: Dmitry Peskov
A man leaves Moscow Intwerbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Bloomberg Tue 8 Jan 2013
Russia Stocks Jump Most in Four Month as Trading Starts
Russian (INDEXCF) stocks jumped the most in four months, catching up with gains in global equities as local markets opened after a six-day break. The Micex Index climbed... (photo: AP / Mikhial Metzel)
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