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Poland expressed on Saturday satisfaction...

Poland expressed on Saturday satisfaction with the Russian investigation into a crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski on April 10.


The new agreement practically nullifies...

The new agreement practically nullifies Ukraine"s ability to conduct an independent foreign policy. And only the most naive observers would anticipate that the deal clarifies the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations.


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met on...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met on Monday with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych, who is on a private visit to Moscow, for the second time in five weeks.

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A Moscow court ordered on Friday that Yukos...

Khodorkovsky, 45, and Lebedev, 42, are already serving eight-year prison terms for tax evasion and fraud issued by a Moscow court in 2005 after a highly politicized trial seen by many in the West as part of a Kremlin drive to subdue politically ambitious business tycoons.

Both were moved in 2009 from prison in Siberia to Moscow"s notorious Matrosskaya Tishina jail to face new charges of embezzling 350 million tons of oil. Since then, their stay in the pretrial detention center has been repeatedly prolonged despite complaints from their lawyers.

Moscow"s Khamovniki District Court on Friday authorized keeping Khodorkovsky and Lebedev in pretrial detention until May 17.

"The court took into account the severity of the charges Khodorkovsky and Lebedev face when considering extending their detention," presiding judge Viktor Danilkin said.

Russian officials have consistently denied any political motivation behind their convictions, but the fate of Khodorkovsky

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