Sole Beslan Suspect Declared Guilty
By Yana Voitova
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Special to MT
17 May 2006
Prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty for the 2004 terrorist attack, while the defendant's lawyer is seeking a life term.
Sergei Grits / AP
Nurpashi Kulayev, the sole surviving Beslan hostage-taker, speaking from the glassed-in defendant's cage in a courtroom in Vladikavkaz on Tuesday.
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Companies Skimping on Governance Before IPOs
By Anna Smolchenko 17 May 2006
Corporate governance at some of Russia's best-known companies is something of a facade, especially among those that have floated shares on stock markets recently or are planning to go public soon, according to a new U.S.-funded study.
'Chilly War' Risks G8 Summit, Illarionov Says
By Catherine Belton 17 May 2006
The "chilly war" between Russia and the United States is jeopardizing the upcoming Group of Eight Summit, former Kremlin adviser Andrei Illarionov said.
Only 10 Trafficking Convictions in 2 Years
By Anatoly Medetsky 17 May 2006
Police have won only 10 convictions for human trafficking in the past two years despite increased efforts to combat the problem, senior Interior Ministry officials said Tuesday.
3 Killed in Dagestani Apartment Siege
By Arsen Mollayev
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The Association Press
17 May 2006
Security forces laid siege to a building in Dagestan on Tuesday, killing two gunmen who were holed up in an apartment. The hours of fighting also left a police officer dead and seven officers and a civilian injured.
Police Nab Guitarist After 10-Year Hunt
By Carl Schreck 17 May 2006
A street musician who regularly performed on the Arbat has been arrested for the murder of his ex-wife after nearly 10 years on the lam and less than six months before the statute of limitations expires in the case.
LUKoil Buys Marathon's Fields
Reuters
17 May 2006
The $787 million deal will boost production from 26,000 barrels per day, the oil major says.
Moncrief Mobilizes for BASF Lawsuit
By Valeria Korchagina 17 May 2006
Texas-based Moncrief Oil International wants to sue German energy firm BASF and its subsidiary Wintershall over their involvement in Gazprom's vast Yuzhno-Russkoye gas field near Tomsk.
Forum on Tax Zones Opens With Fanfare
By Maria Levitov 17 May 2006
Officials hope the business-friendly move will stimulate the tech sector and diversify an energy-based economy.
Volkswagen Cancels Moscow Plant
By Anna Smolchenko 17 May 2006
Volkswagen will not build a plant outside Moscow and is instead considering a half-dozen other locations, a senior Economic Development and Trade Ministry official said Tuesday.
Serving as a Role Model Against Corruption
By Brook Horowitz
17 May 2006
Anyone who has lived and worked in Russia will recognize the lack of trust referred to by President Vladimir Putin in his state-of-the-nation address last week.
Raising Birthrates or Ratings?
By Yulia Latynina
17 May 2006
In his annual address, Putin proposed a way to resolve the country's demographic crisis: give mothers 1,500 rubles per month for the first child and 3,000 rubles a month plus 250,000 rubles in "maternal capital" for the second.
Cheney, Putin Can't Get Beyond Cold War Talk
By Nina L. Khrushcheva
17 May 2006
It is good to hear -- although not surprising -- that President Vladimir Putin does not believe we are returning to the Cold War.
Russians Eke Tie to Finish Unbeaten
Reuters
17 May 2006
Alexei Mikhnov scored twice, his second coming with just over four minutes remaining, to give Russia a 3-3 draw against Olympic champion Sweden as it finished the group play undefeated.
Kinky Love Triangle
By Tom Birchenough
12 May 2006
In Ivan Dykhovichny's moody art-house drama "Inhale-Exhale," a couple breaks up after the woman leaves her man for a lesbian lover at the dacha.
Soviet Renaissance
By Brian Droitcour
12 May 2006
A major exhibition in St. Petersburg looks back at both official and unofficial art from the post-Stalin era.
French Visit
By Alastair Gee
12 May 2006
Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris go on display at the New Tretyakov Gallery.
Longing for America
By Aaron Hamburger
12 May 2006
Son of Russia's 1,238th-richest man, the unlikely hero of Gary Shteyngart's irreverent second novel has everything one could want - except that all he wants is to immigrate to New York.
Cheburashka's New Adventures
By Alexander Bratersky
12 May 2006
After stealing hearts at the Turin Winter Olympics, the famed Soviet cartoon charater is about to become a movie star in Japan.
Salon
By Victor Sonkin
12 May 2006
The "preved" phenomenon gained enormous popularity on the Russian-language Internet with the speed of an avalanche.
Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
12 May 2006
The Iraq war represents nothing but a crude, brutal and no doubt temporary marriage of convenience between old-fashioned religious extremism and old-fashioned elitist greed.
