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The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the cause of the Phobos-Grunt space probe failure on Tuesday: it was a software malfunction in its onboard computer.
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Falling Demand Could Bring Oil Prices Down / Severe cold sets in for another ten days, from Baikal to Europe / Moderates invited to alternative rally
Whether there were eight or fourteen thousand of them (figures differ even in official reports), the massive rally held in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals region, in support of “stability” (read – PM Vladimir Putin) was an impressive affair, especially by Russia's provincial standards.
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In his recent article, “We Need a New Economy,” prime minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin combines elements of different and sometimes contradictory economic theories – from neo-liberalism to the basic tenets of Marxism.
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