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  • Pussy Riot Putin-bashing punk rock and politics make for a riotous mix

    The Independent - Friday 17th May, 2013

    It is more than a year since five members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot wearing brightly coloured balaclava masks staged a short and cacophonous performance in front of the altar of Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral. Their impromptu gig (in February 2012) caused immediate outrage while becoming a worldwide media sensation in the ...

  • Spartak station of Moscow metro in phase of active construction

    Itar Tass - Friday 17th May, 2013

    MOSCOW, May 17 (Itar-Tass) - Spartak station of Moscow’s Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line /traditionally marked on the city plans and maps with the crimson color/ is in the phase of active construction works now, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday. The station is being built by the side of the Spartak stadium, which is being erected on territory of the former Tushino airfield, and ...

  • Russia warms to Syrian weapons investigation

    Middle East Times - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Sergei Lavrov said Friday his government would do what it could to advance efforts to investigate claims of chemical weapons in Syria. Various sources said chemical weapons may have been used by both parties to the conflict in Syria. The BBC reported this week it has seen evidence Syrian forces dropped poisonous gas on civilian-populated areas last month. The Syrian government asked for a U.N. ...

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