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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Russia Herald.com http://www.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/723971d98160d438/ en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:16:14 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:16:14 -0400 30 Test launches of Russia's Bulava ballistic missile will resume between Sep 9 and 12, a defence industry source said Friday. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/680362/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/680362/cs/1/ Azerbaijan will double gas exports to Russia in 2011 to two billion cubic meters, and further increase them from 2012, gas giant Gazprom said on Friday, in a move that may deal a blow to the European ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348845/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:46:20 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348845/ Moscow - A state of emergency was declared in four southern Russian districts on Friday, after fresh wildfires left at least five people dead and injured more than a dozen others, the Interfax news ag... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348496/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:41:14 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348496/ A new outbreak of forest fires in Russia has killed four people in the south of the country.Forest fires plagued much of Russia during this summer’s heatwave cloaking Moscow in a pall of smoke in Au... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348870/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:35:51 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348870/ Russia and the European Union are set to establish a joint defense and security working group, the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said on Friday. "We held a de... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38349360/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:11:55 -0400 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38349360/ MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and the European Union are set to establish a joint defense and security working group, the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Mak... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348879/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:45:20 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348879/ MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia will be ready to add the Canadian dollar to its reserves in several weeks, First Deputy Central Bank Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya P... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348444/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:37:05 -0400 Smart Money http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348444/ Russian women are habitually beaten with legal impunity—in a country with no support system for victims of domestic violence. So it was horrible but hardly surprising when my friend’s husband got ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348498/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:34:24 -0400 MSNBC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38348498/ The coach of Russian national basketball team said on Thursday that he was proud of his team. Coach David Blatt of Russia said he was proud to coach the Russian national team. "Our players played... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346327/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:01:41 -0400 World Bulletin http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346327/ Legend has it that almost a century ago a series of railway wagons stuffed with gold sank into the depths of a lake in Siberia. This week, researchers, exploring the depths by submarine, may have foun... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38345918/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:24 -0400 Spiegel Online http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38345918/ On September 1, 2010 at 7.00 pm (at the start of the evening trading session) trading in the futures contract on the USD/RUB exchange rate with settlement on September 15, 2015 started on FORTS, the d... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346791/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:50:49 -0400 RTS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346791/ FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade added to gains Friday, a day after Russia extended its ban on wheat exports until late 2011. December wheat futures were up 8.75 ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38345704/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:49:54 -0400 Market Watch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38345704/ Judaism is making a comeback in Germany 65 years after the Holocaust, thanks largely to immigration from the ex-Soviet Union, as shown by the ordination in Leipzig this week of two rabbis. The ordi... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346569/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:16:11 -0400 Breitbart http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346569/ TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Japanese government decided Friday to strongly urge its nationals to refrain from visiting Russian-held islands claimed by Japan with Russian visas, in the wak... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346281/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:15:52 -0400 Breitbart http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38346281/ A team of Russian cosmonauts working at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are unhappy about the absence of hot showers onboard, a Russian cosmonaut said on Thursday. The U.... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343947/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:46:58 -0400 Space Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343947/ Yuri Zhirkov could be set to leave Chelsea, after Spartak Moscow boss Valeri Karpin admitted he is keen to bring the Russia international back to his homeland. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343948/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:08:45 -0400 Soccernet http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343948/ Russia's "liberal" opposition has been repeating the name of the Russian prime minister for weeks already. Is there any explanation to that? Who is guilty of the forest fires? Putin . Who is... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343945/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:35 -0400 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38343945/ New Delhi, Sep 2 : BJP President Nitin Gadkari will be visiting Russia from September 6 to 10 on an invitation from the 'Water Freedom Revolution' (WFR) as part of his mission to provide clean drinkin... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340725/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:31:18 -0400 New Kerala http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340725/ Greece's Sofoklis Schortsanitis dunks the ball as Russia's Alexander Kaun defends in their preliminary round match in the World Basketball Championship, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340932/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:24:45 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340932/ Vera Zvonareva of Russia returns the ball to Sabine Lisicki of Germany at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill) http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340933/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:24:41 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38340933/ MOSCOW  – Smoke and drink more, Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens on Wednesday, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38341376/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:01:30 -0400 China Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38341376/ Ancient coins excavated in Moscow have raised doubts about the true age of the Russian capital, which celebrates its 863rd birthday at the weekend, a leading Russian archaeologist said on Thursday."Mo... