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13.04.2009, 18:07
Three Moscow police officers were fired for drunk driving on Red Square in the Russian capital, according to Ria-Novosti news agency reports.
07.05.2009, 20:14
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The names of drunk drivers will now be voiced during Friday prayers, and then written on special banners put near the mosques of the Chechen republic, Russia’s Ria Novosti reports.
12.05.2009, 15:20
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Ukraine’s interior minister Yury Lutsenko is likely to leave office after an alleged scandal involving himself, his son, lots of alcohol, German police and a bit of fist fighting.
19.11.2009, 15:40
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The first global conference on road safety has opened on Thursday in Moscow, to join efforts in tackling traffic injuries, which are among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide.
27.07.2009, 16:02
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Eleven Russian federal officials are facing trial for the embezzlement of up to $900,000 worth of medical subsidies. Video evidence in the case shows senior state officials blatantly sharing bribes right in the office.
01.03.2010, 15:16
A resident of Russia’s Far East had to spend months in court to prove he was alive after a local registry office mistakenly filed the man as “dead”.
01.04.2009, 13:12
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Fourteen women with mental disabilities have been sterilised in the Perm region of Russia against their will and without an appropriate court ruling.
30.01.2010, 10:19
In Russia, action against drugs has been taken beyond professional sport and into public gyms, as the winter Olympics approach and doping controls become tougher.
26.11.2009, 15:38
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered police and prosecutors to investigate the death of Sergey Magnitsky, Hermitage Capital Investment's tax adviser, who died in custody earlier this month.
03.12.2009, 21:09
Anna Arutunyan, an investigative journalist with the Moscow News weekly, says that Sergei Magnitsky’s death will hasten long-awaited prison reform in Russia.
Published: 13 May, 2009, 19:48
Police have stopped a taxi driver diagnosed with a blood alcohol level equivalent to an alcoholic coma who escaped from hospital to make a quick buck.
