Dmitry Medvedev

Russia's Soviet past isn't entirely in past

Country struggles with its heritage, memory By MEGAN K. STACK • Los Angeles Times • November 8, 2009 MOSCOW -- When Russian businessman Yevgeny Ostrovsky decided to name his kebab joint Anti-Soviet Shashlik, he thought of it as...

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BAKU: Moscow ready to act as `guarantor' of Garabagh settlement

AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan Nov 5 2009 Moscow ready to act as `guarantor' of Garabagh settlement 05-11-2009 05:16:59 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin has said Moscow is ready to back a solution of the...

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11/8 WORLD BRIEFS: Iran frees3 jailed journalists

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country’s official news agency reported.

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APEC summit kicks off in Singapore

SINGAPORE: The 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum kicked off in Singapore with a meeting of senior officials on Sunday. The forum brings together 21 members located around the Pacific...

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Medvedev to present 2nd state-of-the-nation address

MOSCOW, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- President Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to make his second state-of-the-nation address to the Federal Assembly on Nov. 12, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Sunday. President Medvedev said the...

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Khalifa gets more greetings on his re-election for another presidential term

Abu Dhabi, 8th Nov. 2009 (WAM) -- President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received more congratulatory cables from Arab and foreign leaders on his re-election for another five-year presidential term. The greetings...

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Crew of hijacked Arctic Sea recount their ordeal

The crew at the centre of the hijacked cargo vessel tell of their ordeal for the first time, The Sunday Times of UK reports. The Maltese-registered Arctic Sea, which was officially carrying timber from Finland to Algeria, was...

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Medvedev to propose changes in electoral systems

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev may propose alterations to the existing electoral system in the country. He is expected to announce the changes in his annual address to the Federal Assembly. Medvedev told Der Spiegel on...

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Russia-US intend further nuke arms cut, disarmament far-off

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia and the United States would come to agreement on further nuclear arms cuts by end of 2009, but global nuclear disarmament is a matter of distant future.

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“Russia and UK share objective interest in cooperation”

Russia and the United Kingdom are both interested in increasing cooperation to find solutions to international and regional problems, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrey Nesterenko. Lavrov – Miliband’s talks On the...

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