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Another victim of bombings in the Moscow metro has died, bringing the total death toll to 40, a spokesman for the Russian health ministry said on Friday.


MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Chelsea FC...

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Chelsea FC coach Guus Hiddink has reacted furiously to a series of controversial refereeing decisions that saw Barcelona escape several penalty appeals, to edge past Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals. Michael Essien"s 9th minute goal looked enough to put Chelsea, who dominated most of Wednesday"s game, through to their second Champions League final in a row, but in the dying moments of extra time Andres Iniesta scored a stunner to level the score at 1-1 and put the home side out on the away-goals rule. In a post-match interview, Hiddink said: "Players make many mistakes, coaches make mistakes, referees make mistakes. But if you have seen three or four situations waved away, then his was the worst I have seen." He said that Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo"s failure to call any of the penalty decisions in Chelsea"s favor left him with a feeling "of being robbed and one of injustice." Barcelona, who were reduced to 10 men, barely challenged Chelsea throughout the game, and Hiddink admitted that the west London side had been punished for their failure to take advantage of the possession. "We had two or three open chances and we should have taken them and then we wouldn"t have this fuss about not just one penalty, but three or four," he said. Hiddink has transformed Chelsea since taking over at the club on February 11. As well as reaching the semifinal of Europe"s most prestigious club competition, the side, owned by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, have already booked a place in the FA Cup final on May 30. Barcelona will now face Manchester United, who are attempting to become the first football club to retain the Champions League title, in Rome on May 27.


MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - Most Russians...

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - Most Russians polled in a recent survey approve the activities of the president and prime minister, a pollster said on Thursday.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed...

Peskov said.

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said his company and Naftogaz were also ready to consider an assets swap and that Russia would be interested in investing in Ukraine"s gas transportation system, while Ukraine wants access to Russian energy resources.

In another sign of growing economic cooperation with Ukraine, Putin said Russia"s VTB bank was ready to grant Ukraine a loan of up to $500 million, which could be used to finance its budget spending.

He suggested that Ukraine was beginning to see political stabilization, which should be followed by economic stabilization.

Putin and Azarov discussed cooperation in more than 10 spheres, including oil, gas, nuclear energy and defense.

SOCHI, April 30 (RIA Novosti)



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