http://www.rferl.org/archive/Russia/latest/652/666.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Russia http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Russia/latest/652/666.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:43:53 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL A Russian submarine broke off a mission in the Black Sea on November 21 and headed back to base, apparently because of engine trouble, the state RIA-Novosti news agency reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Submarine_Returns_To_Base_After_Engine_Problem/1884810.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Submarine_Returns_To_Base_After_Engine_Problem/1884810.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:28 +0000 News With just five space shuttle flights remaining, the program that has come to symbolize U.S. space superiority for the last 30 years is coming to an end, with no replacement on the near horizon. The Obama administration is considering whether it should go ahead with efforts to further explore the moon and Mars -- a plan initiated by the previous administration in 2005 -- or scale back and stay closer to Earth. http://www.rferl.org/content/As_Shuttle_Nears_Retirement_US_Weighs_Options_For_Future_Space_Exploration/1884779.html http://www.rferl.org/content/As_Shuttle_Nears_Retirement_US_Weighs_Options_For_Future_Space_Exploration/1884779.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:44:42 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/As_Shuttle_Nears_Retirement_US_Weighs_Options_For_Future_Space_Exploration/1884779.html#relatedInfoContainer Tabloid journalism, with its screaming headlines, half-naked girls, and sensationalist news, has flourished in Russia for a number of years. But the king of the Russian tabloids, "Tvoi den" publisher Aram Gabrelyanov, is steadily building a media empire, and even offering a new school for budding muckrakers. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Tabloid_King_Builds_An_Empire/1884265.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Tabloid_King_Builds_An_Empire/1884265.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:12:06 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Tabloid_King_Builds_An_Empire/1884265.html#relatedInfoContainer Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today made a rare criticism of the ruling Kremlin-backed United Russia party, saying the party has undermined democracy in recent regional elections. United Russia is led by Vladimir Putin, Russia's powerful prime minister and Medvedev's mentor. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Medvedev_Raps_Ruling_Party_Over_Elections/1884094.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Medvedev_Raps_Ruling_Party_Over_Elections/1884094.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:41:55 +0000 News Vladimir Tutayev, an activist from Russia's United Civic Front (OGF), was detained in Moscow today, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Opposition_Activist/1883870.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Opposition_Activist/1883870.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:46 +0000 From Our Bureaus A spokesman for the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Russia's European Territories has condemned the murder of Orthodox Priest Daniil Sysoyev in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Muslim_Leaders_Condemn_Orthodox_Priests_Murder/1883779.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Muslim_Leaders_Condemn_Orthodox_Priests_Murder/1883779.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:21 +0000 From Our Bureaus A horse owned by Ramzan Kadyrov came in third in the Melbourne Cup race earlier this month, winning $420,000 for the Chechen strongman. But the money may never make it into Kadyrov’s pockets. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kadyrovs_Unlucky_Day_At_The_Races/1883657.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kadyrovs_Unlucky_Day_At_The_Races/1883657.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:55 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/Kadyrovs_Unlucky_Day_At_The_Races/1883657.html#relatedInfoContainer Russia's antiracism youth movement, known as Antifa, has long endured violent attacks by nationalists, police harassment, and public indifference. Most recently, they suffered the murder of one of their most prominent activists. Now they are fighting back, staging their own violent assaults on known nationalist activists. http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Takes_On_Nationalists_In_Russian_Youths_Civil_War/1883674.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Takes_On_Nationalists_In_Russian_Youths_Civil_War/1883674.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:49 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Takes_On_Nationalists_In_Russian_Youths_Civil_War/1883674.html#relatedInfoContainer Russia has the world's most fraudulent economy and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime have done little to stop its spread during the global financial downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Tops_Pricewaterhouse_Global_Fraud_Survey/1883624.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Tops_Pricewaterhouse_Global_Fraud_Survey/1883624.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:07 +0000 News A woman who was beaten by a Russian soldier in the southwestern Tajik city of Kulob has died, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has called on Russian society not to draw premature conclusions regarding the murder of an Orthodox priest late on November 19, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Patriarch_Urges_Restraint_Following_Priests_Killing/1883420.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Patriarch_Urges_Restraint_Following_Priests_Killing/1883420.