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Yuri Luzhkov

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Name: Yuri Luzhkov

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Moscow government delivers humanitarian supplies to Abkhazia

SUKHUM, November 13 (Itar-Tass) -- The Moscow government delivered humanitarian supplies to Abkhazia on Friday.The humanitarian supplies, which include a vehicle for the emergencies department and an ambulance, various equipment, electric transformers, ... [Itar Tass - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Abkhazia, Moscow, Sergei Bagapsh, Yuri Luzhkov

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 2 Documents

Tonight, 20/20 Gets SuperFreaky

Tonight, ABC?s 20/20 devotes . The show?s five segments can be previewed online: , the , how , the dirty truth about altruism, and last, but very much not least, the . You better be ready to seek shelter. Go on TV and say that carbon mitigation isn?t ... [New York Times - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Jim Dale, Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Russian Air Force, Annika Mengisen, Daniel Hamermesh

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 2 Documents

Roman Abramovich

Mayor of Moscow slams Abramovich self-interest

In a clear case of the pot attacking the kettle for its dark hue, Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea Roman Abramovich has been attacked by a senior politician in his homeland for 'self-interested patronage'.The oligarch was accused by Yuri Luzhkov, ... [First Post - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Roman Abramovich, Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Vladimir Putin, Yelena Baturina

First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Boris Nemtsov

Axing Governors

Nikolai Zobin in today's Moscow Times laments that President Medvedev persistent highlighting of the level of corruption in Russia, whilst, by all accounts, the problem of graft has increased during his Presidency. (See yesterday's 'corruption blast' ... [Robert Amsterdam - 11/12/2009]

Entities: Corruption, Eduard Rossel, Boris Nemtsov, Leonid Brezhnev, Russia

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

President Bagapsh invites Russian businesses to Abkhazia

SUKHUMI. Nov 13 (Interfax) - The situation in Abkhazia is stable and Russia should increase its business presence in the republic, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said. 'Russian business and investment should enter the republic more intensely,' the president ... [Interfax - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, SUKHUMI, Sukhumi (Georgia), Yuri Luzhkov

First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Moscow State University

Russia's first university clinic to open in Moscow in 2010

MOSCOW, November 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia?s first university clinic ? Moscow State University?s medical centre ? will open in 2010, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said on Saturday.The medical centre will engage in research and diagnostic activities in the interests ... [Itar Tass - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Moscow, Russia, Moscow State University

First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 1 Documents

Moscow Cuts Some Pensions

The Moscow TimesCity Hall will cut the November pensions of about 200,000 retirees who illegally collected bonus payments by concealing the fact that they were still working.The city will halt the bonus payments to the working pensioners and deduct the ... [Moscow Times - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, The Moscow Times, Minimum Wage

First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents

Drag queen movie challenges Russian attitudes

A scene from the film "Jolly Fellows" (Veselchaki) -- the first mainstream Russian film about drag queens in a country where gays still face an uphill struggle to have basic rights recognised.A scene from the film "Jolly Fellows" (Veselchaki) -- the first ... [France24 - 10/22/2009]

Entities: Gay, Drag Queen, Vladimir Frolov, Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents

RA's Daily Russian News Blast - Oct 23, 2009

TODAY: Election furore continues; Iran nuclear question hinges on Russian stance? U.S. to back Russian WTO bid; Kudrin blasts Moscow Mayor over salaries; corruption cases. Notes from Gorbachev and Khodorkovsky.A Moscow court has canceled the election ... [Robert Amsterdam - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Russia, Yabloko (RU), Moscow

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

City of Moscow to dispatch humanitarian aid to Abkhazia

MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has ordered the city government to send humanitarian aid to the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, a municipal administration source said on Friday.Russia recognized Abkhazia and another ... [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Abkhazia, City Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow

First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents (in Physics)

Sunshine on a cloudy day in Moscow?

