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Moscow gay rally turns violent, dozens detained
Moscow police had detained three global gay rights leaders as violence broke out at a rally that activists tried to stage near the Kremlin wall.
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Age-old craft in a classic Russian souvenir
Dressed in a dark blue smock, Alexander Dorofeyev stoops over his lathe, honing limewood into tiny, perfectly formed dolls. Here, ancient craft skills are used to turn out the ultimate Russian souvenir — the matryoshka doll, famous for opening up when its two halves are twisted apart, to reveal another slightly smaller doll inside.
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Stepping out in style in Russia
”Stupid as boots,” the old Russian saying goes, but the makers of ”valenki”, the traditional woollen boots worn in the countryside in Arctic temperatures, are determined to see that their product earns a little more respect.
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‘Of course I’m nervous’ says Shuttleworth
SOUTH African space tourist Mark Shuttleworth admitted to a touch of the butterflies on Wednesday as the hours counted down to his journey into space aboard a Russian shuttle.
