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Lenin statue vandalized in Kiev (AP)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:36:10 +0000

AP - Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine.

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Retired admiral says Russia losing its navy (AP)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:12:43 +0000

AP - Russia's once-mighty navy faces further dramatic decline after 2015, when most Soviet-built ships will have to be mothballed, a retired admiral was quoted as saying Friday.

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Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states (AP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:40:45 +0000

AP - Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday.

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French ship Russia wants to buy in St Petersburg (AP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:13:58 +0000

AP - A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used to intimidate its neighbors.

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Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83 (AP)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:25 +0000

AP - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.

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