Russian production of vodka and liquors in January-February 2007 up 150% from the first two months of 2006, the National Alcohol Association (NAA) said.
Popularity: 4% [?]
March 19, 2007Russian prosecutors are investigating allegations that workers at a hospital in suburban Moscow abused two children by tying them to their beds, the Associated Press reported March 16.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 17, 2007A Russian man who brought his 16-year-old son to Oklahoma City for brain surgery has had his visiting hours restricted after allegedly attacking a nurse, the Associated Press news agency reported on Wednesday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 15, 2007On Tuesday, March 13, Russian officials completed another round of talks with the European Union on Moscow’s ban on Polish meat and plant products. Russian authorities say that they need more information before they consider lifting the measure.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 14, 2007Member of Kyrgyz parliament Azimbek Beknazarov suggested paying off the country’s foreign debt by planting opium.
Popularity: 11% [?]
March 7, 2007Two women from the United States have been taken to hospital in Moscow after being poisoned with thallium, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 6, 2007Russia’s population will fall to 135 million by 2016, from the current 142.2 million, a senior Russian sociologist said Monday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 5, 2007Russian prosecutors are investigating a local hospital on suspicions it illegally tested vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc on toddlers, the Reuters news agency reports.
Popularity: 9% [?]
March 4, 2007Vladimir Putin said Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG are making too much money on the state’s $1.3 bln subsidized-medicine program.
Popularity: 10% [?]
February 28, 2007The government approved a new draft program Thursday to fight AIDS, HIV, diabetes, tuberculosis and other diseases partly blamed for Russia’s steadily declining population, a spokeswoman said.
Popularity: 3% [?]
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