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In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...

In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress of Soviet People's Deputies adopted the Law on the Institution of the Post of President and Introduction of Amendments into the Constitution of the U.S.S.R. These amendments abolished the "leading and guiding role of the CPSU," declared a multi-party system, and made the President the head of the Soviet state. Other Union republics followed suit, and switched to presidential form of government.


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.


The Russian women"s ice hockey team lost...

The Russian women"s ice hockey team lost a shootout against Switzerland to finish sixth at the Olympics in Vancouver.

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MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent...

Sergei Ryabkov said Russia was "particularly interested" in "what we should expect, where these systems will be based, how it [the missile shield] will be made up."

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow, with U.S. missile defense plans central to their discussions.

"The Americans provided detailed explanations on these issues, and we will study them," Ryabkov said, adding, however, that the way U.S. plans flesh out "will depend on the situation."

He said a date for the next round of consultations was yet to be agreed but that in the meantime "we will mainly work to prepare for a joint assessment of missile proliferation risks."

Ryabkov also said the United States had shown interest in security cooperation with Russia along a number of lines, not only on joint use of the Gabala radar facility in Azerbaijan.

Moscow offered the use of the radar station as an alternative to now-dropped

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