18.10.2004 - People who want to withdraw $20,000 might have to prove that they have no connection with terrorism
People who want to withdraw $20,000 from their personal accounts might have to prove that they have no connection with terrorism. In November, the State Duma (the lower house of Russian parliament) will discuss in the first reading a bill stipulating amendments to the laws "On Countering the Legalization of Criminally Obtained Funds [Money Laundering] and Terrorism Financing," "On Banks and Banking" and the Civil Code, writes Noviye Izvestia.
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17.10.2004 - Russian church worried by demographic situation in country
The hierarchs said the causes of the crisis had a “moral nature” and criticised the “liberal approach” towards the family, which allows premarital and extramarital sexual contacts, abortion, and the use of contraceptives.
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16.10.2004 - Russian scientists to be involved in science reform
Representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences and members of the trade union of the academy will take part in the discussion of all documents on the science reform, Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko and chairman of the trade union council of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Sobolev decided at a meeting on Friday.
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13.10.2004 - Defense spending to be increased
National defense spending in the 2004 federal budget will be increased by RUR 14.7bn (about $505m), or 3.7 percent of the planned amount, Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Golikova said on Tuesday.
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13.10.2004 - Russia ranks world’s 7th by number of foreign tourists in 2003
France ranked the world’s first with 76.5 million foreign tourists, followed by Spain (49.5 million), the United States (45.5 million), Italy (38.9 million) and China (33 million).
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13.10.2004 - UNICEF launches program in aid to Beslan victims
A special social program of psychological assistance to children and youngsters who suffered as a result of the Beslan tragedy has been launched in North Ossetia.
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13.10.2004 - New procedures for traveling within CIS
Starting on January 1, 2005, Russian citizens and citizens of CIS countries, with which Russia has visa-free transit procedures, will have to have certain types of identity documents to travel around the CIS.
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12.10.2004 - Alexy II addresses Russians on 40th day since Beslan tragedy
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexy II has come out with expressions of sympathy for and support to the people, who lost their family members during the horrendous hostage-taking crisis in the North-Caucasian town of Beslan in the first days of September.
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12.10.2004 - Russia to appropriate 3 billion rubles to fight terror - PM
The Russian government plans to appropriate 3 billion rubles before the end of the year to finance urgent steps to fight terrorism, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said while opening a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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