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Asian stocks steadier, Nikkei bounces back
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares opened cautiously higher on Friday with Tokyo's Nikkei steadying from its biggest one-day drop in two years as investors breathed a sigh of relief when Wall Street cut losses on an upbeat outlook from Hewlett-Packard. As...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPhone, Washington, DC, Renewable Energy
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Global Voices: The six personalities of Russia's Putin
Vladimir Putin emerged from the obscurity of a secret agent’s life when called to Moscow in 1997 by power-hungry oligarchs in search of a pliable accomplice to plant in the Kremlin. In little more than two years, Putin was president of Russia and...Tags: Petroleum Industry, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Government, Vladimir Putin, Margaret Thatcher
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Pussy Riot member refused parole by Russian court
ReutersBEREZNIKI, Russia, May 23 (Reuters) - A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. The...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Christian Orthodoxy, Russia, Prisons
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Prominent Chechen advocate shot dead in Turkish capital
ReutersANKARA, May 23 (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathisers in the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Wars and Interventions, Ankara (Turkey), Russia, Shootings
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Kerry downplays Syria government's gains
AMMAN, Jordan — Recent battlefield advances by the Syrian military against U.S.-backed rebels are "very temporary" and do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said...Tags: Peace Negotiations, Wars and Interventions, Government, White House, National Government
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Russia doubted as growth engine for business aviation
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfill that promise, a U.S. expert said on Wednesday. But the...Tags: France, Russia, European Union, Aerospace Manufacturing, Air Transportation Industry
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Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina also...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Vladimir Putin, Christian Orthodoxy, Strikes
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COLUMN - Prosperity without power
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde May 22 (Reuters) - In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers...Tags: Entertainment Events, New Products, Russia, Periodicals, Brazil
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Syria to decide soon on peace talk participation: minister
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government will decide soon whether to take part in peace talks with the opposition, a senior Syrian diplomat said after talks in Moscow. Asked whether Damascus had committed to joint Russian-U.S....Tags: Peace Negotiations, Wars and Interventions, Russia, Bashar Assad
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Syria to decide soon on peace talk participation -minister
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad's government would decide soon whether to take part in peace talks with the opposition, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported. Asked...Tags: Bashar Assad
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FACTBOX-Foreign banks in Russia
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as an undiscovered country where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. To follow is some background about foreign banks in Russia:...Tags: Financial Markets, Russia, Investment Service, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Banking
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Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen thrive, many have found...Tags: Privatization, Finance, Russia, Marketing, Bank of America Corp.
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