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10/28/2005
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A brief look at the stories making headlines in the Russian-language press
Advice From a Former Political Prisoner
Two years ago this week, Russian law enforcement authorities, guns drawn, stormed Mikhail Khodorkovsky's plane.
Rebuilding and Renovating Perestroika
You may have been seeing a number of articles on Perestroika 20 Years Later in the news lately. What caught my eye was the various definitions of perestroika in Western periodicals.
No. 1 Seed Davydenko Passes Czech Test in Winter Capital
Top-seeded Nikolai Davydenko downed Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-1 in the St. Petersburg Open first round on Wednesday for his 50th match win of the season.
UN Reports on Oil-for-Food Abuses
The report details how companies including LUKoil and Gazprom channeled $1.8 billion to Saddam Hussein's regime.
Leaders Balk at Iranian's Provocation
Governments around the world expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be ""wiped off the map,"" and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand.
- Bush's Nominee for High Court Withdraws Herself
- Business in Brief
- Stepashin Casts Eye Over Resources
- Auto Industry Standard-Bearer Resigns From AvtoVAZ Board
- Report: RenCap President Steps Down
- LUKoil Keeps Up Fight for Refinery
- Potanin Sells Bank to Scandinavians
- Widespread Sympathy for Kaloyev
- Top Cop Chastises His Force
- Nationalists Protest Migrants
- U.S. Drops Its Soyuz Spacecraft Ban
- Chicken Eaters Told to Relax
- Zoo Takes Measures to Prevent Flu Outbreak
- News in Brief
- Kidnappings Grow in Chechnya Before Vote
- Kasparov Files in Strasbourg
- EU Lawmakers Criticize Baku
- A Desolate Place at the End of the Line
- Furriers Facing Threat of Extinction
- Khodorkovsky Vows to Battle Bureaucracy
