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Flooding caused by heavy rains in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region has killed 153 people in Krymsk, Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk, according to state television Rossiya 24.
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Cyprus sought a financial lifeline from the euro area’s firewall funds, becoming the fifth of the euro’s 17 member states to request a bailout.
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Russia’s Tatyana Golikova, who is acting health minister, is expected to be appointed finance minister, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported, citing unidentified officials.
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Russian stocks tumbled, driving the dollar-denominated RTS Index down more than 20 percent from this year’s high as the slump in oil to a five-month low curbed appetite for equities in the world’s biggest energy exporter.
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Add one more imponderable mystery to Russia's collection: Just how many people showed up in central Moscow on Saturday to demonstrate against the government of Vladimir Putin?
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If the largest anti-government demonstrations since the fall of the Soviet Union have had any meaningful effect on Russia's leadership, you would hardly have guessed it from the president's traditional New Year's Eve address to the nation.
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Jailed former Yukos Oil Co. owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky wished Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kindness and tolerance and said he pitied a man who felt only love for dogs.
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Russia's opposition, for all its efforts to remain peaceful, could be headed for a confrontation with authorities as the date of its next major demonstration draws near.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said government officials shouldn’t comment on the second criminal case against former Yukos Oil Co. billionaire owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky before the verdict.
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