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MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost 413 million rubles ($16 million) in the first five months of 2007 as a result of money laundering, an Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. Yevgeny Shkolov, head of the ministry"s economic security department, said his unit alone tracked down some 2,680 money-laundering incidents between January and May of this year - a 14% increase year-on-year. The total number of such crimes detected across the nation was 4,390, he said. "Some 4,390 crimes related to money laundering were tracked in the Russian Federation in the first five months of this year, including 1,257 on a large scale," Shkolov said.


Eleven police officers were injured in a...

Eleven police officers were injured in a grenade attack on a police station in Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, investigators said on Tuesday.


Muscovites will be able to learn about Soviet...

Muscovites will be able to learn about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin"s role in the World War II victory from street stands, a source in the Russian capital"s advertising and design committee said Wednesday.

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MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti) - Burger King...

Vedomosti cited an executive with a local fastfood market leader as saying that the Moscow-based Shokoladnitsa coffeehouse chain, which controls 14-15% of the local market, had the best chances of obtaining a Burger King franchise.

"We are interested in cooperating with them, but everything will depend on the contract," a top Shokoladnitsa manager told the paper, adding that the terms of a possible deal had not been brought up at a meeting that had already been held.

Burger King Holdings HQ in Florida declined to comment on the company"s plans in Russia, saying the business was in for a quiet period. The world"s second largest fastfood chain has restaurants in 65 countries, and is 34% owned by Texas Pacific Group, and 30% by Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs each.

Vedomosti said that according to Entrepreneur business magazine a 20-year franchise from Burger King costs $50,000, with 4.5% royalties. About 9,700 of the world"s 11,000 Burger King eateries operate under

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