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Pligin proposes to scrap unscheduled checks of NPOs on suspicion of extremism

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Russia News) – Head of the State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and Nation-building Vladimir Pligin has proposed to the lower house a bill abolishing …

Cargill Meat Solutions products not imported since November 2010 – Rosselkhoznadzor

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The products of the U.S. company, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. (Springdale, Arkansas), which might have caused around 80 salmonella cases in the …

Zyuganov still planning to run for presidential election

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The leader of the Russian Communist Party and its parliamentary faction in the State Duma, Gennady Zyuganov, has confirmed plans to run …

Pardoned actress can resume battle for maternal rights in France – ombudsman

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Russia News) – Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov has welcomed the decision by the president to pardon actress Natalia Zakharova. “She did not commit …

Tymoshenko supporters warn against possible provocations from authorities

KYIV. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The Ukrainian authorities are trying to stop people expressing their protest over the arrest of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, said Natalia …

Kalmyk Buddhists ask Russian Foreign Ministry to issue entry visa to Dalai Lama

ELISTA. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The Kalmyk Buddhist Union has sent a letter to the Russian Foreign Ministry, asking to issue an entry visa to Dalai Lama …

U.S. still fears another Vietnam – Vietnamese ambassador to Russia

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax-AVN) – Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Xuan Son thanked military specialists from Russia and other former Soviet republics for the help in the victory in the …

Russia’s polluted Arctic lands to undergo major clean-up

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The Franz Josef Land archipelago rehabilitation project developed at the behest of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been launched. “There are …

Fewer Tymoshenko supporters protesting outside Kyiv detention facility

KYIV. Aug 7 (Russia News) – The number of people who gathered outside the Lukyanovsky detention facility in support of the arrested ex-prime minister and leader of the …

Passenger buses from Lviv barred from entry to Kyiv – Tymoshenko supporters (Part 2)

KYIV. Aug 7 (Russia News) – Officers from the Berkut special unit have stopped two buses with passengers going from Lviv to Kyiv, and do not allow them …

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