Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2182 world World - Russia en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:32 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2182 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomy afp/20091121/russiapoliticseconomy AFP topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258804493091-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4i2GizsKkQOD5Us255FHTg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders.(AFP/INTERPRESS/File/Sergey Kulikov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258804493091-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4i2GizsKkQOD5Us255FHTg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders.(AFP/INTERPRESS/File/Sergey Kulikov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_putin nm/20091121/us_russia_congress_putin Reuters world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:22:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_putin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r353150766.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=XbGIdWXRMaVZ_u6zaI8IZw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_putin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r353150766.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=XbGIdWXRMaVZ_u6zaI8IZw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_putin_s_party ap/20091121/eu_russia_putin_s_party AP business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:45:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_putin_s_party"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e85aa2d3248c4adcaafcae6c646326fa.sweden_eu_russia_sto814.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=vxLaL77KvGaDiAmDSQ.0Nw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a press conference during the European Union and Russia summit in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Claudio Bresciani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_putin_s_party"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e85aa2d3248c4adcaafcae6c646326fa.sweden_eu_russia_sto814.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=vxLaL77KvGaDiAmDSQ.0Nw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a press conference during the European Union and Russia summit in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Claudio Bresciani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_medvedev nm/20091121/us_russia_congress_medvedev Reuters world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:57:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_medvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r2857669331.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=.Z_Se5wLVWWWB4hmnFBCRQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev scolded leaders of Russia's ruling party on Saturday for "bad political habits" and ordered them to win future elections fairly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/wl_nm/us_russia_congress_medvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r2857669331.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=.Z_Se5wLVWWWB4hmnFBCRQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomyputin afp/20091121/russiapoliticseconomyputin AFP topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomyputin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258804493091-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4i2GizsKkQOD5Us255FHTg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders.(AFP/INTERPRESS/File/Sergey Kulikov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for radical economic modernization, in an apparent bid to smother talk of differences between the leaders.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/ts_afp/russiapoliticseconomyputin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258804493091-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4i2GizsKkQOD5Us255FHTg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from factory chimneys in St. Petersburg, 2005. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation, moving to smother talk of differences between the two leaders.(AFP/INTERPRESS/File/Sergey Kulikov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiagermanydiplomacy afp/20091120/russiagermanydiplomacy AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiagermanydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743054826-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=vFsrzheYd1Bf8TPnSVtlrw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) in Moscow. Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues.(AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiagermanydiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743054826-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=vFsrzheYd1Bf8TPnSVtlrw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) in Moscow. Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues.(AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_gorbachev ap/20091120/eu_russia_gorbachev AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:26 GMT AP - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_space ap/20091120/eu_russia_space AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:47 GMT AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiacrimereligion afp/20091120/russiacrimereligion AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiacrimereligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723237871-1-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=3OYYo1Tg4QsuNh7NBqEEpw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Russian Orthodox worshippers leave a memorial service for slain priest Daniil Sysoyev at Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow. An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin.(AFP/Alexey Sazonov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin, investigators said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiacrimereligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258723237871-1-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=3OYYo1Tg4QsuNh7NBqEEpw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Russian Orthodox worshippers leave a memorial service for slain priest Daniil Sysoyev at Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow. An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin.(AFP/Alexey Sazonov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/russiabritainantarcticatourism afp/20091120/russiabritainantarcticatourism AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/russiabritainantarcticatourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258706391256-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=YuZxkssand2CSJvCpX1iow--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An undated photo of tourists taking pictures at the Antartic after they get off the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov. The Russian ice-breaker cruise ship carrying more than 100 people, mostly British tourists, broke free of Antarctic ice and was on its way to Argentina after days of entrapment.(AFP/File/Zelfa Silva/Antarctica Expeditio)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Russian ice-breaker cruise ship carrying more than 100 people, mostly British tourists, broke free of Antarctic ice and was on its way to Argentina after days of entrapment, the ship's operator said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/russiabritainantarcticatourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258706391256-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=YuZxkssand2CSJvCpX1iow--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="An undated photo of tourists taking pictures at the Antartic after they get off the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov. The Russian ice-breaker cruise ship carrying more than 100 people, mostly British tourists, broke free of Antarctic ice and was on its way to Argentina after days of entrapment.(AFP/File/Zelfa Silva/Antarctica Expeditio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_orthodox_priest_killed ap/20091120/eu_russia_orthodox_priest_killed AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:48 GMT AP - A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/wl_nm/us_russia_priest_murder nm/20091120/us_russia_priest_murder Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:47:32 GMT Reuters - A masked gunman entered a church and murdered a Russian Orthodox priest who had received death threats for converting Muslims to Christianity and criticizing Islam, prosecutors and church officials said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiaukrainegeorgiapoliticsdiplomacy afp/20091120/russiaukrainegeorgiapoliticsdiplomacy AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:11:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiaukrainegeorgiapoliticsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258686670520-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=v68l4tKqGe1HSba3as_RKw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been derided by Russian premier Vladimir Putin who attacked the leader, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him alluding to the widely-circulated footage in which Saakashvili put the tip of his tie into his mouth and chewed on it as he waited to be interviewed last year.