Russian mayor bans phrase 'I don't know'
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The mayor of a Siberian oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as "I don't know" and "I can't." Or look for another job.
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A Russian Army officer jailed for the murder of a young Chechen woman withdrew his appeal for a presidential pardon Tuesday, according to Interfax, which quoted officials in the city where the officer was detained.
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NOVOSIBIRSK. May 30 (Interfax) - The criminal case against Novosibirsk scientist Oleg Korobeinichev, who faced charges of disclosing a state secret, has been closed due to the absence of any crime, Korobeinichev's lawyer Andrei Zhukov told Interfax.
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SEOUL (Yonhap) - Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak on Thursday issued a statement, welcoming the Constitutional Courtâs decision to invalidate a special law on the construction of a new administrative capital away from Seoul.
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MOSCOW, Mar 12 (IPS) - Russian homosexuals are taking up a new fight to   assert their rights in the face of what the  mayor of Moscow has  called "satanic" practices.
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Russia's president appointed a virtually unknown technocrat as prime minister. The shake-up, expected to make clear who would succeed Putin, has experts puzzled.
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business on Wednesday after U.S. criticism,  echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's  plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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LONDON President Vladimir Putin of Russia has ruled out a public inquiry into the Beslan school siege and snarled at those who think he should do business with Chechen militants, two British newspapers said Tuesday.
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The mayor of the Russian Far East's largest city was stripped of his authority Wednesday, as prosecutors investigated suspect land deals and embezzlement in the latest bout of corruption to hit the long-troubled Pacific port.
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A top Moscow official repeated Wednesday that the city will not allow a gay rights parade, echoing the mayor's vocal criticism and saying that homosexuality is bad for your health, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
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Russia's Central Election Commission on Sunday barred the most vocal Kremlin critic from the presidential election.
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Russia has raised rare public doubts about Iran's nuclear programme when Moscow questioned the test launch of a rocket earlier this week
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MOSCOW -- A Russian regional leader spoke out yesterday against President Vladimir Putin's plans to disband local assemblies that reject his choice of governor.
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The exchange of diplomatic pleasantries during today's summit in Moscow between the Russian and Polish presidents was interrupted by a discussion on the Polish media's coverage of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday stripped many of the duties of his top economic adviser -- an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of dissent and civil society in Russia. Andrei Illarionov, who last week said the Kremlin efforts to censure the public would eventually spark mass protests, was stripped of his ...
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Police detained opposition activists Tuesday in a provincial city at a protest that Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov said was thwarted by Russian authorities intent on silencing dissent, Russian media reported.
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Russian papers wonder what President Putin's nomination of Viktor Zubkov as PM means for the presidential election.