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...SENTENCED. Nurpashi Kulayev, 25, Chechen separatist, to life in prison; for his part in the Beslan school siege that left more than 330 people dead, many of them children; in Vladikavkaz, Russia. The only survivor out of 32 terrorists who seized the southern Russian school in Sept. 2004, Kulayev was found guilty of terrorism, murder and hostage taking. He admitted his involvement in the siege, but denied killing anyone...
Irish pubs these days are almost as common as pizzerias the world over, so when Vladimir V. Luchina wanted to come up with a more original theme for a bar in Yekaterinburg, a Russian city in the Urals, he hit on the idea of a Scottish pub. Gordon's, which opened 18 months ago, is now one of the hottest places in town, particularly on weekend nights when local rock 'n' roll groups with names like the Spoilers play. Luchina has tried hard to make Gordon's look straight from the Highlands. Barmen wear kilts, a set of bagpipes adorns...
Irish pubs these days are almost as common as pizzerias the world over, so when Vladimir V. Luchina wanted to come up with a more original theme for a bar in Yekaterinburg, a Russian city in the Urals, he hit on the idea of a Scottish pub. Gordon's, which opened 18 months ago, is now one [an error occurred while processing this directive] of the hottest places in town, particularly on weekend nights when local rock 'n' roll groups with names like the Spoilers play. Luchina has tried hard to make Gordon's look straight from the Highlands. Barmen...
...like his characters, Finder craved excitement in his career. After receiving a graduate degree from Harvard in Russian studies in 1984, he planned to go into the CIA--until he discovered what the glamorous world of espionage really looked like. "It did not involve false passports or a trench coat," Finder says ruefully. "It involved translating Soviet economic journals." So he manufactured his own thrills on paper. After trying his hand at nonfiction, Finder wrote a succession of well-received thrillers, beginning with The Moscow Club...
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, responding to Vice President Dick Cheney's accusations that Russia is cutting back on democracy...