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Russian stocks close up
Russia's two main stock exchanges closed Thursday with both key indexes higher. The benchmark Russian Trading System RTS index gained 28.72 points, or 1.95 percent, to 1503.68 points. The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange MICEX rose 1.68 percent to 1418.35 points. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...
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Five killed as wildfires sweep central Russia Reuters
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2010-07-30 03:44:16
Russia clamps down on Internet, Google frowns
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2010-07-30 03:27:14
Hero's welcome
Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust
2010-07-30 03:00:00
Welcome to 1984: Russia gets Soviet-era 'thought crime' law
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2010-07-30 02:00:46
Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency
Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev. The law restores Soviet-era powers to the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency, a move that... Federal Security Service - KGB - Dmitry Medvedev - Soviet Union - Russia
2010-07-29 20:24:30
Moscow suffers 'hottest day ever'
Fires rage around Russia's capital Moscow after its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching 39C 102F.
2010-07-29 17:25:02
Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency
Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.
2010-07-29 17:00:00
Russia foils passenger plane hijacking
Russian special forces quickly overpowered a man after he briefly seized a plane with 105 passengers and crew at a Moscow airport on Thursday, officials said.
2010-07-29 17:00:00
A walk-in cow wash - it's Odd Box
The world of doggy ice cream, a huge waterfight in Russia and a walk-in cow wash. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
2010-07-29 15:39:12

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