Ambitious Moscow scientists have tested a device to battle bad weather in the Russian capital, in order to keep the city moving through the winter.The experiment took place in downtown Moscow street of Arbat. Scientists targeted the clouds with a stream ... [Russia Today - 10/23/2009]

Entities: Moscow, Ion, Atmosphere, Russian Academy of Sciences

First Reported 10/24/2009 - Updated 10/24/2009 - 1 Documents

Russian Lesbians Travel To Toronto To Wed

Two lesbians denied the right to marry in their native Russia were set to circumvent national laws Friday by getting married in Toronto.Irina Shipitko, 32, and Irina Fedotova-Fet, 30, told the Toronto Star through an interpreter two requests for a marriage ... [OfficialWire - 10/24/2009]

Entities: Toronto, Lesbian, Yuri Luzhkov, Russia, Human Rights Commission

Quotes

'When Abramovich buys Chelsea it is not the kind of good deed that is essential for our spiritual atmosphere,' Luzhkov (above) said. "it is self-interested patronage for one's own profit and that kind of good deed is alien to us."

Mayor of Moscow slams Abramovich self-interest [First Post - 11/06/2009]

"we will reconstruct the old waste incinerators in order to reduce their toxic emissions, such as dioxins" said Luzhkov

Incinerators put on the backburner [Moscow News - 10/12/2009]

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Moscow mayor, Abkhazia president sign agreement... [Itar Tass - 11/13/2009]
President Bagapsh invites Russian businesses to... [Interfax - 11/13/2009]
Russia plans to reduce 11 time zones to 4 [Times of India - 11/13/2009]
It gets late early: Russia may slash some of it... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/12/2009]
More Governors' Heads Are Expected to Roll [Moscow Times - 11/12/2009]
Russia's Medvedev replaces Yeltsin-era governor... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/10/2009]
Moscow Cuts Some Pensions [Moscow Times - 11/08/2009]
Russia's first university clinic to open in Mos... [Itar Tass - 11/08/2009]
Mayor of Moscow slams Abramovich self-interest [First Post - 11/06/2009]
No gay pride in E Europe [iafrica.com - 11/06/2009]
Gays = mass destruction [iafrica.com - 11/06/2009]
Russian Community of Azerbaijan receives award ... [Trend News Agency - 11/06/2009]
Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist bloc [France24 - 11/06/2009]
Moscow mayor accuses Roman Abramovich of being ... [Telegraph - 11/06/2009]
UN Human Rights Committee blasts Russia's phobia [PinkPaper.com - 11/03/2009]
Parties hope for bold reforms [Moscow News - 11/03/2009]
Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-10-28 [Hellenic Resources Network - 11/02/2009]
UN body criticises Russia abuses [Al Jazeera - 10/30/2009]
BTW [BusinessWeek - 10/29/2009]
Ecuador Pres arriving on first ever official vi... [Itar Tass - 10/28/2009]
The Kremlin Begs To Differ [The National Interest - 10/28/2009]
New Cold War for Russia [BBM - 10/27/2009]
Blue October [Moscow News - 10/26/2009]
A Very Renewable Energy Source [New York Times - 10/26/2009]
Looking to Blog Readers for Good Ideas to Reduc... [New York Times - 10/26/2009]
Luzhkov Fires Back At Kudrin [Moscow Times - 10/25/2009]
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES NATIONAL ARTIS... [Armtown.com - 10/24/2009]
PRESIDENT SARGSYAN PAYS TWO-DAY VISIT TO MOSCOW [Armtown.com - 10/24/2009]

Blogs

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Axing Governors [Robert Amsterdam - 11/12/2009] Nikolai Zobin in today's Moscow Times laments that President Medvedev persistent highlighting of the level of corruption in Russia, whilst, by all accounts, the ...
RA's Daily Russian News Blast - Nov 12, 2009 [Robert Amsterdam - 11/12/2009] TODAY: Medvedev to give state of the nation address, modernization presumed to be key theme; opposition members laud ousting of Governor Rossel; Moscow Mayor to ...
RA's Daily Russian News Blast - Nov 6, 2009 [Robert Amsterdam - 11/06/2009] TODAY: Markelov murder suspect reportedly confesses; vengeance a possible motive? Activist abducted in Moscow. Spy chief issues warning on Georgia; Lavrov surprised ...
RA's Daily Russian News Blast - Nov 2, 2009 [Robert Amsterdam - 11/02/2009] TODAY: Miliband hits Moscow; will frosty relations thaw?; Russia and China put the brakes on UN arms dealing resolution; START talks on schedule; Poland aggravated ...
RA's Daily Russian News Blast - Oct 29, 2009 [Robert Amsterdam - 10/29/2009] TODAY: Markelov's assassins to be arrested? Stalin monument reports 'baseless'; UK and Russia to try and mend relations; Russia not supplying Iran with missiles; ...

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