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			<Headline><![CDATA[Putin signs anti-U.S. adoption bill]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russian President has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans. The law is a reaction to the US Magnitsky Act]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department said it &apos;deeply regrets&apos; the new Russian law]]></Text>
			<Date>2012-12-28 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/28/world/europe/russia-us-adoptions/index.html?hpt=wo_c1]]></URL>
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			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russian anti-U.S. adoption bill advances]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russia&apos;s upper house of parliament has approved a controversial measure banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-12-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/26/world/europe/russia-us-adoptions/index.html?hpt=wo_c1]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Putin backs ban on US adoptions]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, which has been proposed by the Russian parliament]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-12-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20795523]]></URL>
			<importance>2.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russia may ban adoptions to U.S.]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russian lawmakers could move to ban Americans from adopting children from the country]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2012-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/19/world/russia-adoption-u-s-ban/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russia retaliates in US bill row]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russia says it will bar Americans guilty of human rights violations, in response to a US bill that targets Russians guilty of such offences]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-12-07 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20638613]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/russia.gif]]></image>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russia blacklist law takes effect]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content by allowing the government to take sites offline has taken effect]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2012-10-31 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20096274]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Russia</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russia strengthens treason laws]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Russia&apos;s parliament has voted to widen the definition of high treason in a move critics say is a further attempt to stifle dissent in the country]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2012-10-23 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20048630]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Russian court rejects Stalin case]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the grandson of Joseph Stalin claiming a Russian newspaper had defamed the Soviet dictator]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2009-10-13 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Political Law]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8305759.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
			<x>55.755786</x>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Pardon recommended for E. Pope]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Presidential commission has recommended jailed U.S. spy be given a pardon. The decision now rests with Putin]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2000-12-08 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Spy Charges]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/12/08/russia.spy]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Moscow</Location>
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