Archive for June 17th, 2012

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Russia Watch: Putin fails to scare Moscow’s middle class

June 17, 2012, by James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The young protester handing out fake “Go Straight to Jail” tickets just didn’t get it. In advance of Tuesday’s protest demonstrations, President Putin signed into law a bill raising individual […]

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Greek elections: Centre-right New Democracy’s slim lead ‘vote to keep euro’

June 17, 2012, by The Sofia Globe staff

Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party took a narrow lead in June 17 2012 elections in what party leader Antonis Samaras hailed as a vote to stay ...