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Russia completes a long, strange trip to the World Trade Organization

Jennifer RankinAugust 22, 2012 12:55
MOSCOW — The world’s largest economy outside the World Trade Organization finally joined on Wednesday, finishing a 19-year quest to end exclusion from the body under which most global commerce takes place.
August 7, 2012 11:55

A Putin joke is no laughing matter

Video of the Russian president feigning a punch at a bowing priest goes viral.

Just in case there was any question about his tough-guy credentials, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that a Russian Orthodox priest should stop trying to kiss his hand by faking a punch during a recent visit to a monastery in northern Russia. (Video below)
 

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August 2, 2012 14:47

Putin parades in London

The Russian leader takes another invitation to stymie the West.
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Putin celebrates Russia's gold medal in judo. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Putin’s dour appearances abroad serve to reinforce his methodical crackdown against a nascent protest movement at home.
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July 20, 2012 17:06

Russian court refuses bail for female punk rockers

The Kremlin shows its brittleness by punishing a symbol of opposition.
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Members of the all-girl punk band Pussy Rio, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (C), Maria Alyokhina (R) and Yekaterina Samutsevich (L), sit behind bars during a court hearing in Moscow on July 20, 2012. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)
The decision by a Moscow court on Friday to refuse bail to three members of a female punk band called Pussy Riot and extend their pretrial detention until January strains the imagination. What's the logic?
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Russian President Putin to skip G8 Camp David summit

May 10, 2012 10:26
The decision comes days after Washington criticized Russian authorities’ response to anti-government demonstrations in Moscow on Sunday.

Scientists call for Arctic fishing moratorium

April 24, 2012 18:34
Add Alexander Besant to your circles
Scientists urged Arctic rim nations on Monday to halt industrial fishing in the Arctic Ocean until fish stocks are analyzed.

'Pussy Riot' punk rockers to remain behind bars

April 19, 2012 17:13
Around 100 people, both supporters and Russian Orthodox supporters of the women, gathered outside the court during the custody hearing on Thursday, and at least 20 protesters were detained.

Former KGB chief kills himself in Moscow

March 30, 2012 12:36
In 1991, Leonid Shebarshin became acting head of the entire KGB for two days, replacing coup plotter Vladimir Kruchkov before resigning himself as the new post-Soviet authorities began dismantling the organization.

'Cannibal serial killer' arrested in Russia

March 26, 2012 16:52
Alexander Bychkov was being questioned on suspicion of stealing from a hardware store in the town of Belinksy in Russia’s Penza region when he suddenly told police he had killed several people and hid their bodies near his home.
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