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  1. Experimenting with the format. Here you may find two pages with last weeks news: http://tinyurl.com/n8wnon
  2. Spring draft completed. Due to halved service time 2x the amount of drafties is needed. Record number of complaints. RUS http://bit.ly/EluTl
  3. Telephone call between Memorial's Orlov and Kadyrov over Estemirova murder? ENG http://bit.ly/14sFvP
  4. In coop. with UN HR comm. at 3 Russian universities 'specialists in the field of human rights' will be trained. RUS http://bit.ly/sGdK3
  5. Influx of labour migrants in 2009 at maximum of 12 million, state agency says. In 2008 number was 14 million. RUS http://bit.ly/FCcaA
  6. Survey: funding of Russian NGO's involved in charity down 61% due to crisis, while 59% notes that demand increases. RUS http://bit.ly/GeGFt
  7. Pizzeria Maximus ligt overigens op pleintje aan het eind van artillerie bukhta, oftewel die inham met dat 'dolfinarium'.
  8. @Kysia pizzeria maximus heeft wireless. En er is een 'hippe' bar, iets van "Q' aan ulitsa lenina, in dvor ongeveer tegenover vloot museum.
  9. Pravoye Delo to run for Moscow Duma elections on Yabloko list (1) BorisTitov (2) Sergei Mitrokhin. Gozman against. RUS http://bit.ly/SVXwN
  10. Closure of Cherk. market creates pressure at other markets: Sadovod traders ousted in favor of former Cher. traders.RUS http://bit.ly/F55vl
  11. Bureaucratic struggle over food distribution to unemployed immigrants at recently closed Cherkizovsky market. RUS http://bit.ly/14oMuH
  12. Parliamentary Commission in Ukraine finds no evidence Yushenko was intentionally poisoned in 2004. RUS http://bit.ly/xeBxm
  13. Schism in National Bolshevik Party. Moscow branch breaks away, following its excommunicated leader Popov. RUS http://bit.ly/ictdf
  14. Zubkov has consulted with producers and retailers. Price regulation is off the table. RUS http://bit.ly/106isq
  15. United Russia parliamentary faction will consult Patriarch about draft laws, Isayev says. RUS http://bit.ly/h84pO
  16. Russian history website Khronos taken down by provider after Petersburg police found 'Mein Kampf' texts. RUS http://bit.ly/GZ4o3
  17. Doubts about state ability/intent to deliver on promise to double pensions in 2010. talk of 7746 instead of 9100r. RUS http://bit.ly/4NkJv
  18. Wife has an income 1100 times higher than Moscow mayor Luzhkov. RUS http://bit.ly/XCjDV
  19. Ukraine & Russia argue over historical 'ownership' of battleship Potemkin (1905 revolution) Divorce is though! RUS http://bit.ly/3poq9P
  20. Russian gov. continues to plan an incr. of domestic gas prices. In 2010 with 15% for industry & 20% for citizens. RUS http://bit.ly/15Akf1