Volga River News
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Vladimir Putin is handing the keys of his central bank to a poetry-loving Francophile who pays homage to the victims of Russia’s totalitarian past.
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Emergency workers have found 12 bodies and are searching for more than 110 people after a Russian cruise ship sank in the Volga River, according to Emergency Ministry officials.
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As many as 129 people may have died when a 56-year-old Russian tourist boat sank in the Volga River yesterday, sparking a probe into safety violations on the unlicensed cruise.
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OAO Rosneft may buy oil fields in the Volga River region from OAO Tatneft, Vedomosti reported, citing Tatneft first deputy chief Azat Yagafarov.
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The confirmed death toll in a July 10 shipwreck on Russia’s Volga River rose to 119 after divers recovered five more bodies today, Rossiya 24 said.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were shown fishing together on the Volga river as uncertainty persists about which of them will run for the Kremlin next year.
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Russia, the world’s third-biggest grower of wheat, banned grain exports from Aug. 15 to Dec. 31 as the country’s worst drought in half a century cuts yields.
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It's hard to say what's most impressive about Russia's latest round of regional and local elections -- the shameless rigging or the apathy of the voters. Either way, the October 14 polls sent an unmistakable message: Electoral democracy as we know it is dying a slow, painful death under President Vladimir Putin.
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Kip and Kim Blackman call him Teo, a dark-haired, dark-eyed Russian orphan who is small for his 19 months and not yet walking or talking.
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OAO AvtoVAZ, Russia’s biggest automaker, will seek to borrow as much as 60 billion rubles ($2 billion) by 2015 for its biggest overhaul “in decades” with Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co.’s help, to compete against international brands.
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