Govt to fast-track new law in bid to ease Russia art spat
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The government scrambled Thursday to persuade Russia not to cancel a major exhibition in London, promising to fast-track legislation to reassure Moscow of the safe return of its art works.
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Russian government says it will loan paintings from its museums for major London exhibition
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A new bill aimed at tackling organised crime will be published by the government on Wednesday morning.
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Russia said Thursday it would not send paintings to London for a major exhibit unless the British government takes further steps to ensure legal protection for the works.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered an overhaul of Russia's political system Monday, reacting to a three-week onslaught of terrorism with plans for the most extensive political shakeup since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that the legal case against the country&#39;s embattled oil giant Yukos will be handled under Russian law.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Sunday setting Dec. 2 as the date for Russia's next parliamentary vote &#151; an election seen as key to addressing growing doubts about the fairness of Russian democracy.
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Russia plans its first laws to crack down on industrial polluters next year, and will force offending companies to invest in clean technology rather than pay fines, the natural resources minister said Friday.
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Russia responded coolly Friday to Britain's promise to rush through legislation aimed at ending a row that threatens a major Russian art exhibition in London, a news agency reported.
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New measures to combat graffiti, littering and fly-tipping will be at the centre of the assembly's latest request for more powers
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The Russian government will ask parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, bringing the treaty into force if lawmakers agree, something that ``could happen within the next couple of months
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MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) - It is necessary to partially amend Russia's legislation on the use of mineral resources, said Russian presidential aide Igor Shuvalov. "All legislation having to do with natural resources is very hard to push in our country.
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Russia said it would deliver a response on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.
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Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it would avoid jeopardizing the interests of ordinary citizens or businessmen.
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President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a parliamentary investigation in an apparent response to public criticism over last week&#39;s deadly school hostage siege.
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Russian authorities say a cancelled London exhibition of major Russian and French artworks should now go ahead.