Russia Parliament Rejects Beer Measure
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MOSCOW - The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have banned public beer consumption.  The bill already had been approved by the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, which is dominated by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
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If it isn't distilled from grains or potatoes, it really isn't vodka, the European Parliament decided Tuesday.
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Estonian lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial from their capital, ignoring Moscow's warning of 'irreversible consequences' for relations between the ...Comment
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A Kremlin official rejected as &quot;lies&quot; media claims that Moscow would like to create an OPEC-style cartel to supply the European Union with gas, after it signed a cooperation deal with Algeria.
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RUSSIAN oil giant Sibneft today rejected any suggestion of a conflict of interest existing between Chelsea and CSKA Moscow who are due to meet in the Champions League.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by Europeans and the United States that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months.
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MOSCOW, June 8 -- A panel at the Moscow Bar Association voted 9 to 2 Friday to reject a disbarment effort launched by federal prosecutors against leading Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko.
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British brewer Scottish and Newcastle on Thursday rejected a takeover bid from Denmark's Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken worth 6.8 billion pounds (9.7 billion euros, 13.9 billion dollars).
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MOSCOW A Moscow court has barred the embattled Russian oil company Yukos from holding an emergency meeting at which shareholders were to vote on liquidating the company, an executive at another oil giant said Thursday.
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Russia on Wednesday rejected a NATO offer to hold a special conference on a key European arms pact and instead proposed working on a new agreement, local news agencies quoted a top defense ministry official as saying.
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Russia rejected the final version of a U.S.-European Union draft resolution on Kosovo's future status Wednesday, setting the stage for a vote that would lead to a Russian veto or moving the debate outside the U.N. Security Council.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Calls to tighten alcohol controls to combat a rise in consumption by young people are rejected by ministers.
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Russia's chief election body on Wednesday dismissed a petition aimed at allowing President Vladimir Putin to run for a third term.
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President Vladimir Putin signed into law a series of tough new restrictions on beer ads, a measure that lawmakers said should help reduce youth drinking and hooliganism.
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Estonian lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial, ignoring Moscow's warning of "irreversible consequences" for relations between the two countries.
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EU finance ministers failed for the second time in a month to reach an agreement on reforming alcohol tax as the beer-loving Czech Republic dug in to oppose higher rates.