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Russia Vows to Stop Polar Bear Hunting
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- An program tied to Vladimir Putin says no polar bears will be hunted in Russia this year. A Russian-U.S. commission last year agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 animals per year for each country. But Russia's polar bear program, established under Putin's patronage, said this week that no hunting would be allowed in Russia. Although the polar bear is an endangered animal, officials in Russia and the U.S. have said hunting is vital for the indigenous people in Alaska and the Russian region across the Bering Strait. Putin, Russia's prime minister, last year ...
Divisions Strain Coalition on Libya; Putin Likens Force to Crusades
By not in system - AOL NewsBRUSSELS -- Sharp divisions strained the coalition supporting military airstrikes against Libya, as Germany questioned the wisdom of the operation Monday and diplomats said NATO was stymied by a key member from participating. The airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces also drew scathing criticism from Russia, a nation outside the coalition, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saying that the U.N. resolution allowing the international use of force in Libya reminded him of the Crusades. Pool / AP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been critical of the anti-Libya ...
Gorbachev Has Harsh Words for Putin and Medvedev
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of conceit and contempt for voters, in his harshest criticism of the government yet. Gorbachev criticized Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, for saying that they will decide between them who should run for president in Russia's March 2012 presidential vote. AP / Getty Images Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and his protege of ...
Putin's Peak: Kyrgyzstan Names Mountain After Russian Leader
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsLawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have gone to great heights to honor Vladimir Putin, naming one of their country's high peaks after the Russian prime minister. The Kyrgyzstan Parliament voted nearly unanimously Thursday to name a mountain in the Tian Shan range as the "Peak of Vladimir Putin," Agence France-Presse reported. Alexey Fruzhinin, AFP / Getty Images Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has yet to comment publicly on the mountain in Kyrgyzstan named for him. Putin's peak, even at 14,672 feet, is not the highest in the Central Asian country, and at least one lawmaker worried ...
Fitness Advice From Vladimir Putin
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reveals his fitness secrets in an interview with a supermodel, in which he reminisces about attending bare-knuckle fights, hanging out with "tough guys" at a Harley-Davidson bikers' rally and coming face to face with a tiger in the wild. Supermodel Naomi Campbell interviewed Putin about his fitness habits in a piece for GQ magazine's British edition. In her first question, she complimented Putin on his physique and asked him, "How do you manage to keep yourself so fit?" Alexei Drizhinin, Pool / AP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is ...
Russia and Terrorism: A History of Violence
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev declared that this evening's explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, which killed at least 35 people and injured 180, was almost certainly a terrorist attack. Few Russians will be surprised by their leader's conclusion. Although no group or individual has yet been blamed for today's outrage, civilians in this vast country have regularly found themselves targeted by Islamic extremists based in war-torn North Caucasus republics such as Chechnya and Dagestan. Militants staged their last major attack in March, when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up ...
Counting Dead Blackbirds: Conspiracy Theories Abound in Arkansas
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyThe mystery: Dead blackbirds, dead fish. The setting: Rural Arkansas on New Year's Eve. The story: In a town named Beebe, thousands of red-winged blackbirds begin to drop dead out of the sky onto New Year's revelers. Coincidentally, the surname of the Arkansas governor is Beebe. Meanwhile, 125 miles away, 100,000 drum fish are found belly-up in the Arkansas River. Two days later, in Louisiana, 500 more red-winged blackbirds are discovered dead on a highway, and Kentucky reports bird deaths. Religious leaders begin preaching about the end times. Officials say loud fireworks or weather are ...
Russia Adds 6 More Years to Jailed Tycoon's Sentence
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsMikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned oil tycoon who was once Russia's richest man, has been sentenced to six more years behind bars after a new money-laundering trial that was largely seen as payback by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky, 47, was the head of Russia's powerful Yukos oil company and once seen as a rival to Putin. Before his 2003 arrest, Khodorkovsky had funded opposition parties and challenged Kremlin policies. He's currently serving an eight-year prison sentence for fraud and tax evasion convictions. On Monday, Khodorkovsky and a business partner were found guilty of ...
Fists Fly but Not Much Else in Iced Moscow Airports
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Dec. 29) -- New York's airports aren't the only ones dealing with backlogs from bad weather. Consider Moscow. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin slammed airport bosses today for leaving up to 20,000 passengers stranded for four days, after Moscow's main terminals were forced to shut down following an ice storm. Freezing rains covered runways and jets with a thick layer of ice over the weekend, causing a 14-hour blackout on Sunday at Moscow's largest airport, Domodedovo. That power failure left passengers waiting for their flights in the dark, with no information as to when their planes ...
Russia's Once-Richest Man Convicted of Oil Theft
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsMikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil billionaire and archenemy of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was found guilty today of stealing 218 million tons of oil from his former company in a case widely believed to be politically motivated. Khodorkovsky, 47, who was once the richest man in Russia, is thought by many to have been unfairly targeted by Putin, who wanted to thwart his political ambitions and influence. Khodorkovsky often financed opposition parties and expressed some interest in running for office. He is already serving an eight-year prison sentence in Siberia after being convicted ...
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