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339041/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:35:28 -0400 West Australian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339041/ Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Anglo American Plc, the third- largest producer of steelmaking coal, is seeking an acquisition that may more than double existing output to meet rising Chinese and Indian demand... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38337956/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:41:22 -0400 Business Week http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38337956/ M. Stulov / Vedomosti A 28-year-old man used 23 cell phone numbers and bank accounts in Cyprus to construct a $41 million scheme. Police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect on suspicion of stealing... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339017/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:31 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339017/ Oleg Mitvol has asked the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group to vacate its headquarters in a building meant to house a kindergarten, in what analysts called a sign that Nashi was losing its clout. Mitvol,... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339019/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:21 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339019/ Igor Tabakov / MT Opposition rallies aren't difficult just for octogenarians; police officers often jostle and rough up protesters. Here, policemen holding people back at the Aug. 31 rally for Article... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339020/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:15 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339020/ M. Stulov / Vedomosti A 28-year-old man used 23 cell phone numbers and bank accounts in Cyprus to construct a $41 million scheme. Police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect on suspicion of stealing... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38338998/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:10 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38338998/ tripled first-quarter profit to a record after cold weather boosted demand at home and in Europe, and the ruble appreciated against the dollar, the world’s biggest gas producer said Thursday. N... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339021/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:10 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339021/ VTB Group , the country's second-biggest bank by assets, said Thursday that it was on target to meet 2010 profit forecasts, underpinning government hopes to sell a 10 percent stake to a strategic inve... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339022/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:04 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339022/ New Times magazine on Thursday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuse of authority by the OMON riot police. A handful of police entered the magazine'... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339023/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:59 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339023/ Igor Tabakov / MT Opposition rallies aren't difficult just for octogenarians; police officers often jostle and rough up protesters. Here, policemen holding people back at the Aug. 31 rally for Article... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339000/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:58 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339000/ Yulia Kruglova , a pregnant mother of four who was jailed in July and is seeking early release. Kruglova, 36, was convicted of embezzling 16 million rubles ($520,000) as head of the Tolyatti branch o... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339024/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:53 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339024/ RIA-Novosti / Reuters President Dmitry Medvedev eating a watermelon at the Grachinoye collective farm in the Saratov region Thursday. SARATOV — President http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339025/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:49 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339025/ RIA-Novosti / Reuters President Dmitry Medvedev eating a watermelon at the Grachinoye collective farm in the Saratov region Thursday. SARATOV — President http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339003/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:43 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339003/ A Sverdlovsk region police major who posted a YouTube video accusing her superiors of corruption was fired for a weeklong absence from work, Gazeta.ru reported Thursday. But the officer, http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339027/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:39 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339027/ Alexei Druzhinin / Ria-Novosti / AP Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ceremonially opening an oil pipeline to China while in the Amur region on Sunday. Russian oil output fell in August for the first t... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339028/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:35 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339028/ Gleb Garanich / Reuters Smirnov delivering a parade speech. TIRASPOL, Moldova — Shunned by the world community and held at arm's length even by main ally Russia, Moldova's tiny rebel Transdne... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339006/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:27 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339006/ Oleg Deripaska 's carmaker, plan to reach an agreement this month on contract assembly of VW models at GAZ plants, Yelena Matveyeva, GAZ's deputy CEO, told Interfax on Thursday. "We plan to comp... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339031/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:19 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339031/ A new wave of wildfires killed one person and destroyed at least 60 buildings Thursday, as strong winds fanned flames in the Volgograd region, parched by its worst drought on record, an official said.... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339007/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:17 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339007/ Gleb Garanich / Reuters Smirnov delivering a parade speech. TIRASPOL, Moldova — Shunned by the world community and held at arm's length even by main ally Russia, Moldova's tiny rebel Transdne... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339032/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:13 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339032/ Chechnya’s parliament unanimously approved on Thursday a bill to change the title of the republic’s leader from “president” to “head,” Interfax reported. The idea ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339008/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:12 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339008/ Chechen traffic police found a $1 million Rolls-Royce that was stolen in Moscow in 2007 and returned it to its rightful owner, the Chechen Interior Ministry said Thursday. The Rolls-Royce Phantom sed... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339009/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:07 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339009/ Renault and other shareholders at 58 percent above market levels as part of its restructuring plan, according to documents seen by Reuters. Under the proposals, France's Renault will get 108.5 millio... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339033/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:05 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339033/ Media outlets not approved by the Russian Orthodox Church will not be allowed into its distribution system starting next September, the Moscow Patriarchate said Thursday. Media interested in distribu... