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Russia Vows to Stop Polar Bear Hunting

MOSCOW -- An program tied to Vladimir Putin says no polar bears will be hunted in Russia this year. A Russian-U.S. commission last year agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 animals per year for each country. But Russia's polar bear program, established under Putin's patronage, said this week that no...

Bad Vibrations: Russian Bomb Squad Called to Disarm Sex Toy

A sex toy sparked a terror drill in Russia on Monday, when a bomb squad was summoned to defuse a vibrator. Anti-terrorism experts responded to a call from a post office in Petrozavodsk in the republic of Karelia, where an employee had discovered a package that was emitting a bizarre ticking noise, The Telegraph...

Moscow Drops Plan to Round Up Thousands of Stray Dogs [VIDEO]

Thousands of stray dogs in Moscow have something to wag their tails about. Animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round the dogs up and ship them to a camp far outside of town.

Gorbachev Has Harsh Words for Putin and Medvedev

MOSCOW -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of conceit and contempt for voters, in his harshest criticism of the government yet. Gorbachev criticized Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, for...

Russian Authorities Name Suspected Airport Bomber, Arrest Siblings

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- Russian authorities named a suspected suicide bomber of Moscow's airport and arrested his teenage brother and sister, officials said Wednesday. The Jan. 24 bombing of Domodedovo airport was conducted by 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, said an official working with Russia's top investigative agency...

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06/02/12 DIY civic improvements: Muscovites make their own way Source: Russia Today A group of Russian partisans has taken matters into their own hands, tired of waiting for the local authorities to turn Moscow into a more comfortable place to live in.
05/24/12 Parking Douche App Source: The Huffington Post Bad parking is on par with aggressively standing on the left on a Tube escalator , drinking out of the milk carton at work and leaving one square of toilet paper.
05/23/12 Russia Protest Bill: President Vladimir Putin Supports... Source: The Huffington Post Russian opposition protesters gather near the monument of Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaev in the opposition camp at the Chistiye Prudy, or Clean Ponds, where they vowed to continue the roving protest in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 13, 2012.
05/21/12 Mikhail Kravchenko, Russian Millionaire Friend Of... Source: The Huffington Post Russian tycoon Mikhail Kravchenko, a close friend of Princess Michael of Kent, was found lying in a pool of blood and riddled with bullets in Moscow on Sunday.
05/17/12 Russia Protests: Occupation Of Moscow Square Source: The Huffington Post Protesters try to block the street in downtown near the opposition camp in Moscow, late Wednesday, May 17, 2012.

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Moscow ( or ; ) is the capital and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center of Russia and the continent.

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