| 2011-12-15 17:08 Don't provoke protesters, ex-minister Kudrin tells Putin |
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.” 
After Wimbledon Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova came to Belarus. 
Russia to win more medals in Beijing · 2008-08-06 20:20
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia was hoping to win more medals in Beijing than it had in the past three Olympics but made no reference to a string of drug scandals involving Russian athletes.
"I will remind you that in the last three Olympic Games … our team has won 243 medals," Putin, who backed the election of his successor Dmitry Medvedev in May, said in an interview with the Chinese media posted on the government's Internet site.
"We believe that in Beijing we will be able not only to repeat but to exceed this success," said Putin, who will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games on Friday.
Putin played a key role in winning Russia's right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Reuters reports.
• Moscow to host Eurovision song contest in 2009
• Elena Isinbaeva clears the new world record
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