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Bad news for Russian tourists and Croatian tour operators

April 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Russia

Only a week after the Croatian government amended the regulation on the visa system and imposed visa requirements for Russia

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Europe News 

Anti-Russian protests held in Warsaw on eve of Smolensk crash anniversary

April 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

About 1000 Poles protested in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw on April 9 2013, accusing Russia of foot-dragging

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Russia’s Winter Olympics to break spending records

April 3, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are

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Russia Watch: Russia loses Cyprus

March 31, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Cyprus, Russia

Russia suffered a major defeat last week. And no one noticed. But the setback was so striking that President Vladimir

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Business Europe News 

Takeover of Volksbank signals Russian bank strength

March 31, 2013May 27, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic, Russia

A new sign in black and a striking interior in green: The recently unveiled Sberbank branch in the center of

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Cyprus crisis burns Russian investors

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Cyprus, Russia

For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians

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Europe News 

Cyprus scrambles for funds after bailout ‘no’ vote

March 21, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy VOANews Cyprus, Russia

Lawmakers in Cyprus are scrambling to find billions of dollars to prop up the country’s battered banking system, after rejecting

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Europe News 

Europe pressures Cyprus to resolve debt crisis

March 20, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus, European Commission, Russia

Europe is pressuring Cyprus to offer new solutions to the island nation’s debt crisis after its parliament overwhelmingly rejected a

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Russia Watch: Azeri wolves in Iranian sheep’s clothing?

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Iran faces political population bomb: a young, growing and urbanized population that wants food – cheap and traditional. Iran’s population

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