Interesting news and stories translated into English from Russia and the Russian-language internet.
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An American captain, Joseph Darlak, has been relieved of his command after failing to ensure his soldiers behaved appropriately during shore leave in Vladivostok.2
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Dmitry Medvedev has stated in a conference that he believes that Pussy Riot have served their time and "that's enough". Netizens wonder if his opinion matters.
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Press-secretary Peskov denies rumours a back injury is affecting Putin's work schedule, but does admit that the president is suffering from an old sports injury.
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A brothel has been found by police inside the grounds of one of Moscow's oldest monasteries, declaring itself as a "hotel for lovers", charging 1750 roubles a night
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DNA testing has confirmed that hair found in a cave in South West Siberia belongs to an as yet unidentified humanoid, which scientists are speculating may be a yeti
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A man in the Kuznetsk Coal Basin region refuses to pay his traffic fine because he says the end of the world makes paying any sort of fine completely pointless.
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A 19 year old girl has been knocked down at a crossing in Romania by a Russian diplomat whose immunity protects him from trial, netizens accuse him of drink-driving
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A one-man performance of Vladimir Nabokov's infamous novel about an older man in love with a young girl has been cancelled after letters protesting against it.
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Netizens are calling for apologies from Stillavin's radio show on the Lighthouse radio station after a morning show segment mocked sufferers of cystic fibrosis.
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Pornstar Marina Koval's picture was submitted to Alexei Navalny's blog to be turned into a promotional poster after an appeal to female voters by prominent blogger.
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Netizens debate whether people should be entitled to free rescue after a 20-year-old geology student is washed down a sewer while taking part in urban exploration.
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A drug dealer has escaped after paying a 4 million rouble bribe to be transferred to hospital. Two people are under investigation, one has already been fired.
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A woman has been found dead in her friend's flat with her stomach opened and one of her legs cut off by her co-workers at the SPAR supermarket in Electrostal.
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Three 11-12 year old children in Moscow have had nervous breakdowns after being detained by a security guard who caught them stealing sweets at a supermarket.
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Approximately 20 nationalists in masks have attacked party-goers in a gay club in Moscow, holding a bartender at gunpoint so that she did not call the police.
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Ekaterina Samutsevich's sentence has been suspended, while the remaining two members of Pussy Riot will have to serve the remainder of their three year sentence.
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Lyapis Trubetskoy, a famous Belarussian punk band have been forced to cancel two shows in Russia after overdoing it a bit with the booze on the first few dates.