Six years on death row dims 'Flame.' (Russian murderer Nikolai Pozhedayev)

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Nikolai Pozhedayev, known as 'The Flame,' has been imprisoned on death row in the central Russian town of Yelets since he has sentenced in Dec 1989. He made a direct appeal to president Mikhail Gorbachev, the only way in which prisoners on death row in Russia are able to appeal, and received a refusal. He later appeal to new president Boris Yeltsin, but has not yet received a reply. It is now widely felt that the uncertain situation in which he is being kept violates human rights.

Murderers

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Moscow puts on brave face over looted art show

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The Pushkin Museum in Moscow is currently holding an exhibition of many paintings by European masters which were confiscated from the Nazis. Previously, it had never been admitted that any treasures of this kind were in Russian hands. Russia is now claiming that it should be thanked for having saved these paintings from destruction at the end of the second world war, but Germany feels that it should have been consulted before the exhibition went ahead.

Exhibitions, Museums, Art museums, Painting, Painting (Art), Moscow, Russia

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Slaves from old empire rebuild Moscow

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Evidence is emerging that slave labour is being used in a range of different industries in Moscow, Russia. Slave traders bring in people from the former Soviet republics, where the standard of living is extremely low, and keep them in very poor conditions. In some cases, employers seize passports, preventing the slave labourers escaping. However, many people also come voluntarily from former Soviet republics to seek work in Moscow.

Social aspects, Slave labor

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