Russia Slow to Fight Corruption
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Russia is seen as more corrupt than Senegal, Cuba and Botswana, this year&#39;s Corruption Perceptions Index, released by Transparency International on Wednesday, finds.
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MOSCOW  - In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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Whatever President Vladimir Putin's purpose in choosing a new prime minister, he didn't look far.
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The EU tells Romania and Bulgaria their fight against corruption is not yet showing convincing results.
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Russian authorities say they intend to pursue a criminal case for bribery against Ukraine's nominated prime minister.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 20 -- Twice Russia went to war in its breakaway southern republic of Chechnya, unleashing a conflict rank with the blood of civilians and hobbled by ineptitude and corruption. And twice Arkady Babchenko heeded the call. The first time, in 1995, he was an 18-year-old, second-year law...
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Russian newspapers are lukewarm about the country's progress towards joining the World Trade Organization.
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Old Russia hands who open up the United Nation&#39;s new World Investment Report are in for a surprise. Foreign direct investment into Russia hit a four-year low in 2003, the report found, plunging to $1.
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Russia's banking sector is maturing, despite the brutal killing of a top government reformer last month.
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Gaps on how to confront emissions and Russia are unlikely to be closed at a meeting of the wealthy economies.
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Ukraine's President-elect Viktor Yushchenko says it will take time to repair ties with Russia.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament took its first step yesterday toward adopting President Vladimir Putin&#39;s overhaul of the country&#39;s political system, despite signs of popular
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Letter from Moscow: Nobody knows for sure, but the backdrop for the deadly turn Russian politics has taken in recent months is the slow onset of a succession struggle
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The deal whereby Russia was to repay its debts to Paris Club creditors has been postponed for an uncertain period of time.
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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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PRAGUE, Oct 24 (IPS) - Corruption remains a key -- and unresolved - issue  in the Czech Republic's moves to reach the standards of  Western Europe.
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Russian inflation was 11.7 percent in 2004, slower than the 12 percent rate for 2003 but still above government's target, according to Russia's Federal Statistics Service.