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The General Prosecutor has claimed that Alexei Navalny is receiving funds from abroad for his pre-election campaign, but he claims it is all les and fabrication.
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A massive crack-down is underway in Moscow in response to an attack on a plain-clothes police officer who was trying to arrest a man suspected of child abuse.
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In news reminiscent of the Usual Suspects' "New York's Finest Taxi Service", Russian police in Moscow are suspected of offering illegal escort services to VIPs.
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Russia's most prominent opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, was yesterday sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzling money, in a move he says is political.
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A group of pastafarian lawyers have petitioned the Moscow local government to recognise the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a genuine religion in Russia.
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The Moscow authorities are dealing with a plague of rats which has infested the capital due to both a very warm May and the closure of several shopping centres.
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Former spy Anna Chapman has offered to marry Edward Snowden to help him get asylum in Russia. The American is still on the run from the law, currently in Moscow.
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New plans have been unveiled to install hanging gardens along Moscow's motorways to protect residents from fumes, but netizens see it as a money-making scheme.
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On the eve of National Children's Day, a group of children aged 10-12 in a Moscow suburb set fire to a truck, which gave off enough smoke to reach the 15th floor.
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The first beauty contest at the international tattoo convention in Moscow has been won by Svetlana Ananas, who says she gets a new tattoo "nearly every day".
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A man arrested driving a digger has been found carrying a driving licence purportedly belonging to Luke the Apostle. Police are dubious about its authenticity.
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Acting governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov is concerned about immigration and believes in the need to reduce it, though no decisions have been announced.
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Riot policemen have been captured on camera beating up CSKA fans after the match that saw them win the premier league in Russia, allegedly after fans threw bottles.
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Netizens react to news that a third level secretary at the US embassy in Moscow has been detained in connection with attempts to recruit Russians to spy for the US.
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Netizens deplore their postal service in the wake of a fire that broke out in one of the firm's buildings, destroying an area of 10 square metres worth of letters.
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The 9th of May is a public holiday in Russia, dedicated to those who fought in the Second World War. Netizens comments on photos from the parade in Red Square.
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A man has escaped from a prison in Moscow, Sailor's Silence, according to the capital's police force. He has been found guilty of murder and illegal arms trading.