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03/04/2010
Paid access archiveUkraine's Government Falls in No-Confidence Vote
Reuters
Ukraine's parliament dismissed the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday, giving President Viktor Yanukovych the difficult task of stitching together a new ruling coalition.
Adopted Boy's Death in U.S. Stirs Russian Anger
The case promises to reignite Russian anger over U.S. adoptions, a delicate issue in U.S.-Russian relations in recent years, and could tangle efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to "reset" ties that deteriorated under the previous administration.
Confusion Swirls Over Olympic Chief’s Tenure
Russian Olympic Committee head Leonid Tyagachyov is facing heavy pressure to step down after the country's poor showing in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. His spokeswoman has denied as “premature” reports that he has resigned.
Ex-Saakashvili Ally Seeks to Rebuild Georgian Ties With Russia
Bloomberg
Georgian opposition leader Nino Burjanadze, a former speaker of the parliament, traveled to Russia on Wednesday in a bid to rebuild relations destroyed by the two countries’ five-day war in August 2008.
Sarkozy Urges Medvedev to Battle Corruption
Reuters
President Dmitry Medvedev must follow through with his reform program and root out corruption, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said, urging closer ties between Paris and Moscow.
Russia to Press UN Over Drugs
The Moscow Times
Federal Drug Control head Viktor Ivanov said the flow of heroin from Afghanistan has been intensifying in recent years, especially in the North Caucasus, and new policies from the UN and United States were going to make the situation worse.
Report Shows Services Sector Under Strain
The Moscow Times
The expansion of the economy's services sector slowed nearly to a standstill in February, as the number of new orders declined sharply from the month earlier, VTB Capital said in a report released Wednesday.
Dutch Citizen Faces $66M Embezzlement Charges
The Moscow Times
A Dutch citizen of Russian descent faces trial in Kazan on charges of attempting to embezzle more than $66 million from a Russian shipbuilding plant in April last year.
Putin Spearheads Innovation Effort
The Cabinet's high-tech commission is to take on broad new powers to enforce its modernization agenda, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday, significantly raising the body's profile on his first day as its chairman.
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Issue 4343Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaving the podium after lashing out at President Viktor Yanukovych in an address to the parliament in Kiev on Wednesday. Lawmakers dissolved her government, giving Yanukovych the difficult task of stitching together a new ruling coalition.
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- Stocks in Past Decade Bringing 'Lamentable' Reforms
- Cabinet to Study Higher Gas Extraction Tax
- Yukos, Russia Face Off at Last in Strasbourg
- Volga Resources Buys 25% in Geotech
- Sberbank Forecasts 15-20% Growth in Retail Deposits
- Khodorkovsky Rails Against 'Authorized Violence'
- Baritone Singer Goes Skydiving to Conquer Fear
- Two-Tsars Show Exposes Russian Power Games
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- Wanted: Invisible Driver
- Medvedev Putting His Eggs in Surkov’s Basket
- Olympic Snowboarders Set to Race in Moscow
- No New Potash Export Tax
- Bid for Asylum at Olympics
- $30M for World Bank
- $4.2M Earmarked for Haiti
- Senators Pass Mortgage Bill
- Baikonur Lease Ratified
- VEB May Join Fiat-Sollers
- Chechen Nobel Nomination
- En+ on Aluminum Products
- Officer Jailed in Journalist's Death Is Freed
- Moscow’s $670M in Bonds
- Dankvert on U.S. Pork Ban
- State to Sink $6Bln Into $60Bln Car Rescue
