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Archive from 6/16/10
Police seize 100,000 anti-Vladimir Putin books
Telegraph
Russian police seized 100,000 copies of a book critical of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that activists planned to hand out at an economic forum…
Russia hoarding Canadian dollars
CBC News
Russia has begun its previously stated plan to buy Canadian dollars, adding credence to the loonie's status as a second-tier reserve currency…
Foreign policy: why Kyrgyzstan matters
NPR
The deteriorating security situation and growing ethnic conflict matters-for the United States…
US-Russian crew blasts off to space station
Associated Press
The trio will be onboard the space station to see the final shuttle depart from its last mission to the lab in November…
Russia to Belarus: pay or we will cut gas
Associated Press
Medvedev warned Belarus on Tuesday that it must pay its debt for Russian natural gas supplies within five days or face cuts…