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Russia’s ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s remarks regarding the white ribbons worn by protesters at recent nationwide rallies against alleged electoral fraud.
American director Woody Allen began shooting his latest movie in Paris on Monday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday said a European Parliament resolution calling for new State Duma elections “means nothing.” 
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"Georgia is starting to suffer from hallucinations" · 2007-08-23 18:22
General Yuri Baluyevsky, Russia’s armed forces chief of staff described as "hallucinations" Georgia’s claim that Russian warplanes had violated its border on Tuesday.
Earlier this month Georgia has accused Russian aircraft of dropping a missile near its capital Tbilisi. Today Georgia said that two more Russian jets had illegally crossed its borders. They were flying at a speed of between 450 and 490 kph (about 280 to 300 mph).
Russia has rejected the claims. Yuri Baluyevsky said: "Even I, an infantry man by training, know that warplanes do not fly at such speed. Even helicopters fly at only slightly lower speeds. It must be that our Georgian colleagues are starting to suffer from hallucinations."
The missile incident has had repercussions beyond the region, turning into an irritant in ties between Russia and the United States, Georgia’s ally,
Reuters UK reported.
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