Window on Eurasia: Corruption in Russian Higher Education Threatens That Country’s Future
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2008 as ABUSE AND CRIMES
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2008 8:11 PM Thursday, July 31, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Corruption in Russian Higher Education Threatens That Country’s Future Paul Goble Vienna, July 31 – The Russian Federation, like many other post-Soviet states, is plagued by a kind of corruption that gets far less attention there and in the West than it deserves given the far greater impact on that country’s future it is certain to have -- the illicit purchase of admissions ... >> full
South Ossetia demands that Georgia should restore water supply to Tskhinvali
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posted by zaina19 on as OSSETIA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2008 10:18 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 31/7/2008 South Ossetia demands that Georgia should restore water supply to Tskhinvali South Ossetia has laid an ultimatum to Georgia to restore normal water supply in Tskhinvali by eliminating illegal water takes-off in the Edis-Tskhinvali pipeline, and threatened with response measures. Earlier the peace-makers of the Joint Peace-making Forces in the Georgia-Ossetia conflict zone accused the population of Georgian villages of making numerous takes-off in the water ... >> full
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Emergency situation to be introduced in North Ossetia due to hog plague
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posted by zaina19 on as INGUSHETIA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2008 10:21 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 31/7/2008 Emergency situation to be introduced in North Ossetia due to hog plague Emergency situation may be introduced in North Ossetia in connection with the incidence of African plague among swine, reports Vladimir Ivanov, head of North Ossetia Ministry of Emergency press-service. According to statistical data, there are 115,000 swine at private steads, farms and pig raising complexes of North Ossetia. "Due to the hog plague, emergency situation ... >> full
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Finrosforum: Leftist Activists Detained In Tyumen
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posted by FerrasB on as FREEDOM & FEAR
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/22/2008 8:26 AM Leftist activists detained in Tyumen The leader of the Russian leftist opposition movement, Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM), Sergey Udaltsov, and an activist of the banned National Bolshevik Party (NBP), Damir Gilyazov, were detained by police in Tyumen, where they were scheduled to meet with local activists. Sobkorr.ru reports that Udaltsov and Gilyazov were detained on 12 July 2008 near the building where the meeting was to have taken ... >> full
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30/7/2008 Information about attempt on Kadyrov's life confirmed in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as WAR IN CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2008 10:07 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 30/7/2008 Information about attempt on Kadyrov's life confirmed in Chechnya It is true that they tried to murder Ramzan Kadyrov, however, not during the last two days but much earlier. The abortive attempt on the Chechen president's life took place early last week, as an informed source in the republic's law enforcement bodies claims. According to the source, someone from Kadyrov's close relatives attempted his life. It ... >> full
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Window on Eurasia: Can Anyone Stop the Rise of Russia’s Skinheads?
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posted by zaina19 on as ABUSE AND CRIMES
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2008 8:08 PM Thursday, July 31, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Can Anyone Stop the Rise of Russia’s Skinheads? Paul Goble Vienna, July 31 – Despite high-sounding rhetoric to the contrary, the Russian government has organizationally disarmed itself for the fight with extremist groups like the skinheads and failed to reach out to the business community and the institutions of civil society to combat this “most serious” of challenges to the country, according to ... >> full
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ABC News: Putin Faces Green Olympic Challenge
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posted by eagle on as Genocide Crime
From:  Eagle_wng (Original Message) |
Sent: 7/28/2008 10:53 AM |
Putin faces green Olympic challenge
The Sochi 2014 Winter Games are threatened by a looming international boycott, environmental concerns, and public protests against local development.
JUL-10-2008
By Fred Weir
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia
Here, amid the breathtaking mountain vistas of Europe's last slice of untouched alpine wilderness, the state gas monopoly Gazprom has ... | >> full
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Soldier killed in clash with rebel band in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as WAR IN CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2008 10:18 AM Soldier killed in clash with rebel band in Chechnya 2008-07-28 12:58:34 - ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Russian officials say a soldier has been killed in a clash with rebels in the troubled Chechnya region. The Interior Ministry said Monday that the soldier was killed the previous day when a patrol was fired on near Shatoi, deep in the mountains of southern Chechnya where rebel bands move relatively freely in the ... >> full
Cause of explosion at the Georgia -South Ossetia border clarified
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posted by zaina19 on as INGUSHETIA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2008 10:02 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/7/2008 Cause of explosion at the Georgia -South Ossetia border clarified The monitoring conducted by peace-makers has revealed that two remote control devices exploded within the South Ossetia border zone. "During the monitoring, JPMF observers representing three parties and OSCE mission officers, together with field-engineer platoon of the Russian JPMF battalion officers, have determined that two remote control devices exploded there, one of which most probably was ... >> full
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