MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia Wednesday rolled out a global initiative to stem Afghan drug trafficking to include a comprehensive crackdown on opium poppy growing, but the United States gave a cool reception to the plan. Russia, the world’s largest per capita heroin consumer with an estimated 30,000 people dying of abuse annually, has tried to…on the edge of your seat? Click here to solve the mystery.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it had captured an insurgent ringleader responsible for hundreds of deaths in its troubled North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency. Quoting the FSB security services, Russian state television said that Ali Taziyev, from Ingushetia province, was one of the leaders of…on the edge of your seat? Click here to solve the mystery.
SOCHI, Russia (AFP) – Russia — which holds over 40 percent of its forex reserves in euros — trusts and believes in the single European currency and is sure its current woes are only temporary, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. “We trust and believe” in the euro, Putin told AFP in an interview this week…on the edge of your seat? Click here to solve the mystery.
SOCHI, Russia (AFP) – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it was too early to predict his political future, despite swirling speculation he intends to return to the Kremlin in 2012 presidential polls. “We need to wait for 2012, now we are only in 2010… Let’s get closer to 2012 and then we will see,”…on the edge of your seat? Click here to solve the mystery.