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:17 +0000 From Our Bureaus A Tatar opposition newspaper editor accused of propagating extremist views has gone on trial in Tatarstan, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tatar_Newspaper_Editor_Nationalist_Leader_On_Trial/1883361.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tatar_Newspaper_Editor_Nationalist_Leader_On_Trial/1883361.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:32 +0000 From Our Bureaus The woman suffered injuries in a beating last week at the hands of a Russian military officer from a unit stationed in Khatlon Province, but police say her death was ultimately caused by complications from hepatitis. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:37 +0000 From Our Bureaus A masked gunman entered a church and shot dead a Russian Orthodox priest well-known for his missionary work among the young, investigators said today. http://www.rferl.org/content/Masked_Gunman_Kills_Russian_Priest_At_Moscow_Church/1883073.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Masked_Gunman_Kills_Russian_Priest_At_Moscow_Church/1883073.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:27:16 +0000 News Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on November 19 that existing gas deals with Ukraine were a guarantee of stable energy supplies to Europe and he hoped for a New Year without any gas "shocks." http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Putin_Wants_New_Year_Without_Gas_Shocks/1883024.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russias_Putin_Wants_New_Year_Without_Gas_Shocks/1883024.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:37:35 +0000 News Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko today told Russia's Vladimir Putin that Ukraine would scrupulously fulfill its obligations on the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tymoshenko_Pledges_To_Fulfill_Gas_Transit_Deal/1882873.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tymoshenko_Pledges_To_Fulfill_Gas_Transit_Deal/1882873.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:44:16 +0000 News A Russian government commission has approved plans to set a minimum price for vodka, the latest step in a campaign led by President Dmitry Medvedev to crack down on alcohol abuse, local news agencies reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Commission_Approves_Setting_Minimum_Price_For_Vodka/1882839.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Commission_Approves_Setting_Minimum_Price_For_Vodka/1882839.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42:44 +0000 News Although experts in the West generally agree that the Lisbon treaty won’t change the dynamic of relations between the EU and Russia, analysts in Moscow differ. The prevailing view in Russia is that the treaty could ultimately thwart Russia’s tactic of dealing with EU countries separately and of playing them against one another to promote its own interests. The biggest fear in Moscow is that EU consolidation will mean that Russia will have to play by the EU’s rules in the future. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_And_The_EU_After_Lisbon_/1882830.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_And_The_EU_After_Lisbon_/1882830.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:53 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_And_The_EU_After_Lisbon_/1882830.html#relatedInfoContainer Veteran human rights activists are appealing to Russia's increasingly assertive anti-racist movement to forswear violence, even as they face increasingly lethal attacks from militant nationalist groups. http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html#relatedInfoContainer Russia said today that Iran had still not given its final answer to the international community on a proposal to send enriched uranium abroad for reprocessing. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Says_No_Final_Answer_Yet_From_Iran_On_Fuel_Deal/1882455.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Says_No_Final_Answer_Yet_From_Iran_On_Fuel_Deal/1882455.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:42:01 +0000 News Kyrgyzstan deported a foreign human rights activist investigating accusations of abuse against Muslims in the Central Asian state, campaigners said today. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html#relatedInfoContainer Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to change an agreement on supplies of Russian natural gas whose terms he said were too onerous for the Ukrainian economy. http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukrainian_President_Asks_Kremlin_To_Amend_Gas_Agreement/1882108.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukrainian_President_Asks_Kremlin_To_Amend_Gas_Agreement/1882108.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:16:30 +0000 News Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed an influential Kremlin media adviser for breaching government rules, the first such sacking of his presidency, local media reported today. http://www.rferl.org/content/Medvedev_Sacks_Senior_Adviser_For_Breaching_Rules/1882100.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Medvedev_Sacks_Senior_Adviser_For_Breaching_Rules/1882100.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:23 +0000 News Russia's Constitutional Court has extended a 13-year-old moratorium on the death penalty, just weeks before it was due to expire. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Court_Extends_Moratorium_On_Death_Penalty/1882064.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Court_Extends_Moratorium_On_Death_Penalty/1882064.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:22:01 +0000 News Iran has rejected a UN-proposed deal under which it would export its lightly enriched uranium for further enrichment. What options does that now leave for the United States? http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Faces_Difficult_Decisions_After_Iran_Rejects_UN_Nuclear_Plan_/1882001.html http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Faces_Difficult_Decisions_After_Iran_Rejects_UN_Nuclear_Plan_/1882001.