Weary of Highway Bribery, Russians Take on the Police
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The beating of a leader of a budding movement to uphold motoristsâ rights in the face of police corruption has prompted an outcry.
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Russian police say it happens far too often: Air travelers, drunk even before departure, cause disturbances that delay flights or worse.
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With officers intimidated by killings and threats, some have begun questioning the notion of trying to establish a system of local policing at this time.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- The old white Zhiguli fairly flew down the highway, skimming precariously over the potholes as Garri Nersesov clutched the wheel and declared victory in the war on corruption.
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MOSCOW -- Police intercepted a car packed with explosives in central Moscow yesterday and said they had thwarted a terrorist attack, Russian media reported. A suspect told investigators he was being paid $1,000 to take the car to a major thoroughfare used by President Vladimir Putin, news agencies and television said, quoting security forces. The suspect died from a heart ...
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Driving in Moscow has become a ritual devoid of meaning, a slow parade of new cars -- Audis, BMWs and the occasional banana-colored Hummer mingling with the ubiquitous Ladas on the choked 12-lane streets.
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As lawmakers here debated how to respond to terrorist attacks, Russian investigators on Wednesday arrested an airport police supervisor who briefly detained two women
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Russian authorities investigate a police operation that led to hundreds of young men allegedly being arrested and beaten.
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The Russian company wins a legal skirmish.
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A high-profile anti-corruption arrest may  be hard-ball politics on an authoritarian scale.
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James Rodgers in Moscow reports on the Russian passion for cars and how the city's roads have changed.
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A high-profile arrest may signal the start of a crackdown. But some claim the campaign is more political than legal
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Like most Ukrainian university students, Olena Prokhorova can earn a passing grade two ways: by slogging through the books or by paying a &#36;20 bribe. Traffic cops are notoriously on the take, and Ukrainians say they don't give it a second thought when they can bribe their way out of a traffic infraction &#151; real or not.
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The rise of Ostozhenka as a luxury neighborhood is only one of many morality tales of money, power and real estate playing out across post-Soviet Russia.
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The chief of the private oil company Russneft is on the run in the wake of an international arrest warrant issued by Russia.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused Georgia of blackmail and lawmakers threatened more sanctions as Moscow police went after businesses allegedly tied to Georgian organized crime and cracked down on illegal migrants from the Caucasus Mountains nation.
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The Russian journalist's colleagues and other critics welcomed the police's arrest of 10 suspects Monday, but worry that the government's assessment is politically colored.