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Moscow Police Detain Protesters at New Location

23:24 16/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti)

Police in Moscow on Wednesday night detained a Russian opposition figurehead, Ilya Yashin, and at least 16 other anti-Putin activists as they continued round-the-clock street protests on Kudrinskaya Square after being ejected from their previous Occupy-style tent camp in another part of the Russian capital.

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Russia ‘May Buy’ $50 Mln Worth of Israeli UAVs
22:42 16/05/2012
Russia may buy a large new consignment of unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel and 24 command and control systems worth around $50 million in the foreseeable future, a high ranking source in the Russian defense industry said on Wednesday.1
Voice Recorder from Superjet 100 Contains 2 Hrs of Audio
22:19 16/05/2012
A voice recorder from the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger jet that crashed a week ago in Indonesia recorded the last two hours of conversation in the cockpit, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry said.
Russian Automaker Builds 27 Millionth Car
20:54 16/05/2012
The 27 millionth car on Wednesday came off the assembly line at the AvtoVAZ plant in Togliatti, the press service of Russia’s largest carmaker said.
Kalmykia Police Suspected in Detainee Beating Death
20:51 16/05/2012
Investigators in Russia’s southwest republic of Kalmykia are working to establish the identities of two policemen suspected of beating to death a detainee earlier this month, the local investigation committee said on Wednesday.
Serena Williams Battles Past Petrova in Rome
20:39 16/05/2012
Serena Williams came from a set down to beat Nadia Petrova on Wednesday in the second round of the $2.2 million clay-court Rome Masters.
Gazzaev Should Take Russia Post - Kanchelskis
20:21 16/05/2012
Former CSKA Moscow and Russia manager Valery Gazzaev should return to the national team post, as he is the only qualified candidate, ex-Manchester United winger Andrei Kanchelskis told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Norwegians to Target Malkin – Russia Coach
20:07 16/05/2012
Russia should expect Norway to give star center Evgeni Malkin some rough treatment when the two countries face off in their world championship quarterfinal, coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov said Wednesday.
Dakar Winner Schlesser Enters Silk Way Rally
19:48 16/05/2012
Two-time Dakar rally winner and ex-Formula One driver Jean-Louis Schlesser is to enter Russia’s Silk Way rally raid in July, race director Frederic Lequien said Wednesday.
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.
Emery Wants Valencia Players at Spartak - Report
19:15 16/05/2012
Outgoing Valencia coach Unai Emery was quoted as saying Wednesday he would like to bring some of his players to Spartak Moscow.
B&N Buys Ivanishvili’s Moscow Developer Assets for $982 Mln
18:51 16/05/2012
B&N Group has signed a deal with Unicor management company to acquire the developer assets of Russian businessman Boris Ivanishvili for $982.5 million, Unicor said in a statement on Wednesday.
Russia Tightens Defense Contract Standards
18:45 16/05/2012
The Russian parliament approved on Wednesday in the first reading a government sponsored bill penalizing officials for failure to place state defense contracts on time.
Del Potro Ousts Youzhny in Rome
18:27 16/05/2012
World No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro has ended the Russian men’s charge at the clay-court Rome Masters after knocking out the country's No. 1 Mikhail Youzhny on Wednesday.
Wilkshire Banned for 2 Cup Games After Attack
18:19 16/05/2012
Dynamo Moscow’s Australian right-back Luke Wilkshire has been banned for two Russian Cup games after clashing with an opponent following last week’s final, a source at the Russian Football Union told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Space Station Cosmonauts to Make 3D Photo Report
18:02 16/05/2012
Russian news agency RIA Novosti has sent a stereo photo camera to the International Space Station (ISS) and asked its members to make a report about life onboard the orbital complex, chief of the agency’s image department Vladimir Baranov said on Wednesday.
Talks Under Way for Traore Transfer – Club
17:53 16/05/2012
Russian Premier League club FC Kuban is in informal talks to sell top scorer Lacina Traore but has not received a formal offer, the club’s chief executive Suren Mkrtchyan told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Russian Tennis Men Olympic No-Hopers – Kafelnikov
17:48 16/05/2012
Russia’s male tennis players such as Mikhail Youzhny have no chance of winning medals at the Olympic Games in London in August, former world No. 1 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov said Wednesday.
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
17:36 16/05/2012
The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said.
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.

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