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:27 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Faces_Difficult_Decisions_After_Iran_Rejects_UN_Nuclear_Plan_/1882001.html#relatedInfoContainer The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, emerged today from the 24th EU-Russia summit in the Swedish capital describing it as "one of the best meetings we have had." http://www.rferl.org/content/EURussia_Relationship_No_Longer_Worsening/1881799.html http://www.rferl.org/content/EURussia_Relationship_No_Longer_Worsening/1881799.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:45 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/EURussia_Relationship_No_Longer_Worsening/1881799.html#relatedInfoContainer A Russian lawyer representing the embattled Hermitage Capital investment fund has died in a Moscow prison after complaining for weeks that he was denied adequate medical treatment. http://www.rferl.org/content/Lawyers_Death_Puts_Spotlight_On_Kremlins_Battle_With_Investment_Fund/1881777.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Lawyers_Death_Puts_Spotlight_On_Kremlins_Battle_With_Investment_Fund/1881777.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:49:31 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Lawyers_Death_Puts_Spotlight_On_Kremlins_Battle_With_Investment_Fund/1881777.html#relatedInfoContainer Georgia urged fellow former Soviet republic Belarus today not to follow Russia in recognizing the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. http://www.rferl.org/content/Georgia_Asks_Belarus_Not_To_Recognize_South_Ossetia_Abkhazia/1881595.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Georgia_Asks_Belarus_Not_To_Recognize_South_Ossetia_Abkhazia/1881595.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:27:56 +0000 News The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun a third round of discussions in Almaty about upcoming counterterrorism exercises, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:03:24 +0000 From Our Bureaus Russia has confirmed it wants to join the World Trade Organization and said members of its customs union with Kazakhstan and Belarus would seek to join as separate entities. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Says_It_Wants_To_Join_WTO_Soon/1881277.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Says_It_Wants_To_Join_WTO_Soon/1881277.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:38:37 +0000 News Several Russian opposition leaders were detained briefly on November 16 for protesting against the detention of Eduard Limonov, a leader of the Other Russia coalition. It turns out that their detentions were not a simple matter; in fact, they required a little assistance from a pair of agents provocateurs. http://www.rferl.org/content/Threes_A_Crowd/1881203.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Threes_A_Crowd/1881203.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:51 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/Threes_A_Crowd/1881203.html#relatedInfoContainer A Russian soldier has been detained for trying to sell plastic explosives used in the armor plating of tanks on a city street on the Pacific coast, RIA news agency reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Soldier_Caught_Selling_Plastic_Explosives/1881136.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Soldier_Caught_Selling_Plastic_Explosives/1881136.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:56:33 +0000 News Protesters in Moscow are demanding the direct involvement of the government into the investigation of the severe beating of journalist Mikhail Beketov, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html#relatedInfoContainer An EU-Russia summit in Stockholm is set to be a low-key affair, with neither side holding out hopes of major breakthroughs in a relationship that stalled after the Russian-Georgian war more than a year ago. http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Russia_Gear_Up_For_Unambitious_Summit/1880819.html http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Russia_Gear_Up_For_Unambitious_Summit/1880819.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:58 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Russia_Gear_Up_For_Unambitious_Summit/1880819.html#relatedInfoContainer Moscow police have detained several supporters of Eduard Limonov, the jailed leader of the opposition Other Russia coalition, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:56 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html#relatedInfoContainer Transparency International has just released its annual index of corruption in countries across the globe. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 finds that high levels of corruption in some countries could slow international efforts to help them cope with, or recover, from the global economic crisis. We speak with Jana Mittermaier, head of Transparency International's Brussels office, to learn more. RFE/RL correspondent Charles Recknagel conducts the interview. http://www.rferl.org/content/Transparency_Campaigner_Warns_Corruption_Could_Slow_Recovery_In_Fragile_Countries/1880774.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Transparency_Campaigner_Warns_Corruption_Could_Slow_Recovery_In_Fragile_Countries/1880774.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:46:35 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Transparency_Campaigner_Warns_Corruption_Could_Slow_Recovery_In_Fragile_Countries/1880774.html#relatedInfoContainer Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev's much-vaunted anticorruption drive has so far failed to halt bribery costing Russia $300 billion a year, watchdog Transparency International said. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kremlin_Fails_To_Bust_300bln_Corruption_Racket/1880767.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kremlin_Fails_To_Bust_300bln_Corruption_Racket/1880767.