(AFP/Pool/File/Irakli Gedenidze)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_afp/russiaukrainegeorgiapoliticsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258686670520-1-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=v68l4tKqGe1HSba3as_RKw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been derided by Russian premier Vladimir Putin who attacked the leader, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him alluding to the widely-circulated footage in which Saakashvili put the tip of his tie into his mouth and chewed on it as he waited to be interviewed last year.(AFP/Pool/File/Irakli Gedenidze)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygasdiplomacy afp/20091119/russiaukraineeuenergygasdiplomacy AFP topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:59:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygasdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258636135379-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=JL_5tDHz_Xa8l1JLcMRZKA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Moscow in April 2009. Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ukraine's president on Thursday warned Russian gas supplies to Europe are under threat as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for talks on the row.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygasdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258636135379-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=JL_5tDHz_Xa8l1JLcMRZKA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Moscow in April 2009. Putin announced late Thursday a compromise deal with Ukraine on the thorny issue of gas supply, lessening the threat of multibillion-dollar fines that might cripple Ukraine's economy.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_death_penalty ap/20091119/eu_russia_death_penalty AP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:36:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_death_penalty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.fbfed4fa60d54131874e7f5ee12b2c31.russia_death_penalty_mosb110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zXV2goAOS0MoKd7VARbPxQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin, back center, chairs a meeting of the court on the death penalty in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_death_penalty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.fbfed4fa60d54131874e7f5ee12b2c31.russia_death_penalty_mosb110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zXV2goAOS0MoKd7VARbPxQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin, back center, chairs a meeting of the court on the death penalty in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiaeuropejusticepoliticsrights afp/20091119/russiaeuropejusticepoliticsrights AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:53:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiaeuropejusticepoliticsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258619837540-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=sJ3OnZIr63Ian1JKIDklhg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Members of the Russian Constitutional Court attend a hearing on the death penalty in St. Petersburg. The Court on Thursday ordered that the death penalty cannot be applied in Russia even after January 1 when a moratorium expires.(AFP/Interpress/File/Rostislav Koshelev)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russia cannot apply the death penalty even after a moratorium expires next year, a court ordered Thursday, in a major step towards abolishing capital punishment in the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiaeuropejusticepoliticsrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258619837540-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=sJ3OnZIr63Ian1JKIDklhg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Russian Constitutional Court attend a hearing on the death penalty in St. Petersburg. The Court on Thursday ordered that the death penalty cannot be applied in Russia even after January 1 when a moratorium expires.(AFP/Interpress/File/Rostislav Koshelev)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiapoliticsmedvedev afp/20091119/russiapoliticsmedvedev AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:19:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiapoliticsmedvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258615120493-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=WF4bCwyRFAEBAOH_Bidw5Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Slovenian President Danilo Turk (L) and his Russian counterpart Dimitri Medvedev applaude as they watch a World Cup 2010 qualifying match between Slovenia and Russia. Medvedev has fired one of his top advisors for abuse of office in one of the biggest changes to his Kremlin administration since taking power, media reported on Thursday.(AFP/Hrvoje Polan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has fired one of his top advisors for abuse of office in one of the biggest changes to his Kremlin administration since taking power, media reported on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/russiapoliticsmedvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258615120493-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=WF4bCwyRFAEBAOH_Bidw5Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Slovenian President Danilo Turk (L) and his Russian counterpart Dimitri Medvedev applaude as they watch a World Cup 2010 qualifying match between Slovenia and Russia. Medvedev has fired one of his top advisors for abuse of office in one of the biggest changes to his Kremlin administration since taking power, media reported on Thursday.(AFP/Hrvoje Polan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_attack ap/20091118/eu_russia_attack AP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:33:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.b00252516b09471e825b73bd8b82f6f6.russia_attack_mosb125.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=72RKHDv3p9g9TSnheL4fag--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2007 file photo, activists of the pro-Kremlin group 'Young Russia' express their disapproval for the planned construction of a U.S. missile defense system in the Czech Republic as they hold a banner reading, 'We will not permit a new arms race!', in front of the Czech Embassy in Moscow, Russia. The leader of a pro-Kremlin youth group said Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 that dozens of anti-racist activists have vandalized its office in Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A simmering confrontation between far-right youths and ant-racist activists has erupted into Moscow's streets after the fatal shooting of an anti-racist activist known as the Bonebreaker.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.b00252516b09471e825b73bd8b82f6f6.russia_attack_mosb125.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=72RKHDv3p9g9TSnheL4fag--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2007 file photo, activists of the pro-Kremlin group 'Young Russia' express their disapproval for the planned construction of a U.S. missile defense system in the Czech Republic as they hold a banner reading, 'We will not permit a new arms race!', in front of the Czech Embassy in Moscow, Russia. The leader of a pro-Kremlin youth group said Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 that dozens of anti-racist activists have vandalized its office in Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/wl_nm/us_russia_chechnya_reconstruction nm/20091118/us_russia_chechnya_reconstruction Reuters world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:07:33 GMT Reuters - Work to rebuild Russia's Chechnya region, devastated by separatist wars from the 1990s, is now virtually complete, the region's leader said at the lavish opening of a new shopping center in the capital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/wl_nm/us_wto_russia nm/20091118/us_wto_russia Reuters world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:50:36 GMT Reuters - Russia wants to join the World Trade Organization on its own but will synchronize its entry with Kazakhstan and Belarus, its partners in a customs union, a Russian official said on Wednesday.