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French actress Brigitte Bardot has threatened to apply for Russian citizenship over an incident in which two elephants are to be put down at a circus in Lyon.
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Due to a lack of staffing, forced labour, due to become a possible sentence for minor offences this year, is to be postponed, according to the Kremlin website.
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Part of the ceiling of a brand new Moscow metro station has collapsed only five days after its opening. Netizens point the finger at corruption and embezzlement.
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To welcome in 2013, Russian lawmakers have increased the minimum salary to 5,200 roubles, but netizens decry that this is still lower than the cost of living.
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The New Year marks a significant change in the laws regarding alcohol in Russia - beer will, for the first time, be on restricted sale as an alcoholic drink.
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A man has unleashed his dog on police in the metro in Moscow. There are no reports of injuries to the policemen, and the condition of the dog is as yet unknown.
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Thieves in Moscow have stolen half a million roubles of herbs at gunpoint from a truck driver who was carrying dill, parsley and coriander in a refrigerated lorry.
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This video is trending on YouTube, made by a conservation group, who are begging people to reconsider buying a Christmas tree this year, as "they want to live too".