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:34:25 +0000 News Ivan Khutorsky, the leader of the Russian antifascist movement Antifa, has been shot dead in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html#relatedInfoContainer The European Union and Russia hope to lay the foundations of a new economic and political partnership at a November 18 summit despite differences over energy, trade, human rights, and climate change. http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Russia_Hope_For_New_Start_Despite_Differences/1880397.html http://www.rferl.org/content/EU_Russia_Hope_For_New_Start_Despite_Differences/1880397.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:37:14 +0000 News Talks between Russia and the United States on a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty have hit a snag over technical issues. Does that mean there will be no further weapons cuts by the world's leading nuclear powers in the foreseeable future? http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Hints_At_Delay_In_START_II_Negotiations/1880759.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Hints_At_Delay_In_START_II_Negotiations/1880759.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:08:43 +0000 News Automobile owners in more than 30 Russian towns and cities are protesting an increase in transportation taxes, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Car_Owners_Protest_Across_Russia_Over_Tax_Increases/1879749.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Car_Owners_Protest_Across_Russia_Over_Tax_Increases/1879749.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:41:45 +0000 From Our Bureaus Russia has announced the latest delay to Iran's first nuclear power station, saying that technical issues would prevent its engineers from starting up the reactor at the Bushehr plant by the year-end. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Delays_Irans_Bushehr_Nuclear_Power_Station/1879356.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Delays_Irans_Bushehr_Nuclear_Power_Station/1879356.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:28:09 +0000 News International PEN -- the worldwide association of writers -- marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer this time each year. Its aim is to recognize and support writers who resist repression of their basic human right to freedom of expression. While International PEN campaigns on behalf of hundreds of authors all year round, this November 15 the group is highlighting the cases of five authors in five countries, representing five geographical regions. The countries are Cameroon, Iran, China, Russia, ... http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_International_PEN_Marks_Day_Of_The_Imprisoned_Writer/1878857.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_International_PEN_Marks_Day_Of_The_Imprisoned_Writer/1878857.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:25:28 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_International_PEN_Marks_Day_Of_The_Imprisoned_Writer/1878857.html#relatedInfoContainer Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he hopes to strike a new deal for arms cuts with the United States by next month. http://www.rferl.org/content/Medvedev_Says_Hopes_For_New_START_Treaty_By_December/1878574.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Medvedev_Says_Hopes_For_New_START_Treaty_By_December/1878574.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:47:23 +0000 News U.S. President Barack Obama has said time is running out for diplomacy in a dispute over Iran's nuclear program, but a top Iranian official said it was up to the West to show it sincerely wanted a deal. http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Presses_Iran_On_Atomic_Deal_Tehran_Defiant/1878570.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Presses_Iran_On_Atomic_Deal_Tehran_Defiant/1878570.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:42:31 +0000 News Slovenia agreed today to take part in a pipeline project carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, The Associated Press reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Slovenia_Sign_South_Stream_Pipe_Deal/1878209.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Slovenia_Sign_South_Stream_Pipe_Deal/1878209.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:07:14 +0000 News Officials in the northwestern Russian city of Pskov have closed all schools and universities due to a flu outbreak, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Schools_Closed_In_Russian_City_Due_To_Flu_Outbreak_/1878172.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Schools_Closed_In_Russian_City_Due_To_Flu_Outbreak_/1878172.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:35:01 +0000 From Our Bureaus It's the biggest country in the world, a sprawling landmass stretching 11 time zones from Europe to the Far East. Now experts in Russia are studying a proposal to reduce the number of time zones after a speech by President Dmitry Medvedev this week. http://www.rferl.org/content/Time_Could_Be_Up_For_Russian_Time_Zones/1878070.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Time_Could_Be_Up_For_Russian_Time_Zones/1878070.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:33:37 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Time_Could_Be_Up_For_Russian_Time_Zones/1878070.html#relatedInfoContainer A court in the southwestern Russian city of Astrakhan has fined a Russian activist for "illegally obtaining a jar of caviar," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html#relatedInfoContainer Over 40 people feared dead in a series of blasts at a Russian arms depot have been found alive, the governor of the region where the explosions took place said. http://www.rferl.org/content/Forty_People_Found_Alive_After_Russian_Arms_Blasts/1877827.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Forty_People_Found_Alive_After_Russian_Arms_Blasts/1877827.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:07:55 +0000 News