Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
MOSCOW - 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.
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Moscow, St Petersburg vie in Impressionist tug-of-war
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fate of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir and...
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Russia says two rebels killed in North Caucasus
MOSCOW - Russian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on Tuesday.
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Photos of the Day: May 20
In today's pictures, a man crosses terraced fields in China, a baby competes in a crawling race in Moscow, tornadoes strike Oklahoma and Kansas, and more.
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Russia Says It Killed Islamist Militants
Russian security forces said they killed two Islamist militants and wounded a third in a shootout outside of Moscow, after they said they learned that the men, allegedly trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan, were planning a terrorist attack in the Russian capital.
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