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Sunday Russian News Items

News items posted to Russian Notes by Dr. Bruce Holl
IN ENGLISH
Guardian: “One of Britain’s leading historians, Orlando Figes, is to pay damages and costs to two rivals who launched a libel case after a row erupted over fake reviews posted on the Amazon website.”
Interfax: “The United States has offered Kyrgyzstan assistance to bring stability back to the country following last month’s deadly ethnic clashes in the volatile south.”
ITAR-TASS: “Art experts continue to assess the damage caused by a fire in Moscow’s Grabar restoration centre on Thursday. They fear that the portrait of Alexander I depicting him on the horseback by English portraitist George Dawe from the collection of the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin Museums was lost in fire.”
ПО-РУССКИ
Лента.ru: “Независимый профсоюз ‘АвтоВАЗа’ ‘Единство’ обратился с открытым письмом к главе правительства РФ Владимиру Путину, сообщает в воскресенье ‘Радио Свобода’ со ссылкой на собственного корреспондента”.

Saturday Russian News Items

Saturday News Items
News items posted to Russian Notes by Dr. Bruce Holl
IN ENGLISH
ITAR-TASS: “Five people were injured in an explosion of a security officer’s car in the town of Nartkala, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.”
ПО-РУССКИ
Би-би-си: “Известный британский автор книг об истории России Орландо Файджес согласился выплатить компенсацию двум историкам, чьи книги он ругал в анонимных рецензиях на сайте интернет-магазина amazon.com”.

Friday News Items

IN ENGLISH
RFE/Radio Liberty: “The Russian lower house of parliament has passed a controversial bill expanding the powers of Russia’s main intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB).”
ПО-РУССКИ
Би-би-си: “Российская Генпрокуратура получила от властей эмирата Дубай официальное подтверждение убийства в марте 2009 года экс-командира чеченского батальона ‘Восток’ Сулима Ямадаева“.