http://en.gazeta.ru/ English version of Gazeta.Ru – Russia's leading internet newspaper. Russian and international news, business, experts' opinion, special reports, photos, infographics. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:28:04 +0400 ru Gazeta.Ru webmaster@gazeta.ru 20 http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595937.shtml News dept Mon, 21 May 2012 17:37:42 +0400 One of the alleged Pussy Riot punk band members, Ekaterina Samutsevich, who is now under arrest, has gone on a hunger strike, reports Samutsevich's father to "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. He said detention center workers did ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595937.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595505.shtml Vladimir Gordeev, Ekaterina Tkachenko, edited by Semyon Kvasha Mon, 21 May 2012 15:39:32 +0400 Mikhail Kravchenko, creator and president of the "8 Marta" furniture holding company, was shot and killed on Saturday night in Moscow oblast. The killers blocked his car on the road close to the village Peredelkino in Odintsovo ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595505.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595557.shtml News dept Mon, 21 May 2012 15:37:46 +0400 Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the new cabinet on Monday. The most surprising appointments are: Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev who replaced Rashid Nurgaliev. Contrary to ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595557.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595197.shtml Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Karina Ayvazova Mon, 21 May 2012 12:33:26 +0400 Moscow opposition activists spent the whole weekend protesting against the election of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia. However, the largest event this weekend was more non-political. Many famous Moscow artists went out on "a ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/21/a_4595197.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4593589.shtml Газета.RU Fri, 18 May 2012 20:58:22 +0400 Russia Anastasia Podzniakova dives during the women's 1m springboard preliminary of the 31st LEN European Swimming Championships, on May 18, 2012 in ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4593589.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4593081.shtml News dept Fri, 18 May 2012 16:45:52 +0400 Vladimir Putin has offered the post of Envoy to the Ural Federal District to Igor Kholmanskikh, head of the shop floor in "Uralvagonzavod", a large factory producing train wagons and tanks, RIA Novosti reported Friday. "I ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4593081.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4592477.shtml Nikita Zeya, edited by Karina Ayvazova Fri, 18 May 2012 15:26:18 +0400 On Thursday, the Saint Petersburg homosexual community held a flashmob and meeting in the Petrovskiy garden to mark the International day against homophobia. The event was authorized by city authorities and about 150 gays and lesbians ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4592477.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4592313.shtml News dept Fri, 18 May 2012 11:22:38 +0400 The Russian parliament has postponed the discussion of a law draft increasing fines for violating protest rules from 1000 rubles (some $33) to 1.5 mln rubles ($50 000), announced Sergey Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma Friday ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/18/a_4592313.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4592025.shtml Газета.RU Thu, 17 May 2012 21:13:00 +0400 The border guard releases the Russian sturgeon caught by the poachers arrested during an operation in Volga delta and Caspian ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4592025.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4591689.shtml Olga Tanas, edited by Semyon Kvasha Thu, 17 May 2012 20:36:39 +0400 The European crisis will be the main topic for discussion at the upcoming G8 summit. Russia wants the European governments to be more responsible, but not all G8 countries are ready for such difficult obligations. Experts predict that the ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4591689.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4591609.shtml News dept Thu, 17 May 2012 19:51:29 +0400 The meeting to decide the fate of the newest protest camp has been ajourned without result. At the Presnenskiy municipal assembly meeting, there was a discussion of the possibility of giving the current camp the status of ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4591609.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4588877.shtml Darya Zagvozdina, Alexandra Koshkina, edited by Karina Ayvazova Thu, 17 May 2012 14:10:16 +0400 The director of one of Moscow's museums has been detained in Moscow with a XVII century icon that was being looked for internationally, reported Interior Ministry reported. Gazeta.ru found out that the detained man is 64-year old ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4588877.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4588681.shtml Ekaterina Savina, edited by Karina Ayvazova Thu, 17 May 2012 12:51:29 +0400 After Moscow police shut down the protest camp in Chistoprudny boulevard, opposition activists created a new one. This time at Kudrinskaya square, also in the center of the city, though outside the Garden ring. "I was woken up by ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/17/a_4588681.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/16/a_4585833.shtml Газета.RU Wed, 16 May 2012 19:14:14 +0400 Firemen take part in an evacuation exercise with wooden dummies simulating victims during an annual rescuer and firefighter competition among school teams in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on May 15, 2012. 18 teams took part ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/16/a_4585833.shtml http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/16/a_4585589.shtml News dept., edted by Semyon Kvasha Wed, 16 May 2012 17:37:51 +0400 The SSJ-100 that crashed in Indonesia was one of two identical planes that went on demonstration tour through Asia. The first plane was grounded on her way to Indonesia because of possible engine trouble, RIA Novosti reports, citing a ... http://en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/05/16/a_4585589.shtml