Russia Will Consider Return of WWII Art
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Russia will return so-called trophy art taken from Nazi Germany during World War II only on a case-by-case basis, an official said Friday, arguing that most of the cultural treasures Moscow retains were seized as compensation for huge Soviet wartime damage.
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Russia looks ready to sell the key production unit of beleaguered oil group YUKOS on Sunday and put it back in state hands after almost a decade under private management.
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Russia says is ready to resolve its dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, seized by the Soviets in 1945.
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The Kremlin is to revive on May 9 the Soviet-era practice of parading its big weaponry, the Russian defence ministry confirmed yesterday
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KATYN, Russia  - President Lech Kaczynski signaled on Monday he wanted a fresh start in Poland's strained relations with Moscow when he visited the Russian forest where thousands of Polish officers were executed in 1940.
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The Russian government has returned to making select "acquisitions."
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To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the departure of Soviet troops from what used to be East Germany, a German artist has mounted a major exhibit using Red Army detritus unearthed from long-abandoned barracks, hangars and warehouses.
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The controversial Russian music download website allofmp3.com looks set to resume service.
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Moscow plans to erect a new statue of  Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, returning his once-ubiquitous  image to its streets after an absence of four decades, a top  city official said Wednesday.
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A group of 139 Old Master drawings looted by the Nazis from Rotterdam collector Franz Koenigs have been returned to The Netherlands by the Ukrainian government.
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Descendants of two pre-Russian Revolution art collectors are seeking compensation from Moscow for confiscated masterpieces going on display in a controversial London exhibition, they told AFP Tuesday.
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Forgotten and broken down Soviet-era  arcade games are being restored for Moscow&#39;s newest museum,  just opened by volunteers nostalgic for childhood days spent  playing games like &quot;Tankodrom&quot; and &quot;Sniper.&quot;
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The art collection of famed cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being returned to Russia after a politically connected billionaire paid more than 25 percent above the estimated price in a surprise deal announced on the eve of its auction, a top cultural official said Tuesday.
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Russia is capable of quickly resuming production of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, Russia's rocket forces commander said on Friday.
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President Lech Kaczynski signaled  on Monday he wanted a fresh start in Poland&#39;s strained  relations with Moscow when he visited the Russian forest where  thousands of Polish officers were executed in 1940.
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TOKYO: Japan said it wanted Russia to return all four Kuril islands, snubbing Moscow&#39;s renewed talk of returning two of them to end the dispute that has prevented the countries from formally ending World War II.
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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin signaled yesterday that he might return to the presidency after 2012, hours after the Russian leader said new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov could make a good successor to him.