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http://ift.tt/wAP9qB The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS). en Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:27:44 +0300 http://ift.tt/1O0Qxis 330 291 Crimea Government Moves Swiftly to Join Russia http://ift.tt/1om5mkr http://ift.tt/1om5mkr By Ivan Nechepurenko <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1om5mkr Residents of Crimea remained divided Monday about the outcome of a weekend referendum in which voters chose overwhelmingly to split from Ukraine and join Russia, even as government agencies in the regional capital quickly moved to re-register themselves as organs of an independent state that will soon become subject to the authority of the Kremlin. Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0400 http://ift.tt/29n5wZn The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29n5wZn A Moscow court has refused to bail Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh, who was arrested last month on corruption charges, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:30:09 +0300 http://ift.tt/29rK9Wg By Peter Hobson <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29rK9Wg Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov once said he likes to completely overhaul his professional life every eight years. And so things have turned out. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:11:28 +0300 http://ift.tt/29odLre The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29odLre The Kremlin has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin's schedule has been cancelled for the rest of the week, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:05:22 +0300 http://ift.tt/29q0HgR The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29q0HgR A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station successfully took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, the state-run TASS news agency reported. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:56:01 +0300 http://ift.tt/29rccIT The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29rccIT A petition to replace the entire squad of Russia's national football team has gathered almost 300,000 signatures on social activism site Change.org. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:04:49 +0300 http://ift.tt/29FGMhi The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29FGMhi Sales of new passenger cars in Russia have fallen by 14.1 percent in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:11:52 +0300 http://ift.tt/29tUnr5 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29tUnr5 NATO is committed to maintaining political dialogue with Russia, said NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg during a Thursday press conference. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:08:00 +0300 http://ift.tt/29vlqxF By Ed Crowther <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29vlqxF The United States could offer Russia an extension to the New START nuclear disarmament treaty, taking the decision to renew the deal out of the hands of the next U.S. administration. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:38:38 +0300 http://ift.tt/29yvUzF The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29yvUzF Russian officials are expected to respond harshly to the Friday incident that saw a Russian Mi-35M helicopter shot down by the Islamic State in Syria. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:16:18 +0300 http://ift.tt/29Jycvl By Nina Ilina <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29Jycvl NATO leaders meeting at the group's biennial summit in Warsaw have approved the deployment of of four 1,000-men battalions in Poland and the Baltic states. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:23:05 +0300 http://ift.tt/29JbFyI The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29JbFyI Credit Suisse has stopped providing onshore booking platforms for clients living in the Russian Federation, the Russian Forbes magazine reported on Monday. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:33:23 +0300 http://ift.tt/29yzHMU The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29yzHMU Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled all planned engagements for the rest of the week, the RBC newspaper reported Wednesday, citing Kremlin sources. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:51:07 +0300 http://ift.tt/29xeohI By Eva Hartog <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29xeohI Dmitry Puzyryovsky, 27, was ready to rave. Part of a group of ten friends, he had tickets to the Outline 2016 electronic music festival in Moscow on July 2. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:22:10 +0300 http://ift.tt/29q0KcC The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29q0KcC A Russian double agent who fled to the U.S. has died, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:50:07 +0300 http://ift.tt/29B94H8 By Toni Morales <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29B94H8 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) biennial summit is to take place between July 8-9 at Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw, with all 28 NATO members set to attend. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:35:30 +0300 http://ift.tt/29mJeEo By Ed Crowther <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29mJeEo The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has stripped radical political performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky of the Vaslav Havel prize, awarded to him in May, the Dozhd news website reported Friday. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:58:55 +0300 http://ift.tt/29VdsQa The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29VdsQa Russian president Vladimir Putin has held phone talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande to discuss increasing violations of the ceasefire agreement in southeast Ukraine. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:05:46 +0300 http://ift.tt/29yqMeX The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29yqMeX Russia has ruled to increase the number of drugs allowed to be used in the country's pain-relief medication, a statement on the government's website announced Monday. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:02:53 +0300 http://ift.tt/29ysvP7 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29ysvP7 The Russian government has sold a stake in Alrosa, the world's largest diamond miner, for 52.2 billion rubles ($816 million), the RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:24:31 +0300 http://ift.tt/29C7zu3 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29C7zu3 Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is to miss out on this summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio, the TASS news agency reported on Monday. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:16:47 +0300 http://ift.tt/29yEVLd By Daria Litvinova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29yEVLd The language was stark. No longer was Russia an ally or partner. Instead it was to be seen as a "strategic competitor" and military threat. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:08:11 +0300 http://ift.tt/29z0JCZ By Hannah Berkman <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29z0JCZ Russian trolls attacked a Facebook post by Olympic athlete Daria Klishina on Monday, calling her "treasonous" and unpatriotic. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:09:05 +0300 http://ift.tt/29vOlBD By Ed Crowther <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29vOlBD The pro-Kremlin "Anti-Maidan" movement has written to Russia's Justice Ministry demanding that the independent pollster Levada Center be investigated as a "foreign agent." Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:26:19 +0300 http://ift.tt/29hdErb The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29hdErb Russia has the named 68 track-and-field athletes it wants to send to the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro despite being banned from the competition, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:59:59 +0300 http://ift.tt/29zk6j0 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29zk6j0 Russia intends to file a lawsuit against the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for freezing its operations in the country. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:45:57 +0300 http://ift.tt/29DeH8A By Maria Evdokimova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29DeH8A Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on Monday that Kiev has fully implemented the Minsk agreements, the RBC news agency reported. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:00:21 +0300 http://ift.tt/29qeN3d By Ed Crowther <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29qeN3d Russian social media has reacted angrily to videos showing two of the country's footballers partying extravagantly in Monaco just days after the national team crashed out of the UEFA EURO 2016 tournament. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:13:05 +0300 http://ift.tt/29wT3Ff By Peter Hobson <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29wT3Ff In mid June, Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of Hyperloop One, sat under the high, decorated ceiling of a palace in St. Petersburg. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:15:09 +0300 http://ift.tt/29D4cST The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29D4cST Russia will not boycott the upcoming Olympic Games in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, Russian media reported. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:41:21 +0300 http://ift.tt/29wYTF3 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29wYTF3 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a raft of controversial anti-terror legislation, the Kremlin announced Thursday. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:44:40 +0300 http://ift.tt/29zTrko The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29zTrko Russian footballer Alexander Kokorin has apologised after a video appeared this week showing him and a teammate, Pavel Mamaev, at a lavish party in Monaco, the Meduza news website reported Friday. Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:38:36 +0300 http://ift.tt/29qeRA3 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29qeRA3 Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) is in decline despite the ruble's continuing recovery, a report by the Bloomberg news agency said Wednesday. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:56:49 +0300 http://ift.tt/29vfhnA The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/29vfhnA Two journalists from the state-owned TASS news agency have been given top editorial roles at the RBC media holding, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday. Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:33:24 +0300

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