07/26/2012
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Days after a gunman killed 12 people in a U.S. movie theater, a Federation Council senator has announced a push to ease Russia's strict firearms rules.
When Moscow officials recently banned swimming in half of the city's outdoor bathing spots, the news underlined a perpetual worry: that the water here leaves a lot to be desired.
Print media holdings and Internet portals will become a bit drier this year following the government's decision to prohibit them from publishing alcohol advertisements.
BBC Monitoring
A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers
Reuters
Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon called off a military offensive Wednesday after rebel fighters agreed on concessions to end a battle that had killed 42 people.
Bloomberg
Aeroflot deprived minority owners of dividends by ceding revenue of about $1 billion in overflight fees to the Russian government during the past nine years.
Reuters
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to justify terrorism against the Syrian government and berated Western nations he said had failed to condemn a bomb attack that killed senior security officials.
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Issue 4935
Four eras of architecture provide the face of Moscow. Clockwise from left: a Brezhnev-era brick building, new towers at Moskva-City, Stalin-era apartments and the 17th-century Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki. The photo was taken Wednesday at Gorky Park in the direction of Frunzenskaya Naberezhnaya.
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