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Russia raids activists in 'revolution' probe
Dec 11, 2012 07:17 EST
Russian investigators on Tuesday raided the homes of opposition activists said to have attended seminars abroad on how to spark a revolution aimed at toppling President Vladimir Putin.
Aznhi take winless run to Dynamo Moscow
Oct 05, 2012 11:55 EDT
Russian Premier League leaders Anzhi Makhachkala will be out to extend their winning streak this weekend away to Dynamo Moscow, who have bounced back from a poor start to the season.
Blatter hails Russia progress in $20 bn World Cup
Sep 30, 2012 15:37 EDT
World football supremo Sepp Blatter on Sunday said Russia was well ahead of schedule towards hosting the 2018 World Cup, despite the huge task of realising a project costing almost $20 billion.
Russia unveils World Cup host cities
Sep 29, 2012 16:00 EDT
Russia and FIFA on Saturday unveiled the 11 cities from the Baltic to the Urals that will host the 2018 World Cup in the most ambitious project the country has organised since the fall of the USSR.
Russian opposition divided on rally results
Sep 16, 2012 16:26 EDT
Russian opposition leaders argued Sunday over the turnout and success of the latest rally defying President Vladimir Putin, after tens of thousands marched through central Moscow.
Russia abandons Putin's bullet train promise
Aug 23, 2012 13:53 EDT
Russia risked being left without one of President Vladimir Putin's most daring campaign promises on Thursday when it emerged that his cabinet had abandoned funding for showcase new bullet trains.
Putin foes hold mass walk in his native town
May 20, 2012 13:55 EDT
The peculiar silent strolls used by Moscow protesters against Vladimir Putin spread Sunday to his native Saint Petersburg and at least two other cities in a test of the movement's national strength.
Anti-Putin rally fails to match past protests
Mar 10, 2012 12:02 EST
Thousands protested on Saturday against Vladimir Putin's domination of Russia after his crushing election victory, but the event struggled to live up to the success of past mass rallies.
Drivers circle Moscow in anti-Putin protest
Feb 19, 2012 15:09 EST
Hundreds of Moscow drivers flying white balloons and ribbons circled the Kremlin on Sunday in a noisy protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's likely return as president in March 4 polls.
Thousands rally for Putin before Russian election
Feb 18, 2012 17:32 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Russia in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday in a show of force two weeks before a March 4 presidential election that is expected to return him to the Kremlin.
Tens of thousands back Putin at Russia rallies
Feb 18, 2012 07:04 EST
Tens of thousands of Vladimir Putin's supporters backed his bid for the presidency in rallies across Russia on Saturday, trying to outdo mass nationwide protests staged by his opponents.
Safin elected to Russian Parliament
Dec 09, 2011 12:26 EST
Russian tennis icon Marat Safin has been elected into the lower house of the Russian Parliament - the State Duma - as a member of the ruling United Russia Party, local media reported.
"Cemetery collector" with 29 bodies arrested
Nov 11, 2011 09:22 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested a man described by local media as the "cemetery collector" for digging up 29 corpses and dressing the remains in female clothing to display around his flat.
"Cemetery collector" with 29 bodies arrested
Nov 08, 2011 09:44 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested a man described by local media as the "cemetery collector" for digging up 29 corpses and dressing the remains in female clothing to display around his flat.
Russia arrests 'cemetery collector' with 29 bodies
Nov 08, 2011 06:32 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested a man described by local media as the "cemetery collector" for digging up 29 corpses and dressing the remains in female clothing to display around his flat.
Russia's top jumper dies in car crash
Oct 09, 2011 06:52 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pavel Karelin, Russia's leading ski jumper, died in a car crash on Sunday. He was 21.
Eto'o soaks up warm welcome in war-torn Dagestan
Sep 10, 2011 23:14 EDT
Cameroon football star Samuel Eto'o admitted to being "pleasantly surprised" by the huge welcome he was given in Makhachkala a day ahead of making his debut for big-spending Russian Premier League club Anzhi.
Travel Picks: Top 10 extreme holiday adventures
Sep 09, 2011 09:05 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you like to push yourself and are a bit of an adrenaline junkie, then online men's magazine AskMen's (www.askmen.com) top 10 list of extreme vacations may be just the thing for you. Reuters has not endorsed this list:
Chechen forces may face new scrutiny over abductions
Sep 07, 2011 10:28 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Islam Umarpashayev had lost hope of getting away alive from Chechen security forces after he was kidnapped from his home, beaten and held for months in a basement, handcuffed to a radiator.
Eto'o saves day for Anzhi on Russian debut
Aug 27, 2011 14:26 EDT
Anzhi Makhachkala debutant Samuel Eto'o saved the day for his new club by scoring an equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw at Rostov in the Russian Premier League on Saturday.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Nizhny Novgorod (English) Нижний Новгород (Russian) | |
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| — City[1] — City of oblast significance[1] | |
 View of Nizhny Novgorod near the Oka River | |
.svg) Location of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the map of Russia | |
.svg)  Location of Nizhny Novgorod on the map of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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| Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44°ECoordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44°E | |
 Coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod |  Flag of Nizhny Novgorod |
| City Day | Second Sunday of September[2] |
| Administrative status (as of July 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center of | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Municipal status (as of September 2009) | |
| Urban okrug | Nizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug[3] |
| Head[4] | Vadim Bulavinov[5] |
| Representative body | City Duma[6] |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 410.68 km2 (158.6 sq mi)[7] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 1,311,252 inhabitants[8] |
| - Rank | 4th |
| - Density | 3,193 /km2 (8,300/sq mi)[9] |
| Population (2009) | 1,280,355 inhabitants[7] |
| Time zone | MSK/MSD (UTC+3/+4) |
| Founded | 1221[10] |
| City status since | 1221[7] |
| Previous names | Nizhny Novgorod (until September 1932),[10] Gorky (until October 22, 1990)[11] |
| Postal code(s) | in the 603000–603998 range[12] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 831[7] |
| Official website | http://www.admgor.nnov.ru/ |
