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Georgia detains Russian citizen for illegally visiting S. Ossetia

TBILISI. Aug 19 (Russia News) – Georgian policemen detained a Russian citizen for illegally entering “the occupied territories.” Anatoly Maksimenko, a resident of the village of Inozemtsevo, the …

Cyprus entitled to explore continental shelf resources – Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Russia News) – The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that Turkey, which is disputing Cyprus’s right to explore and extract oil within its exclusive economic zone, …

Justice Ministry registers Congress of Russian Communities – Rogozin

MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Russia News) – The Russian Justice Ministry has registered the Congress of Russian Communities, said its leader, Dmitry Rogozin, who is Russian permanent representative to …

Georgian court sentences ex-Border Service chief to 5.5 years in prison in absentia

TBILISI. Aug 19 (Russia News) – The Tbilisi City Court sentenced former Border Service chief Badri Bitsadze to 5.5 years in prison in absentia on Friday. The sentence …

Zhirinovsky predicts two rounds of presidential elections in Russia

PENZA. Aug 19 (Russia News) – Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that no candidate will win the Russian presidential election in the first round next spring. …

GDP grows by 5% in seven months, says central bank

Kyiv, August 19 (Ukraine General News) – Gross domestic product (GDP) January through July 2011 grew by 5%, according to rough estimates by the National Bank of Ukraine …

Ukraine, Russia sign protocol on serial production of An-148-100, its modifications

Kyiv, August 19 (Ukraine General News) – Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement on mass production of An-148-100 and its modifications, and different types of the AI-222-28 …

Georgia should be more creative at talks on Russia’s WTO membership – opposition leader

TBILISI. Aug 19 (Russian Business and Financial News) – Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) may be an issue that could turn Georgian-Russian dialogue onto a …

Georgia should be more creative at talks on Russia’s WTO membership – opposition leader

TBILISI. Aug 19 (Russia News) – Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) may be an issue that could turn Georgian-Russian dialogue onto a more positive track, …

Kazakhstani court closes access to LiveJournal

Almaty, August 19 (Ukraine General News) – Internet users in Kazakhstan will be denied access to the popular LiveJournal (LJ) web blog service. “Access to the website has …

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