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U.S. State Department Postpones Meeting With Russia on Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 02:59 pm
The U.S. State Department has postponed the meeting between Russian and U.S. diplomats to discuss preparations for the Geneva peace conference on Syria that had been scheduled for Wednesday.
Alcohol Pipeline Found on Kazakh-Kyrgyz Border 27 Aug 2013 | 12:34 pm
Soldiers have discovered a cross-border pipeline shuttling alcohol between the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Ponomaryov Ordered to Pay Skolkovo $82,000 for Lectures 27 Aug 2013 | 12:12 pm
<p>Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court has ordered State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomaryov to pay 2.7 million rubles ($82,000) to the Skolkovo Foundation for failing to meet contract terms in which he agreed...
What the Papers Say, Aug. 27, 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers. <br />
Today in History, Aug. 27 27 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Thirteen years ago today on Aug. 27, 2000 a fire broke out at the Ostankino television tower in Moscow.
Russian, U.S. Youth 'Summit' 26 Aug 2013 | 11:12 pm
Students and young professionals from Russia and the United States, all born after the end of the Cold War, convene this week in Seattle for a "youth summit" aimed at strengthening bonds between young...
NGOs to Be Issued Grants 26 Aug 2013 | 11:11 pm
The Kremlin will give grants to the Memorial human rights organization and several other opposition-minded NGOs that prosecutors earlier this year accused of being "foreign agents," the Russian busine...
Falling Cat Gets Fined 26 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Cats land on their feet, but sometimes it is not enough to avoid trouble - as the Russian owner of a then-6-year-old feline found out when she was fined for her cat falling out of a window of her apar...
RDIF Makes First Investment in IT 26 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the CapMan Russia II fund have signed an agreement to invest $100 million in Maykor - a Russian IT outsourc...
Syria Peace Talks Derailed as Talk of Intervention Intensifies 26 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
The Syrian opposition on Monday ruled out any chance of peace talks next month as President Vladimir Putin and UK Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the crisis over the phone and Russia warned the...
