Russian Student With 30kg of Explosives Arrested Near Moscow
A student carrying over 30 kg of explosives has been arrested in the Moscow Region, a local police source said Friday.
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June 1, 2007Police
Violence Breaks Out as Estonia Remove Soviet War Memorial
Estonia’s parliament was behind barricades Saturday as violence rocked Tallinn for a second night after the removal of a Soviet war memorial, the AFP news arency reports.
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April 28, 2007Four Russians Arrested in Sweden Over Human Trafficking
Swedish prosecutors have charged a group of 24 Russians and Swedes with human trafficking, pimping and buying sex from nine Russian women, the AFP news agency reports.
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April 18, 2007Police Disperse Anti-government Rally in St. Petersburg
Russian police clubbed and detained opposition protestors St. Petersburg on Sunday during a non-sanctioned rally against President Vladimir Putin, The Associated Press Reports.
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April 16, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Human Rights, Democracy, St. Petersburg, Politics, Protest, Police
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Russian Police Detain Opposition Activists to Prevent Protest Rally
Riot police wielding truncheons broke up an opposition rally in a central Russian city on Saturday, detaining dozens of activists and beating some of them, The Associated Press news agency reports.
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March 26, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Politics, Opposition, Protest, Police
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Russian Policeman Starts Bomb Hoax to Save Boss From Missing Plane
A Russian policeman has been jailed for phoning an airport with a bomb warning to help acquaintances of his boss make their flight, the Reuters news agency reports quoting an article in the Friday issue of Russian daily Kommersant.
Popularity: 4% [?]
March 12, 2007- Posted in: Russia, Corruption, Humor & Fun, Police, Plane, Airport
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2 U.S. Women Poisoned With Thallium in Moscow
Two women from the United States have been taken to hospital in Moscow after being poisoned with thallium, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
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March 6, 2007Russian Oil Majors to Form Own Police Forces
Russian state-controlled energy companies Gazprom and Transneft could set up their own security services with similar powers to the police under draft legislation disclosed by the AFP news agency on Monday.
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Ukrainian Plane Crew Arrested on Suspicion of Intending to Fly Drunk
Norwegian authorities detained the captain, co-captain and five other crew members of a Ukrainian giant An-22 cargo plane on suspicion of intending to fly while drunk, the Associated Press reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
January 9, 2007Police Detain Hundreds of Opposition Activists in Moscow
Russian authorities pulled hundreds of opposition activists off buses and trains and detained them along with scores of others on Saturday ahead of a rare anti-government rally in Moscow, organizers are quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
Popularity: 2% [?]
December 17, 2006- Posted in: Russia, Moscow, Opposition, Police, Garry Kasparov
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