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The opinion poll conducted by the Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) in 138 cities and towns across 46 regions showed that the Russian strongman's rating had gained eleven percent in the list of the nation’s crème de la crème, rising from last year’s 58% to 64% in 2012.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev came second, supported by 41% of responders, while Russia’s new Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s rating skyrocketed to 30% from 2% in 2011.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe confirmed two men have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that four American citizens have been killed in Yemen and Pakistan by US drones since 2009.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that he would dispute a decision to disqualify his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie from a vote to elect his successor. The disqualification will disappoint those in Iran who had been hoping for a more open contest.
Jordan hosted on Wednesday a “Friends of Syria” meeting in the capital Amman with the aim of laying the foundation for an international conference to resolve the 2 year crisis.
An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow.
Syrian rebels killed at least 40 soldiers and other fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad as they captured a military base in the northwestern province of Idlib Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Britain is investigating a possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London while shouting Islamic slogans, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
25,000 guests have arrived for a Hasidic wedding of Shalom Rokeach and Hannah Batya Penet in Jerusalem, forcing police to block traffic in the entire quarter.
President Vladimir Putin believes Russia’s spectrum of ethnic groups, cultures and faiths is a great boon for the country’s development.
Anti-immigration sentiment is nothing new in the West, and now it is also on the rise in Russia, as the country has to make up for its demographic shortfalls by importing guest labour from former Soviet Central Asia. Polls suggest anti-immigrant rallies and even riots may be around the corner. In the meantime, a report issued by the agency Interfax raises the specter of an even more sinister threat.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin believes that the authorities should care more about the welfare of scientists, teachers and students. This would raise the prestige of the professions of a scientist and a teacher, Mr. Putin says.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
EU leaders agreed Wednesday that the automatic sharing of individuals' bank account data, a key measure to prevent tax evasion, should come into effect by the end of the year, European President Herman Van Rompuy said.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
The issue of Russian kids adopted by the US parents has been very controversial and has been making headlines recently. A local court in Texas has agreed to relinquish the Deckert couple's parental rights over two of their three adopted Russian children. This case was one of a series of scandals that were touted by Russian officials as proof that a ban on US adoptions of Russian children was justified.
An aircraft is airlifting the Russian boy, gravely wounded at the hotel on Crete, from Athens to Berlin, where the child is to receive further treatment at a clinic, said an official at the Russian Embassy in Greece.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe confirmed two men have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Britain investigating possible Nigerian link to attack in London
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