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Russia’s No. 1 Goalkeeper Out for Months With Ligament Injury

Russia’s number one goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev will be out of action for months after tearing knee ligaments in CSKA Moscow’s premier league match at Rostov.

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May 8, 2007

Football Hooligan Shot Dead in Moscow Cafe

Unidentified assailants gunned down a customer at one of the popular PirO.G.I. cafes in central Moscow in what police said was likely an ordinary argument that turned deadly, The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday, May 2.

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May 2, 2007

Rights Activists Report New Detentions Over Moscow Street Protests

Moscow police on Sunday arrested five civil rights activists taking part in a public stroll in the same areas where a week earlier police had attacked and arrested demonstrators, the DPA news agency reported.

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April 23, 2007

Wrong National Anthem Plays as Russian Athlete Wins Boston Marathon

Organizers of Boston Marathon has played wrong anthem as Russian Lidiya Grigoryeva won the race and accepted her trophy on Monday, the Associated Press reported.

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April 17, 2007

Putin Greets Van Damme at Mixed Fighting Contest

Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday received Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and other martial arts fighters at the Konstantinovsky palace, St Petersburg, the AFP news agency reported.

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April 16, 2007

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Valuev Loses Title

Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Chagaev upset the odds to outpoint defending champion Nikolai Valuev of Russia in their World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title bout on Saturday.

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Garry Kasparov Released After Brief Detention

Former chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov accused Russian authorities of illegally crushing an anti-Kremlin march on Saturday and called the protest a victory for opponents of President Vladimir Putin, the Reuters news agency reports.

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Russia to Spend $5.4 million on Olympic Team

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) plans to spend some $5.4 million on the Russian Olympic team’s participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a ROC official said Thursday.

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April 12, 2007

Former Pantera Frontman Offers Klitschko a New Anthem

Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo has offered to pen a new entrance theme for IBF Heavyweight boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko because he doesn’t think the fighter is inspired by his current anthem.

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April 11, 2007

Safin Beats France in Davis Cup Quaterfinals Despite Foot Injury

Russian tennis star Marat Safin had propelled the defending champions into the semifinals with a victory in the deciding Davis Cup match against France in Moscow yesterday, the Associated Press reported. The former top-ranked Russian played for the first time in the best-of-five series and beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding match to give the hosts a 3-2 win over France.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 9, 2007
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