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The Media Mirror – A review of the weekend's Russian press Power transfer in Russia: is Putin creating a new precedent? – is on of the key topics in focus of Russia’s weeklies. Also, one of the magazines publishes an article by a senior sociologist saying Russians...

Kosovo talks may be completed successfully: Moscow As the UN Security Council is meeting next week to discuss the Kosovo troika report on the province’s status, Moscow believes compromise is still possible.

Presidential hopeful Medvedev to become vodka icon? Entrepreneurs are entering into the spirit of Russia's presidential election. Businesses hope to cash in on the name of the eventual winner to sell products such as vodka. Dmitry Medvedev is the leading candidate and...

$US 1.5 BLN loan will help Belarus pay for Russian gas President Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko have met in the capital Minsk. Russia has announced it won’t sharply increase gas prices for Belarus and will provide a state loan of $US 1.5 billion....

Furore over American 'Putin assassination plot' An American political analyst, Andrew Kuchins, has accused the Russian Kommersant daily of misinterpreting his research on possible scenarios about Russia's future.

Russia’s flagship companies to pay $US 60 BLN in taxes? The new Russian parliament could consider a law forcing some Russian tycoons to pay more than $US 60 BLN in tax. The proposed bill could affect more than 200 of Russia's largest companies. Privatized in the 1990s, they...

Flagship companies to pay $US 60 BLN in taxes? The Russian government may receive an additional $US 60 BLN from the country's largest companies. A draft law sent to the Duma calls for a one-time tax to compensate the state for profits lost in the privatisation in...

British Council pledges to defy Russian ban The British Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton says the British Council's regional offices will not close, despite a ban from the Russian government.

Bird flu epidemic strikes Russia Around half a million birds in Russia's south are due to be culled following an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Rostov region. Health officials are carrying out a massive vaccination programme...

Duma deputies officially sworn in Russia's Central Electoral Commission has begun swearing in hundreds of deputies in the Lower House of Parliament, the Duma.

Finance Minister visits deputy in jail Russia's Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin has met his deputy Sergey Storchak, for the first time since Storchak was arrested on November 15 over embezzlement charges.

Russia's Gazprom snaps up Italy stake Italy's energy company Enel SpA is ready to sell a minority stake in an Italian power station worth $US200 million to Gazprom.

Russian diva named musician of the year Famous Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has been named musician of the year by “Musical America”. The influential magazine describes her as a “true superstar of the 21st century”.

Computer chips replace football's guessing game FIFA has unveiled the latest technological advancement to come into football: 'the intelligent ball'. It will apparently make debates over whether the ball crosses the goal-line a thing of the past.

The Media Mirror: what's in today's Russian newspapers? The Russia papers on Friday carry lots of comment on current political developments in the country; stories about the impending 'uprising of elites' in the U.S. and a story about the U.S. ambassador who focuses on...

Russia-US missile negotiations fail Despite an unprecedented sharing of intelligence between Russia and the U.S., both countries have failed to break a deadlock over plans for an American missile defence system in Europe.

CIA trapped by 'torture' scandal In the United States CIA staff are under investigation into the destruction of videotapes, showing the interrogation of suspected terrorists. Officials have been called on to testify into a possible cover-up of an...

'Gas princess' strives to become Ukraine's PM For the fourth day in a row, Ukraine’s Rada, or parliament, will try to appoint the leader of the parliamentary coalition, Yulia Timoshenko as prime minister. President Yushchenko has again put forward Timoshenko.

2 major blasts rock small city in Ingushetia Two powerful explosions have rocked the city of Malgobek in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia.

Missile defence talks collapse Delegations from Moscow and Washington met in the Hungarian capital Budapest in another attempt to smooth out the disagreement over the U.S. deployment of an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe. The meeting has failed...

U.S. & Russian troops hold joint exercise in Germany It's been more than 60 years since Russian and American troops joined hands on the Elbe River to symbolically bring an end to Nazi Germany. Now troops from both countries are back again on the same ground training to...

Russia says when Iran's nuke plant will be completed Russia has finally agreed a completion date for Bushehr, the nuclear power plant it's building in Iran. Details will be released later this month. The breakthrough came during high-level talks between the two countries...

Fierce blaze causes serious damage in central Moscow More than 30 fire engines attended a blaze at a three-storey building in central Moscow. The fire destroyed 600 square meters of the building which was situated on one of Moscow's busiest roads.

British Council banned from Russian province? The British Council in Russia will be forced to close its offices outside Moscow because of the ongoing diplomatic spat between the two countries.

Gorbachev hands peace award to Hollywood stars Hollywood stars George Clooney and Don Cheadle have received the Man of Peace award from Nobel Prize laureates.

Medvedev leads 25-strong field for Presidency The Presidential race is up and running with 25 candidates set to apply for the job of leading Russia. Dmitry Medvedev, backed by Vladimir Putin, remains the front-runner. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has given up his seat...

Half-million chickens to be killed to stop bird flu Sixty thousand birds have died or been slaughtered over the last few days in Russia's southern Rostov region, after bird flu hit a poultry farm. People are being vaccinated against the dangerous disease.

Ukraine MPs jostle as PM vote postponed A scuffle has broken out in Ukraine's parliament, the Supreme Rada, after it resumed business on Thursday. A member of Yulia Timoshenko’s bloc attacked an opposition MP from the Party of Regions. A vote on the Prime...

Threats mar Ukraine's PM vote The Party of the Regions in Ukraine has demanded an apology from the Orange coalition over allegations it tampered with electronic voting during Yulia Timoshenko's nomination for Prime Minister. She lost by just one...

The Media Mirror: what's in today's Russian newspapers? Thursday's Russian newspapers feature more commentary about the planned Medvedev-Putin duo and stories about the Conventional forces treaty moratorium.

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