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Пятница, 28 Декабрь 2007 |
 Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin officially announced that, on the evening of December 27th, an improvised explosive device went off on Manezh Square, according to the news agency 'Interfax'. «On Okhotny Row there was some kind of a homemade bomb consisting of several components, including nitrate, in a plastic covering,» said the chief of the Moscow police.
Pronin, however, said that the blast was being treated as an act of vandalism, according to 'RIA Novosti'. «By the construction of the device and its application, the offender obviously did not want to cause injuries,» said the police chief.
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Written by Фонтанка.ру
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Четверг, 20 Декабрь 2007 |
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Patrushev admits to mistakes during ‘Nord-Ost’ hostage rescue
FSB director Nikolai Patrushev for the first time has acknowledged that errors were made at terrorist-held Dubrovka in Moscow. He made this confession for the first time during his appearance in a documentary film shown on ‘Channel One’.
“The terrorist seizure of the Dubrovka theatrical center actually forced us to start from scratch,” Patrushev said following a voice-over that stated that the armed seizure of the audience and performers of the musical ‘Nord-Ost’ could be considered the first time in modern history that a terrorist attack had occurred ‘live’. According to the director of Russia’s largest security agency, “the special forces carefully prepared for the operation and listened to the opinions of the professionals.” According to him, the operation itself, despite its complexity, did not cause any major problems.
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Воскресенье, 09 Декабрь 2007 |
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A bus was blown up in Nevinnomyssk, and there are casualties
 A bus was blown up in Nevinnomyssk (in the Stavropol region). According to the press service of the Emergencies Ministry department for the Stavropol territory, the vehicle caught fire immediately after the blast.
Two passengers were killed, and 9 others injured. A greater number of casualties was avoided because, at the time of the explosion, the bus was unloading passengers and many had gone outside the bus.
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Written by Светлана Губарева
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Пятница, 07 Декабрь 2007 |
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The ‘Golden Website’ open national Internet contest is Russia’s oldest and most respected Internet competition (held since 1998).
This year 840 contestants fought for the prize. An advisory council consisting of the most world’s most famous Internet personalities selected the applicants. A final assessment of the submitted papers, and the selection of the winners, was made by the contest jury.
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Written by Светлана Губарева
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Пятница, 07 Декабрь 2007 |
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The ECHR communicates complaint by Finogenov and others vs. Russia  The European Court of Human Rights began the process of communication on the complaint of 'Finogenov et al vs. Russia' in the 'Nord-Ost' case. The parties were asked to answer the following questions:1.Did the applicants exhaust effective domestic remedies in respect of their complaints under Articles 2, 3 and 13 of the Convention? In answering this question the Government are invited to take into account the proceedings described in the case of Chernetsova and Others v. Russia, no. 27311/03, communicated on 2 April 2007.
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