http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/ The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS). en Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:04 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/upload/iblock/b5e/News.jpg 330 218 Denis Sinyakov / Reuters || Opposition lightning rod Alexei Navalny being met by cheering supporters Thursday outside the jail where he had been held for 15 days for protesting. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459129.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459178.html The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/0nnQh6ozvGM/459178.html Four Russian bikers have been detained in Iraq, possibly on suspicion of spying, prompting a surge of concern at home. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRc_wW_pDEV2Fp-GlHJolo4sv2Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRc_wW_pDEV2Fp-GlHJolo4sv2Q/0/di" 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00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459129.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459204.html By Alexander Bratersky <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/3a8gyzOtwMU/459204.html Following the president's order to cut the number of officials entitled to use flashing lights to skirt through traffic, several incidents of alleged abuse involving high-profile figures have come to light. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMA-UQiVgXc5eSHfLpPPXyGbmr4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMA-UQiVgXc5eSHfLpPPXyGbmr4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMA-UQiVgXc5eSHfLpPPXyGbmr4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lMA-UQiVgXc5eSHfLpPPXyGbmr4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459204.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459212.html By Nikolaus von Twickel <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/S_8o89GkNHc/459212.html When Mathias Rust landed his white Cessna on Red Square on May 28, 1987, he had placed all his hopes for world peace in Mikhail Gorbachev. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RkIJKK7OUzjg9xilbBVcmGeiurM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RkIJKK7OUzjg9xilbBVcmGeiurM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RkIJKK7OUzjg9xilbBVcmGeiurM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RkIJKK7OUzjg9xilbBVcmGeiurM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459212.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459116.html The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/gqYxS7_mjZY/459116.html A Japanese diplomat will travel to Chita on Thursday from the Khabarovsk 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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459190.html Reuters <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/0ugCA3ByRf8/459190.html A South African pilot who testified against a former associate, jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in a federal prison. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nw7FXPh8gTZjULnZMKJUE97o4Ks/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nw7FXPh8gTZjULnZMKJUE97o4Ks/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nw7FXPh8gTZjULnZMKJUE97o4Ks/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Nw7FXPh8gTZjULnZMKJUE97o4Ks/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459190.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/459219.html <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/UvOIrUtaFl0/459219.html <p><a 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