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05/18/2004
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A brief look at the stories making headlines in the Russian-language press
Popov Finding Form Ahead of Athens
World champion Alexander Popov turned a near mishap in the semifinals into yet another triumph when he sped to his fifth European 50 meter freestyle title on the final day of the European championships Sunday.
Lazarenko Feels Right at Home in San Francisco
Seen from the witness stand, Pavlo Lazarenko makes a jarring second impression. The smug self-assurance and rough charm of our only previous meeting, in 1997, are gone.
The Evils of Garden Ring Journalism
In her book ""Political Fictions,"" the American writer Joan Didion analyzes the so-called Beltway mentality -- the mind-set of Washington's political class, journalists included.
Nagorny Karabakh: 10 Years and Counting
Tergul Husseinova used to live in a little wooden house with geraniums in the window boxes and chickens scratching in the yard.
Making News in Chechnya
For one day, May 9, Chechnya became front-page news around the world when President Akhmad Kadyrov was assassinated in Grozny.
Baltika Takes Beer Market to Heady Heights
Europe's biggest brewery in Russia's second city has created the continent's No. 2 beer brand in just 12 years as it tries to meet the almost insatiable thirst of Europe's fastest-growing beer market.
International Telephone Traffic Soars
Long-distance telephone monopoly Rostelekom said Monday that its net profit soared to 2.81 billion rubles ($97 million) in the first quarter of 2004 from 1.25 billion in the same period of 2003.
War Dangers Don't Deter Workers
Late on the night of April 9, Sylvia and Allen Petty sat on the front porch of their small rental house here in the hill country northwest of Austin and talked about the future.
- Blasts Hit Turkey as Blair Visits
- India in Turmoil Over Gandhi Election Win
- Same-Sex Couples Obtain Licenses
- Indian Stock Market Suffers Biggest Crash Ever
- Food-for-Oil Inquiry Hampered by Dispute
- Dollar, Stocks Fall on Bad News
- French Minister Denounces 35-Hour Week
- Slow Business on World's Fastest Train
- Saudi Firm to Market Dates as Luxury Food
- New Discount Airline Prepares for Takeoff in Central Europe
- Muscovites Develop a Taste for the High Life
- Metro's Expansion Meets Fishy Setback
- Contractors Take Kremlin to Court
- Prosecutors Charge Saratov Governor
- 80 Sites Welcome Visitors for a Day
- Putin Hosts the Iranian Foreign Minister
- Business in Brief
- Steelmakers' Profits Soar Along With Demand
- Industrial Output Quickens
- Paper: Audit Chamber Clears Chukotka
- Yukos Oil Exports Rise 20% in January-March
- Vietnamese President Arrives to Talk Trade
- Sukhoi Log Details 'After June'
- News in Brief
- Refugees in Ingushetia Ponder Their Next Move
- Basayev: Kadyrov's Death Is My Work
- Head of Iraqi Governing Council Killed
- 2 Russians Freed After Week in Captivity
- U.S. Troops Play War Games
