Russian minister: Slow response let fires spread (AP)
AP – Russia would have suffered less severe damage from wildfires this summer if authorities had engaged firefighting aircraft more quickly, a Cabinet member said Tuesday.
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Russia’s Medvedev forecasts early removal of grain ban (Reuters)
Reuters – President Dmitry Medvedev signaled on Monday Russia’s ban on grain exports may be lifted earlier than December 31 this year and state grain stocks may be insufficient to cover the drought-hit country’s needs.
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Relics of Russian saint, icons stolen (AP)
AP – A Russian news agency is reporting that three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia’s most venerated saint, have been stolen.
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Car bomb in Caucasus wounds minister, kills driver (Reuters)
Reuters – A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia’s Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesman told Reuters.
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Eight dead as fires flare up again in southern Russia (AFP)
AFP – Eight people have died as forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia’s southern farmlands, burning down 532 homes and buildings, officials said on Friday.
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US leasing firms orders 6 Russia’s Superjets (AP)
AP – Producers of Russia’s new regional passenger aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet, said Thursday that a leading U.S. leasing firm has committed to buy six aircraft and has an option for four more.
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Survivors mark six years since Beslan massacre (AFP)
AFP – Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in this southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia’s most shocking hostage tragedy six years ago.
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Kremlin critic, others detained at Moscow protest (Reuters)
Reuters – Police detained Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and several other people at a protest in Moscow on Tuesday in defense of the right to free assembly, which activists say is restricted by the Russian government.
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Putin hints will return to Kremlin in 2012 (Reuters)
Reuters – Russia’s paramount leader, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, hinted on Monday he would return to the presidency in 2012 for six more years and said democracy protesters marching without permission deserved to be beaten.
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In Chechnya, A Blood Feud Ends–and a Despot Digs In (Time.com)
Time.com – The men of gun-loving Chechnya, long Russia’s most rebellious province, are not known for turning the other cheek. So many observers were baffled last week when the region’s most notorious feud ended without a fight.
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