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Famous Russian boxer Valuyev to lead search for yeti

KEMEROVO, Russia. Sept 6 (Russia News) – Famous Russian heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuyev will lead a two-day expedition this month to mountains in southern Siberia to look for …

Presidential bill humanizing Penal Code passes first Duma reading

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Russia News) – On Tuesday the State Duma passed on first reading the presidential bill aimed at further humanization of the Russian penal law. In …

Ukraine has over 7,000 official hryvni millionaires

KYIV. Sept 6 (Russia News) – The Ukrainian state tax agency (GNS) has counted over 7,300 residents with an income of more than one million hryvni, GNS deputy …

Already 46% Russians feel xenophobic – poll

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Russia News) – Currently, half of Russians (50%) neither feel hostility on the part of people of other ethnicities, nor harbor any such thoughts against …

Industrial prices growth in Ukraine speeds up to 0.5% in August – statistics

Kyiv, September 6 (Ukraine General News) – The growth of industrial prices in Ukraine in August 2011 sped up to 0.5% against 0.1% in July 2011, 0.5% in …

United Russia’s rating rises to 43%, Putin’s to 50% – party

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Russia News) – The growing rating of the United Russia Party is a logical trend, its senior member said. “We have received the latest findings …

National budget deficit in 8 months estimated at UAH 4.7 b – finance ministry

Kyiv, September 6 (Ukraine General News) – The deficit of Ukraine’s national budget January through August 2011 was estimated at UAH 4.7 billion, according to Oleksandr Shnypko, the …

Ambassador: Ukraine could sign free trade agreement with Canada in 2012

Ivano-Frankivsk, September 6 (Ukraine General News) – Ukraine could sign an agreement on the creation of a free trade area with Canada in 2012, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada …

Bratislava voices EU concerns about fate of Ukrainian opposition

KYIV. Sept 6 (Russia News) – Slovak Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has told his Ukrainian counterpart Kostyantyn Hryshchenko about Europe’s concerns over the situation around the Ukrainian opposition. …

Detectives probing mass shooting of dogs on Russian army base

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Russia News) – Russia’s Investigative Committee is looking into an incident in which about two dozen dogs were shot dead on an army base that …

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