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  • Pussy Riot member denied parole by Russian judge

    Euro News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

    A Russian court has refused to grant parole to a jailed member of the Pussy Riot punk band. According to supporters, the judge ruled against Maria Alyokhina because she had broken prison rules. The breaches included not making her bed and writing letters during meal times. She was jailed after performing a so-called punk prayer in a Moscow cathedral against Vladimir Putin, during his ...

  • Kremlin cracks down on recruiting in former USSR by Syrian rebels

    World Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

    Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW -- Russia has launched a crackdown on efforts to recruit fighters for the Sunni revolt in Syria. Officials said the Kremlin has ordered authorities to intensify monitoring of Islamist groups in Russia to stop the recruitment of fighters to ...

  • 2500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics

    WOAI - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

    MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi's anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry's web site that another 600 tests are planned for the Paralympics.The World Anti-Doping ...

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