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Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov of Russia skate their Pairs ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov of Russia skate their Pairs Free Program at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kitchener November 21, 2009. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese (CANADA SPORT FIGURE SKATING)

Natalia Korosteleva of Russia skis during the womens World Cup ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Natalia Korosteleva of Russia skis during the womens World Cup cross-country 10 km in Beitostoelen, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Scanpix/Cornelius Poppe (NORWAY - Tags: SPORT SKIING) NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

Members of the United Russia party stand during the opening ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the United Russia party stand during the opening ceremony of the party's congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L-R), President Dmitry ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L-R), President Dmitry Medvedev and Parliament Speaker and Chairman of the United Russia party council Boris Gryzlov attend the party's congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev leaves the podium after speaking ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev leaves the podium after speaking at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

A man with an umbrella passes by a sale poster in a shop window ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man with an umbrella passes by a sale poster in a shop window in the centre of Russia's southern city of Stavropol November 20, 2009. Picture taken on November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA SOCIETY)

Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev (R) of Russia skate their ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev (R) of Russia skate their ice dance compulsory dance at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kitchener November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Cassese (CANADA SPORT FIGURE SKATING)

Russian Ekaterina Ryabova (top) performs during the dress rehearsal ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Ekaterina Ryabova (top) performs during the dress rehearsal for the 7th Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, November 20, 2009. Thirteen countries will take part in the final contest on Saturday. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE ENTERTAINMENT)

Russia's Victoria Zhilinskayte (C) tries to shoot between Romania's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Victoria Zhilinskayte (C) tries to shoot between Romania's Ramona Petruta (L) and Oana A Manea during their Four Nations Women's Handball Cup in Orkanger November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Gorm Kallestad/Scanpix (NORWAY SPORT HANDBALL) NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORWAY

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with German ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) in Moscow. Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues. Photo:Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov of Russia skate their short ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov of Russia skate their short program at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kitchener November 20, 2009. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese (CANADA SPORT FIGURE SKATING)

VIDEO - US President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO - US President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest backing yet from Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis as he warned that Tehran was 'running out of time'. Duration: 00:39 Photo:/AFP

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov in Yalta, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Alexei Nikolsky/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his Kazakh ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov (2nd L) attend a document signing ceremony in Yalta, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky (UKRAINE POLITICS)

Students wearing self-made protective masks pose for a snapshot ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Students wearing self-made protective masks pose for a snapshot during a seminar at a youth club in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 20, 2009. Local authorities taught students how to protect themselves against the H1N1 flu epidemic. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA HEALTH SOCIETY)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an international ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an international meeting of Transport Ministers in Moscow November 20, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Vladimir Rodionov (RUSSIA POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the meeting ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at Barvikha presidential residence near Moscow for talks, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and German Foreign Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) meet at Barvikha presidential residence near Moscow for talks, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stands during the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stands during the meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at Barvikha presidential residence near Moscow for talks, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and German Foreign Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle meet in Moscow for talks November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Friends and relatives grieve over the grave of Sergei Magnitsky ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Friends and relatives grieve over the grave of Sergei Magnitsky during his funeral at a cemetery in Moscow November 20, 2009. Magnitsky, a suspect in a tax evasion case against Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, died of heart failure in prison on Monday, state prosecutors said. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Widow Natalia Zharikova (L) grieves over her husband Sergei ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Widow Natalia Zharikova (L) grieves over her husband Sergei Magnitsky's body during his funeral at a cemetery in Moscow November 20, 2009. Magnitsky, a suspect in a tax evasion case against Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, died of heart failure in prison on Monday, state prosecutors said. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Russian Orthodox worshippers leave a memorial service for slain ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian Orthodox worshippers leave a memorial service for slain priest Daniil Sysoyev at Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow. An Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin. Photo:Alexey Sazonov/AFP

