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The Federal Assembly has passed a law prohibiting advertising abortion and the practice of alternative medicine, eliciting a mixture of confusion and support.
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Vladimir Putin is meeting the new pope, Pope Francis, for the first time as he visits Italy. They are expected to discuss events in Syria, amongst other things.
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The Vladimir Putin Facebook page is running a competition for netizens to design a logo for Putin. The competition is not official, but a prize is promised.
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Netizens are united in their support for two white men who shot a Dagestani man on the Moscow metro a week ago, defending their actions, and even praising them.
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Ukrainian ministers have issued a damning statement which says the they are giving up on joining the EU, and they are to get more involved in the customs union.
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Vladimir Putin has agreed to look at (but nothing else) a list of 70 prisoners currently being held in Russia that the opposition believe to be political prisoners.
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A number of former Soviet Union countries are re-uniting in a military sphere by working together on a united air defence system that protects from missiles.
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A man has been attacked on a bus in St Petersburg for asking hooligans to refrain from swearing and behaving badly around children. Netizens are not surprised.