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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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Yelena Isinbayeva is called Athlete of the Year 2009 · 2011-01-02 18:10
Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva and the world's fastest man Jamaica's Usain Bolt have been voted the International Sports Press Association's 2009 Athletes of the Year in an online poll which attracted the votes of 614 journalists from 98 nations.
From Volgograd, the 27-year-old Yelena Isinbayeva holds an incredible 27 world records. Despite not clearing the bar at the Berlin Worlds Isinbayeva proved her superiority when she vaulted 5.06 m at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting days later to break her own record of 5.05m from the Beijing Olympic Games.
Isinbayeva, who surprisingly beat Sanya Richards, the IAAF Female Athlete of the Year, was collecting her third AIPS title ??“ having won in 2006 and 2008. High jumper Blanka Vlasic took second place while tennis queen Serena Williams ended third.
Bolt, 23, retained his position as the world's leading sprinter by shattering both his 100 and 200 metre world records with incredible times at the IAAF World Championships in Germany in August. The fastest man in the world ran 9.58 seconds in the 100m and 19.19 seconds in the 200m in Berlin.
Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi was second to Bolt while tennis star Roger Federer finished third, TrackAlerts reports.
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