People grieve and pray in St Thomas Church in southern Moscow, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People grieve and pray in St Thomas Church in southern Moscow, where Russian Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev was murdered, November 20, 2009. A masked gunman entered a church and murdered Sysoyev, who had received death threats for converting Muslims to Christianity and criticizing Islam, prosecutors and church officials said Friday. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA RELIGION CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Natalia Zharikova (C) grieves over the body of her husband Sergei ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Natalia Zharikova (C) grieves over the body of her husband Sergei Magnitsky during his funeral at a cemetery in Moscow November 20, 2009. Magnitsky, a suspect in a tax evasion case against Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, died of heart failure in prison on Monday, state prosecutors said. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA CRIME LAW POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Friends and relatives follow the coffin of Sergei Magnitsky ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Friends and relatives follow the coffin of Sergei Magnitsky during his funeral at a cemetery in Moscow November 20, 2009. Magnitsky, a suspect in a tax evasion case against Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, died of heart failure in prison on Monday, state prosecutors said. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Friends and relatives take part in the funeral ceremony of Sergei ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Friends and relatives take part in the funeral ceremony of Sergei Magnitsky at a cemetery in Moscow November 20, 2009. Human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the sudden death of a 37-year-old witness in a Russian legal battle over tax fraud. Magnitsky, a suspect in a tax evasion case against Hermitage, once Russia's biggest investment fund, died of heart failure in prison on Monday, state prosecutors said. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Ingushetia's President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (R) and Ravil Gainutdin, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ingushetia's President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (R) and Ravil Gainutdin, a leader of Russia's Muslim Council of Muftis, meet in Moscow November 20, 2009. The Kremlin chose Yevkurov for Ingushetia's top job in October last year in the hope that the tough paratrooper commander would pacify the tiny region which has overtaken its neighbour Chechnya as the epicentre of violence in Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA RELIGION POLITICS)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his German counterpart ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle meet in Moscow for talks November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been derided ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been derided by Russian premier Vladimir Putin who attacked the leader, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him alluding to the widely-circulated footage in which Saakashvili put the tip of his tie into his mouth and chewed on it as he waited to be interviewed last year. Photo:Irakli Gedenidze/AFP

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and his Ukrainian ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko attend a signing ceremony in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers. REUTERS/STR (UKRAINE POLITICS ENERGY)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchanges documents with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Moscow in April 2009. Ukraine's president on Thursday warned Russian gas supplies to Europe are under threat as Putin and Tymoshenko met for talks. Photo:Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP

Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Interactive graphic on Russian gas supplies to Europe as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko meet in Yalta for talks aimed at preventing a repeat of last winter's gas crisis. Photo:/AFP

VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: European countries reliant on Russian gas supplies. Originally filed 110109. Duration: 1:50 Photo:/AFP

A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Ukraine's president on Thursday warned Russian gas supplies to Europe are under threat as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko met for talks. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) walks with his Ukrainian ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) walks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko during their meeting in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS ENERGY)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS ENERGY)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) talks with his Ukrainian ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko in Yalta, November 19, 2009. Tymoshenko and Putin readied on Thursday for talks which the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE POLITICS ENERGY)

Theatre's conductor Teodor Currentzis (R) accompanies U.S. opera ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Theatre's conductor Teodor Currentzis (R) accompanies U.S. opera singer Mardi Byers during a news conference devoted the premiere of the theatre's new production of Alban Berg opera 'Wozzek' in the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow, November 19, 2009. The premiere of the opera, directed by Dmitry Chernyakov, will take place on November 24. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA SOCIETY)

A woman walks past a furniture shop which is advertising a liquidation ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks past a furniture shop which is advertising a liquidation sale in Stavropol, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA POLITICS BUSINESS)

A woman walks out of a furniture shop which is advertising a ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks out of a furniture shop which is advertising a liquidation sale in Stavropol, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA POLITICS BUSINESS)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses the First Global ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety as Interior Ministers Rashid Nurgaliyev (L) listens in Moscow November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev (RUSSIA POLITICS TRANSPORT)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives at the First Global ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives at the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Moscow November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev (RUSSIA POLITICS TRANSPORT)

Members of the Russian Constitutional Court attend a hearing ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Members of the Russian Constitutional Court attend a hearing on the death penalty in St. Petersburg. The Court on Thursday ordered that the death penalty cannot be applied in Russia even after January 1 when a moratorium expires. Photo:Rostislav Koshelev/AFP