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23:59 23/01/2012 A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

Putin: Ethnic Tensions could ‘Destroy’ Russia
21:42 23/01/2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin combined on Monday a stark warning that rising nationalism poses a threat to Russia’s very future with calls for a clampdown on “disrespectful” internal migrants.
2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games
17:04 23/01/2012
The first-ever Winter Youth Olympic Games opened Friday in Innsbruck, Austria, bringing together a thousand 14- to 18-year-old athletes from over 60 nations to the winter sports capital.

The competition, which runs through January 22, follows the inaugural Summer Youth Games in Singapore in 2010, and medals are up for grabs in seven sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge, figure skating and alpine skiing.
Drunken Investigator Fired for Window Jumping
16:40 23/01/2012
An official of the Investigative Committee of the Ulyanovsk region was sacked on Monday for jumping out of the office window while drunk.

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New Russian Cabinet

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“We Have Been Showered in Love”: Buranovo Babushkas at Eurovision

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Russians Thrash Slovakia to Win World Hockey Title

Russians Thrash Slovakia to Win World Hockey Title

Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009.

Medvedev and Obama met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight most industrialized countries summit in Camp David

Russia’s Medvedev Holds Bilateral Meeting With U.S. Obama

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev assured U.S. President Barack Obama of Russia’s succession in its foreign policies course after Vladimir Putin took the post of the country’s president.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a press conference at the begening of the NATO 2012 Summit in Chicago, on May 20, 2012

NATO to Continue Missile Defense Dialogue with Russia

NATO will continue its dialogue with Russia on the establishment of a European missile defense system, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday.

Newly elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic

Nikolic Wins Serbian Presidential Election

Nationalist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic has won Sunday’s presidential election runoff in Serbia, with his opponent liberal EU-oriented ex-President Boris Tadic conceding defeat.

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