Poland has also caught and deported two Russian spies this year and put a Russian sleeper agent on trial.
Now 2011 was a year of otherwise rude health for the Russian economy, a year in which the price of oil was high, unemployment and inflation fell, and the economy chugged along at around 4% growth.
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We had to study Russian for the year, and we did art in the forest.
Americans adopted close to 1, 000 Russian children last year, according to U.S. State Department figures.
Last year Russian GDP plummeted nearly 8%, driven downward by a 77% decline in world energy prices.
Mann describes such suggestions as "rubbish", revealing that "increased commitments" in a Russian general election year have been behind his non-attendance.
According to Russian sources quoted by the International Press Institute (IPI), Kamalov is the fourth journalist killed in the Russian Federation this year alone.
Just 7, 400 were adopted by Russian couples that year.
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They argue that the legal export trade from Canada is being taken advantage of by criminals who use false Canadian permits to export the pelts from around two hundred Russian bears each year.
The 27-year-old Russian failed to register a height in last year's worlds in Berlin and she followed that up with a fourth-placed finish in Doha, prompting her to make her decision.
Coca-Cola, which acquired the Russian fruit juice maker Nidan last year, now controls around 30% of the Russian fruit-juice market.
The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported that Armenian military experts were trained in the use of advanced rocket systems last year at a Russian missile range.
The U.N. says about 14, 000 Russian women die every year from domestic violence.
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As a result, Nomura has reduced its forecast for Russian GDP growth this year to 4.2% from 4.4%.
This year, Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking part for the first time.
Danish brewer Carlsberg has said it plans to buy up the remaining 15% of its Russian division Baltika this year.
Mr. Kerry arrived in Paris on Friday afternoon to meet for the sixth time this year with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
According to the files, an ongoing investigation targets a 23-year old Russian man named Oleg Nikolaenko, who is suspected of violating the anti-spam law.
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The Economic Development Ministry cut the 2011 economic growth forecast to 4.1% from 4.2% recently because of a slow down in the Russian economy earlier this year.
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Anna Chapman, a Russian spy deported this year from the US, has been elected to a top role in the governing party's youth wing, the BBC has learned.
The fiery Russian announced earlier this year he would be bringing to an end a 12-year career that has brought him two grand slam titles and the world number one ranking.
Prosecutors accused Ms. Chapman of communicating 10 times this year with Russian officials via a closed computer network as they sat near each other with laptops in public places in New York City.
The 42-year-old ex-Sale player takes up his new post at Edgeley Park, having guided the Russian national side to this year's World Cup in New Zealand.
The 52-year-old Russian immigrant was educated at Columbia and Harvard and is a U.S. citizen.
"I just didn't have a spark, " stated the 23-year-old Russian, who served up eight double faults.
Russians born in 1985 are turning 28 this year, and Russian women rarely give birth after 30.
It was the 25-year-old Russian's first grand slam title since she won the Australian Open in 2008.
From the showings this year, the Russian team, the Kenyan team is going to be extremely strong.
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The 27-year-old Russian was beaten by Anna Rogowska of Poland, who won on countback after both cleared 4.68 meters.
Last year, a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 slammed into a volcano during a demonstration flight, killing all 45 people on board.
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