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Police in Moscow arrested 40 people Sunday at an unlicensed gay rights rally.
An official at Interpol's branch office in Russia said the agency had issued warrants for two former Bank of Moscow executives.
Russian human rights activists have been granted a permit Friday for an end-of-the-month rally in Moscow's Triumfulnaya Square, an organizer said Friday.
The European Court of Human Rights in France ruled Thursday that a Russian ban on gay pride marches is illegal.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was given a short list Saturday of four candidates to succeed Yury Luzhkov as mayor of Moscow, his press secretary said.
Yury Luzhkov, who has a new job, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired him as Moscow's mayor because he disagreed with the Kremlin's activities.
Moscow's mayor loses his job
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired the long-serving mayor of Moscow Tuesday, saying he has lost confidence in the man's ability to run the city.
A Russian vending machine company has installed machines dispensing red salmon caviar and roe at 33 Moscow locations, including the mayor's office.
An explosion at a gas pipeline in Moscow Sunday injured five people and shut down telephone service to tens of thousands of residents, an official said.
The press secretary for Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov said Thursday authorities in the Russian capital are opposing plans for a gay parade in the city.
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A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa