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Putin's Pension Talk Scares Businesses
By Jessica Bachman / Special to The Moscow Times The social security taxes paid by businesses will rise by as much as 8 percent at the beginning of 2010 in an effort to strengthen the country's pension system, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday. The measure, which generated a negative review from business groups, drew more positive reviews from market watchers.

Merkel, Medvedev To Focus On Crisis
By Nikolaus von Twickel / The Moscow Times President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are likely to focus on economics in St. Petersburg on Thursday as they meet for the fourth time this year.

Chichvarkin Says Liquidity Woes Forced Sale
By Nadia Popova / The Moscow Times Acknowledging he had chosen a risky strategy, Yevroset's former owner said the credit crunch left him with no choice.

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Skinheads Admit to Killing 20
The Moscow Times The leaders of a skinhead gang charged with hate crimes admitted Wednesday to committing 20 racially motivated murders and attempting 12 more, Interfax reported.

Retail Shop Comes to Ossetia
By Nadia Popova / The Moscow Times This neighborhood, where many of the buildings are still without replacements for windows blown out during five days of combat in August, seems an unlikely place for a new retail outlet.

Giving Orphaned Bear Cubs a 2nd Chance
By Maria Antonova / The Moscow Times Gamekeeper Nikolai Kralya wound up with two bear cubs last January when licensed den hunters shot their mother in the Novgorod region.

Warship Shows Russia's Reach
By Vladimir Isachenkov / The Associated Press Russia's decision to dispatch a warship to pirate-infested waters off Somalia reflects its determination to project power worldwide. But it remains unclear what role the vessel might play in the latest hostage crisis there.

Moscow Courts Bolivia
The Associated Press Bolivia's plan to purchase five Russian civil defense helicopters is a ""first step"" in deepening ties between the two countries as Russia looks to expand its role across Latin America, Russia's ambassador to Bolivia said.

Palin Faces Heat Over Warplanes
By Martha Mendoza / The Associated Press Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, cites vigilance against Russian warplanes coming into U.S. airspace over her state as one of her foreign policy credentials. But the U.S. military command in charge says that has not happened in her 21 months in office.

5 Children Die in School Collapse
Reuters Part of a school building in an Orenburg region village collapsed Wednesday, killing five children and injuring four.

Police Official and Son Gunned Down
The Moscow Times A senior regional Interior Ministry official and his son were shot dead Wednesday morning in North Ossetia, RIA-Novosti reported.

Soviet Political Cartoonist Yefimov Dead at 108
By Nabi Abdullaev / The Moscow Times Boris Yefimov, an eminent Soviet political cartoonist who once personally took Josef Stalin's orders on how to depict U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, died in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days after President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated him on his 108th birthday.

EU Monitors Start Patrols in Georgia
By Matt Siegel / The Associated Press European Union monitors began patrolling Georgian territory Wednesday under a French-brokered peace deal, and Russian troops allowed some monitors into a buffer zone around South Ossetia despite insisting earlier that they would be blocked.

Last Tsar Declared Victim of Repression
The Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the last tsar and his murdered family to be victims of political repression.

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