The government will increase Pensions by 6.3 percent next month despite warnings from Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday that the Budget cannot afford it. "We have the means, an...  more>>

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It’s evident in entities as diverse as Vladimir Putin’s words and Johnny Weir ’s costumes. It’s in the reworking of mathematics so three (rotations) is somehow greater than four. It’s i...  more>>

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Evgeni Plushenko, the decorated Russian figure skater, was poised to repeat as a gold medalist in the Vancouver Olympics last week, but fell short on the second night to American Evan Lysacek. Since then, Plushenko h...  more>>

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In Russia, public Protests are generally small and often shut down by police. But over the past few weeks, police have not cracked down on a handful of anti-government demonstrations. And Russi...  more>>

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