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Russia Says Sentencing of Viktor Bout Hurts Ties With U.S.
Posted: April 6th, 2012, 11:29am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Russia’s foreign ministry lashed out on Friday over the sentencing of a Russian arms trafficker, Viktor Bout, to 25 years in prison, warning that it could harm relations with Washington.
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In Russia, a Watch Vanishes Up Kirill’s Sleeve
Posted: April 6th, 2012, 2:00am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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An opulent watch — a source of public embarrassment — disappeared from the wrist of Kirill I, patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, in a doctored photo.
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Belarus Executes Man, 25, Convicted in Subway Bombing
Posted: March 17th, 2012, 10:41am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Human rights groups and Western governments continued to raise questions about the case.
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Putin Opponents Pick Up Moscow District Council Seats
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Inspired by protests against President Vladimir V. Putin, hundreds of young Muscovites ran for the first time in municipal elections. To the shock of many, dozens won.
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Putin Opponents Pick Up Moscow District Council Seats
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Inspired by protests against President Vladimir V. Putin, hundreds of young Muscovites ran for the first time in municipal elections. To the shock of many, dozens won.
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In Russia Vote, Fear of Hardship Fuels Putin Support
Posted: March 3rd, 2012, 8:34pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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For potential voters in hardscrabble towns, any desire to live better is outweighed by a persistent fear of living worse.
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Putin Support Tepid but Broad in Industrial Russia
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:32am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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A working-class city in Russia embodies support for Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, though it seems to be based mostly on an absence of options.
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Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:25pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.
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Anti-Putin Protesters Challenged by Russia’s Subzero Forecast
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The temperature on Saturday is expected to drop to 10 degrees below zero, and protest organizers are offering winter fashion advice as well as promising to keep the speeches short.
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Russian Liberals Weigh Alliance With Nationalists
Posted: January 29th, 2012, 7:00am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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In the effort to drive out the paramount Russian leader Vladimir V. Putin, the opposition, driven by liberal and middle-class Russians, has tentatively reached out to nationalists.
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A Rally for Putin, Enthusiasm Optional
Posted: January 28th, 2012, 1:53pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Teams of mechanics, welders and heavy-machinery operators gathered Saturday in support of Vladimir V. Putin. But not all of them were happy about it.
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Putin Says His Foes Are Using Protests to Destabilize Russia
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 10:53am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday praised young dissenters for standing up for their beliefs, while suggesting that they were being used as pawns.
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A Roster's Rebirth: Russian City Embraces Soul of Lokomotiv Team Lost in Crash
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 10:17am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The effort continues to rebuild Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, the elite Russian hockey team whose players, coaches and support staff were killed in a plane crash in September.
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Russian Journalists at Kommersant Vlast Fired After Tough Election Coverage
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 10:53pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The dismissals followed the publication this week of the news magazine Kommersant Vlast, which detailed accusations of large-scale electoral fraud by the ruling party, United Russia.
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Russian TV, Changing Its Strategy, Shows Protests
Posted: December 11th, 2011, 6:00am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Government television covered the protests much as they had occurred — to the surprise of many.
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Suspect in Norway Reconstructs Killings for Police
Posted: August 14th, 2011, 6:13pm EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Under heavy guard, Anders Behring Breivik retraced his actions on the island where he killed 69 people last month.
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Europe Court Backs Kremlin in Khodorkovsky Case
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 7:57am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The former Russian oil tycoon failed to prove that his case was politically motivated, the human rights court ruled.
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Belarus Says Suspects Confessed to Subway Bombing
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:48am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The president of Belarus said two suspects had confessed to being involved in the subway bombing that killed 12 people on Monday, but provided few details.
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Belarus Frees 7 Since Post-Election Crackdown
Posted: January 30th, 2011, 2:55pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The move appears to be a last-minute bid to mollify European leaders, who are preparing to impose sanctions on President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.
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Memo From Russia: Inadequate Fight Against Drugs Hampers Russia’s Ability to Curb H.I.V.
Posted: January 16th, 2011, 8:50pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Unchecked intravenous drug use is the biggest reason that H.I.V. has spread more rapidly in Russia than almost anywhere else, international health officials say.
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Belarus Signals It Could Seize Opponent’s Son
Posted: January 10th, 2011, 2:35am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The government says it is investigating the status of 3-year-old Danil Sannikov after the arrest of his parents, Andrei Sannikov, a former presidential candidate, and Irina Khalip, a journalist.
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Suspected Spy Takes Star Turn on Russian TV
Posted: December 30th, 2010, 3:50pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Anna Chapman, the young redhead who has achieved Hollywood-like celebrity in Russia, spoke on Thursday about life, love of country and a fondness for shooting.
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Putin Sees Conspiracy in Criticism of FIFA
Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 2:20am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Vladimir V. Putin, responded angrily to allegations of corruption in world soccer’s governing body, suggesting that some members of the body were being “smeared.”
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Medvedev Warns of New Arms Race
Posted: November 30th, 2010, 9:35am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The Russian president warned that a failure by Russia and the West to reach an agreement on missile defense could provoke a new arms race.
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Russia Asks Schwarzenegger to Help in a Tough Task
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 8:47pm EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California is in Russia to pump up Dmitri A. Medvedev’s efforts to modernize.
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Its Sports Empire Crumbling, Russia Scrambles
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 10:00pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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A new anxiety is gripping Russia: if its athletes perform as badly as they did in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the country could be humiliated at home in Sochi in 2014.
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Russian Olympic Chief Quits
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:04pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Leonid V. Tyagachev has become the first official to heed President Dmitri A. Medvedev’s demand for resignations following the poor showing at the Winter Games.
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Russian Olympic Chief Quits
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:04pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Leonid V. Tyagachev has become the first official to heed President Dmitri A. Medvedev’s demand for resignations following the poor showing at the Winter Games.
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With Olympic Flame Out, Russia Fumes Over Its Athletes’ Showing
Posted: March 1st, 2010, 11:08pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Monday called for officials who trained the Olympics team to resign.
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O.K., Russia, Time to Work It
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:40am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Western-style fitness is beginning to catch on among Russia’s wealthy.
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Top Fighter and His Sport Remain Obscure at Home in Russia
Posted: January 20th, 2009, 4:51pm EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Fedor Emelianenko, the No. 1 mixed martial arts fighter in the world, has been described as superhuman. Yet, in his native Russia, few will likely be watching his next fight.
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Bid to Remove Politkovskaya Judge
Posted: November 25th, 2008, 11:34am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Russia’s prosecutor general’s office requested that the judge in the trial of three men accused of killing the journalist Anna Politkovskaya be removed.
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Moscow Court Closes Politkovskaya Trial to Public
Posted: November 19th, 2008, 7:55am EST by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The judge in the trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya decided to bar the media.
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Putin’s Tips for What to Do When Negotiations Collapse
Posted: October 8th, 2008, 2:55am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is flexing his muscles again, this time in an instructional martial arts video.
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Russia Scorns Methadone for Heroin Addiction
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 3:26pm EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Though heroin abuse is widely linked to Russia’s H.I.V. epidemic and the spread of criminality, the issue of methadone treatment is all but taboo.
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BP Says It Is Committed to Russian Venture
Posted: June 5th, 2008, 7:59pm EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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The statement from BP comes as the company’s joint venture, TNK-BP, came under fresh pressure from the authorities investigating accusations of tax evasion.
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Soccer Thaws British-Russian Relations, at Least Temporarily
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 1:27am EDT by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Russia’s foreign ministry eased the visa process for English soccer fans traveling to Moscow for a big game, lessening tensions generated by the murder of Aleksander V. Litvinenko