Eastern Europe

French court hands Nice cathedral to Russia

The decision gave a boost to Russia’s post-communist Orthodox Church, which is looking to regain foreign properties whose congregations switched …
Reuters

Police: Racists killed 26 in Moscow last year

"Sixty-two attacks targeting people of non-Slavic appearance were registered last year, including 26 murders and 25 instances of deliberate grievous …
Reuters

Russian journalist dies after beaten by police

RIA Novosti reports the 47-year-old journalist diedJan. 20in a Tomsk clinic. It says the officer assaulted him in a police station where the …
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Simplified visa regime between Russia and EU possible within next six months

"In my opinion, there are opportunities to improve the visa issuing system during Spain’s EU presidency [in the first half of 2010]," Valenzuela said …
Interfax-Ukraine

Shuvalov seeks common vision on future of CIS

"Russia, as the CIS chair country, believes that it is necessary to take measures together with all CIS member states, primarily in Central Asia, to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Four militants killed in Russia’s Dagestan

Provincial police spokesman Mark Tolchinsky said Wednesday the four were in a car and opened fire after police tried to pull them over. He says police …
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Moscow rally in memory of slain lawyer, journalist

The killing of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova on Jan. 19, 2009 caused an international outcry. They were gunned down by a …
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Armenian journalist sentenced to 7 years’ prison

Nikola Pashinian, editor of the Armenian Times opposition newspaper, was a central figure in mass rallies protesting the results of the February …
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Medvedev names head to new Caucasus district

Medvedev said he had established a new North Caucasus Federal District to separate the mainly Muslim regions of the North Caucasus, from some of the …
Reuters

Russia says population up for first year since 1995

Russia’s population increased by between 15,000 and 25,000 to more than 141.9 million in 2009, the first annual increase since 1995, Health Minister …
Reuters

Gazprom’s Miller: Negotiations with Austria for South Stream will be finished in the near future

"I think that these negotiations for preparing an intergovernmental agreement will be closed in the near future," he said. When asked which countries …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russians brave icy cold for Epiphany

Braving temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celcius (minus 13 Fahrenheit), thousands queued overnight and into dawnJan. 19to dunk themselves into a hole …
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Putin allows Baikal paper mill to reopen

Putin, in a decree published on the government’s website, allowed the plant to resume making pulp, paper and cardboard in the area surrounding the …
Reuters

India says to sign fighter jet deal with Russia

The proposed deal comes after the two countries agreed on a 10-year military pact in December to cover weapons development, aircraft and maintenance …
Reuters

Opinion: Georgia to normalize relations with neighbors in post-Saakashvili era

"We must not interfere in Ukrainian internal affairs. The next leader of that country is not our business. The only thing we should care about is the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Diplomat: Removal of monument to Soviet soldiers in Tashkent prompted negative response in Russia

The Foreign Ministry reported that during their telephone conversation Karasin told the ambassador about "the concern and negative reaction of the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Turkmens to remove monument of former leader

President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov said in a decree publishedJan. 18in a state newspaper that the work on taking down the monument will begin in …
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Financial Times: Russia backs EU court reform

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