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339010/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:01 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339010/ Konstantin Mrykhin, co-owner of Perm’s Khromaya Loshad nightclub, which burned down in December, killing 156, was detained in Spain, Interfax reported Thursday. The Prosecutor General’s O... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339011/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:56 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339011/ A Federal Security Service lieutenant colonel, Akhmed Abdullayev, died when his car exploded in Dagestan on Thursday, Interfax reported. Two unidentified men were spotted fleeing the scene in Dagesta... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339012/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:51 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339012/ Evraz Group expects that core profit will have slipped in the third quarter, despite improving Russian demand, because of volatile prices and concerns about a sustainable economic recovery, the compan... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339036/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:50 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339036/ An Astrakhan resident threw a bag of feces at Oleg Shein, a State Duma deputy with the Just Russia party, on Thursday, Interfax reported, citing local police. The assailant, who was not identified, w... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339013/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:46 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339013/ Chechnya’s parliament unanimously approved on Thursday a bill to change the title of the republic’s leader from “president” to “head,” Interfax reported. The idea ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339037/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:45 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339037/ St. Petersburg police said Thursday that an officer who was filmed dragging peaceful protesters by the hair and beating one on the head with a rubber baton in July did nothing wrong. An internal inve... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339014/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:41 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339014/ Chechen traffic police found a $1 million Rolls-Royce that was stolen in Moscow in 2007 and returned it to its rightful owner, the Chechen Interior Ministry said Thursday. The Rolls-Royce Phantom sed... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339038/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:40 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339038/ Moscow traffic police will paint a number of horses and ponies as zebras and take them across five of the city’s busiest crosswalks Friday, Interfax reported. The event, a play on crosswalks&rs... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339015/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:36 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339015/ WARSAW — Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday that it wanted a “demilitarization” of long-troubled ties and a much great... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339016/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:23:31 -0400 The Moscow Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38339016/ Donald Tsang Yan-Kuen, Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( HKSAR), who was currently on a visit to Russia, said here Thursday that Hong Kong was the "best busines... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38337903/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:41:15 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38337903/ Reichstag in Berlin on April 30, 1945 Minin broke into the building and became the first man to raise the Red Banner on its tower. In May of 1945 Minin was awarded the title of the Soviet Union Hero f... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38338819/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:40:57 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38338819/ Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent o... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38334894/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:00 -0400 CNBC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38334894/ Alexander Belenky / The St. Petersburg Times Two policemen walk past the building on Ligovsky Prospekt the day after the internal flooring structures collapsed. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336170/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:09 -0400 St Petersburg Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336170/ A number of regions in the European section of Russia are now facing shortages in eggs that will in turn lead to significant price increases. The shortages are largely the result of the exceptionally ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336171/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:07 -0400 St Petersburg Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336171/ reports with reference to Commander of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. In addition, two vessels of the Baltic Fleet will be redeployed to the Black Sea to struggle against piracy. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336167/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:24:05 -0400 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336167/ Russia's Dmitry Medvedev starts a long visit to North America on June 22. His tour of the continent will end next Monday. On June 22-24 Medvedev is visiting the USA. Afterwards, on June 25-27, he is t... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336168/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:24:03 -0400 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38336168/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ride across Siberia in a brand new Lada Kalina, designed to boost both Russia's flailing car industry and his own popularity ratings, appears to have run into a... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332796/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:23 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332796/ PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- The price of bread is rising steeply in parts of Russia's Far East, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. The price of bread in stores in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332231/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:21 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332231/ in Moscow on August 31, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Lithuanian Laima Andrikiene, the deputy chairwoman of the European Parliament's Human Rights subcommittee, was at Moscow's Triumph Square at t... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332232/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:19 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38332232/ Volkswagen expects to expand production in Russia and boost annual sales to 360,000 cars by 2017-18, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said on Thursday. VW plans, in the medium term, to sign contracts with Ru... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38328847/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:21:49 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38328847/ The average salary index of an average Russian citizen has reached all-time maximum. According to the general overview of the Russian economy, which was published by the Ministry for Economic Developm... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38327806/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:51:04 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38327806/ The UNODC estimated that each year 75 to 80 tons of heroin, the most dangerous drug, is consumed in Russia. This is twice as much as in China with its billion-strong population and 3.5 times more than... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38329439/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:51:01 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/38329439/