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Kazakhstan Launches Contest for National Superhero

21:16 16/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti)

Kazakhstan has announced a contest to create an image of a national superhero who will be named after the Central Asian country’s capital, Astana, the capital’s web site reported on Wednesday.

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Modern Art Exhibits Hounded Across Russia
19:21 16/05/2012
Cossacks and radical traditionalists picketed two modern art exhibits by prominent curator Marat Guelman in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar this week, trying to storm the premises and spitting in his face.
Russian Babushka Winters in Car After Home Destroyed
17:20 16/05/2012
A 70-year-old woman had to spend the winter in an unheated garage after her house was destroyed last May by two live artillery shells flung from an exploding arms depot in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan, LifeNews.ru reported on Wednesday.
Prosecutor Apologizes To Blogger For Unlawful Charges
16:47 16/05/2012
A Russian prosecutor has officially apologized to a blogger who faced criminal prosecution on charges of inciting hatred against Russian officials and police, which were later dropped, the Agora human rights group said.
Russian MPs to Toughen Public Rally Rules
15:47 16/05/2012
The Russian parliamentary committee for constitutional law and state-building has proposed banning those charged with violating public rally regulations from organizing protests for a period of one year, the committee’s deputy head Dmitry Vyatkin said on Wednesday.
Life Finance Denies Issuing Blogger Navalny Bank Cards
14:33 16/05/2012
A Russian bank has denied issuing debit cards branded with the name of Russian opposition blogger Alexei Navalny, refuting a report in GQ magazine on Wednesday, quoting unnamed sources.
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23:59 15/05/2012
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Lawmaker: Anti-Putin Camp in Moscow ‘Lessens Crime’
19:47 15/05/2012
Allegations that the banned opposition camp in downtown Moscow bred crime and disorder are untrue and politically motivated, opposition lawmaker Dmitry Gudkov said on Tuesday, citing local police.
Court Bans Anti-Putin ‘Occupy’ Camp in Moscow
15:49 15/05/2012
A Moscow district court ordered on Tuesday the closure of an opposition camp in downtown Moscow, accusing activists of littering and destroying the greenery in the area.
Lithuania Marks 1972 Dissident Self-Immolation
15:41 15/05/2012
A special ceremony took place in the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday to mark 40 years since 19-year-old dissident Romas Kalanta publicly set fire to himself in protest against Soviet rule.
Navalny’s Arrest Appealed in Strasbourg
15:01 15/05/2012
Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appealed on Tuesday his 15-day arrest over last week’s street protests in Moscow in the European Court of Human Rights.1
Udaltsov Hospitalized in Moscow – Lawyer
19:21 14/05/2012
Russian opposition figurehead Sergei Udaltsov has been moved to a Moscow hospital, his lawyer Nikolay Polozov said on Monday.1
Rights Activists Condemn Prosecution of Russian Blogger
18:57 14/05/2012
Rights activists have condemned the prosecution of a blogger from the northern Russian region of Karelia, Maxim Efimov, who has been charged with hate speech for an online article criticizing the Russian Orthodox Church.
Syrian Christians Afraid of Possible Islamist Rule
15:13 14/05/2012
Christians living in conflict-torn Syria are afraid that their community would fall victim of religious extremism if President Bashar al-Assad regime collapses and Islamists come to power.
Police 'Break Up' Environmental Protest Camp
15:01 14/05/2012
Police on Monday started dispersing a protest camp near Moscow set up by environmental activists fighting to stop a forest from being chopped down for a new road development, an activist said.
More Police Abuse Cases Probed in Tatarstan
14:14 14/05/2012
Investigators are looking into another instance of police abuse in Russia’s Volga Republic of Tatarstan, the Investigative Committee said on Monday.
Cessna Lands on Military Airfield in Belarus
12:27 14/05/2012
A private Cessna-172 airplane landed on a military airfield in Belarus without permission, the Belta news agency reported on Monday.
Over 150 Families in Ingushetia Give Up Vendetta - Leader
22:32 13/05/2012
A special reconciliation commission in Ingushetia has prevented vendetta conflicts between 150 families over 42 months, the leader of the Russian Islam-dominated republic in the Caucasus said on Sunday.
Prince Michael Gifted 320,000 pounds by Berezovsky – paper
19:58 13/05/2012
Russian UK-based tycoon Boris Berezovsky has provided Prince Michael of Kent with 320,000 pounds in the past six years, The Sunday Times said quoting court documents.
Russian Protesters to Continue Action to New March of Millions
16:05 13/05/2012
Russian activists who have set up an opposition camp in downtown Moscow will continue their protest until a new March of Millions scheduled for June 12, MP from the A Just Russia party Dmitry Gudkov said on Sunday.4

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