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Russians may receive universal identity...

Russians may receive universal identity and payment cards from the government that would streamline the payment of pensions and taxes, and even be used like bank cards in stores.


Russia and India have reached an agreement...

Russia and India have reached an agreement to complete a refit of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, a Kremlin source said on Monday.


MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government is to allocate 400 million rubles ($16 million) for research into the development of an HIV vaccine, the consumer rights watchdog said on Wednesday. The funding is part of international efforts agreed upon at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg in July 2006. Rospotrebnadzor said the government had signed the order in late 2007 and would allot a total of a billion rubles ($41 million) for research, HIV monitoring and other operations in the field in 2008-2010.

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A Russian human rights activist was jailed...

Vadim Karastelev was arrested in south Russia"s Krasnodar on Friday over "participation in illegal gatherings and failure to obey the police officers who asked him to cease his illegal activity."

Karastelev denied the charges, saying he was handing out leaflets advertising a future rally in support of Alexei Dymovsky, who hit the headlines across Russia last September after he went online to accuse his bosses and colleagues of corruption.

He also appealed to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to take action. The recording was posted on YouTube.com with English subtitles and drew international media attention.

Shortly after posting his claims, Dymovsky, from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, was fired for "libel and action that tarnishes the image of the police force."

Dymovsky was then arrested on January 22 on charges of fraud and abuse of office carrying a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)




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