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Russian Court Rejects Appeals in Greenpeace Case

18:11 08/10/2013 Originally posted at 13:05.

A court in Russia’s Arctic port city of Murmansk ruled Tuesday that three Russian nationals detained onboard a Greenpeace ship seized last month amid accusations of piracy should stay behind bars pending trial.

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Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, October 8, 2013
10:09 08/10/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
Moscow Official Jailed for $5M Embezzlement
23:30 07/10/2013
The former head of a Moscow city department has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for embezzling 180 million rubles ($5.45 million) from a state development fund, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Monday.
Paintball Could Be Part of Combat Training in Russian Army
21:34 07/10/2013
A senior member of the Russian Public Chamber on Monday proposed including paintball as part of regular combat training in the Russian armed forces.
Russia to Deploy New S-400 Air Defense Regiment Near Moscow
17:18 07/10/2013
A new regiment equipped with S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems will be put on combat duty to bolster the air defenses around the Russian capital by the end of 2013, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
Russian Olympic Torch Relay Starts on Red Square
13:44 07/10/2013
The four-month, 65,000-kilometer torch relay ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games kicked off Monday with synchronized swimmer Anastasia Davydova running with the flame across Moscow’s Red Square.
Body of Mutilated Woman Found Near Infamous Moscow Park
12:35 07/10/2013
Police in Moscow said Monday that they have discovered the mutilated remains of a woman near a park made infamous by a five-year murder spree by a man dubbed the “Chessboard Killer.”
Over 50,000 Attend Olympic Fire Celebrations in Moscow
07:03 07/10/2013
More than 50,000 people attended events across Moscow on Sunday to mark the arrival of the Olympic Flame to Russia, Moscow police department said.
Olympic Flame Lighted in Moscow
02:41 07/10/2013
A grandiose and patriotic ceremony to welcome the Olympic flame in Russia, demonstrating the country's pride in hosting February's Winter Games, was held in the heart of Moscow on September 6.
Putin Lights Olympic Flame on Red Square
19:10 06/10/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin lit a cauldron with the Sochi 2014 Olympic flame on Sunday in a grandiose ceremony on Moscow’s Red Square marking the beginning of a relay that will see the flame visit almost every corner of the country.
Sochi 2014 Olympic Flame Touches Down in Moscow
14:43 06/10/2013
The Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games touched down in Moscow on Sunday after traveling from Greece, where it was lit.
Russian Passenger Detained for Brawl on Egypt-Bound Plane
11:17 06/10/2013
Police at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport have detained a man who started a brawl on a plane bound for Egypt and threatened to kill a security inspector, the city police said Sunday.
Wladimir Klitschko Praises 'Heart' of Conquered Povetkin
04:41 06/10/2013
Wladimir Klitschko may have demolished Alexander Povetkin in the ring Saturday night, but he was full of praise for the Russian's courage in going the distance.
Klitschko Crushes Povetkin to Defend World Titles
01:02 06/10/2013
Wladimir Klitschko put Alexander Povetkin through a 12-round pummeling Sunday to defend his four heavyweight titles with ease in a points win over the previously unbeaten Russian in Moscow.
Russia's Culture Minister Says Landmark Painting Won't Be Purged
17:48 05/10/2013
Russia's Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said Saturday that he treated as a “joke” a radical Orthodox Christian activist’s demands to remove a painting of Ivan the Terrible from one of Russia’s main art galleries.
Putin to Start Sochi 2014 Torch Relay on Red Square
16:55 05/10/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to take part in a ceremony on Red Square on Sunday devoted to the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay, the Kremlin has announced.
Vitinho Has Trouble Adapting to Moscow Football Team – Coach
16:14 05/10/2013
CSKA Moscow's new Brazilian forward Vitinho has had trouble adapting at the Russian Premier League side, coach Leonid Slutsky admitted on Saturday.
‘Ethnic Enclaves’ Fuel Social Tension – Russian Premier
14:44 05/10/2013
Russia’s Prime Minister warned Saturday of the dangers of letting “ethnic enclaves form especially in major cities” in Russia as both isolating communities and fuelling crime and xenophobia.
Russia’s Asia-Pacific Priorities ‘Hit the Bull’s Eye’ – Foreign Minister
14:00 05/10/2013
Russia is an “integral and organic” part of Asia Pacific, the country’s Foreign Minister wrote ahead of an upcoming regional summit, and the priorities it proposed for the meeting “hit the bull’s eye.”
100 Illegal Migrants Detained in Moscow – Migration Service
06:31 05/10/2013
Over 100 illegal migrants have been detained in Moscow, Russia’s Federal Migration Service reported.

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