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Vladimir Putin's name was added to the Finnish criminal database in 2013 (AFP Photo/Dmitry Kostyukov) " Внимания требуют и профессиональные соревнования. Уже отмечал успехи ряда клубов, но одновременно мы наблюдаем и очевидные проблемы..." M.N.: "Отфутболил!" - He kicked it (over), (to the "clubs"). Не мути во'ды, мутко... Use the Big Russian-English Diplomatic and Political Dictionary (it was a nice present, wasn't it?), not the small self-help guide book. " Play the ball !" And I say, "Hey, babes, take a walk on the Wild Side!"  Владимир Владимирович, я знаю, как напряжённо Вы сейчас работаете и в каком мире мы живём, мы очень ценим такое Ваше внимание. В.Путин:  Вы нас Сталиным не пугайте только. Правда, ещё не к ночи, ещё не поздно, но всё равно как‑то давайте не будем ставить в один ряд два эти имени. Они трактуются каждое по‑разному и у нас в стране, и за рубежом. Поэтому Прокофьев – это Прокофьев. Ста

Oil Prices Plummet As Investors Brace For Flood Of Iranian Crude OPEC Won’t Cut Drilling, and Prices Plunge 5% - The New York Times Crude Oil Falls to Lowest Price in Nearly 7 Years OPEC’s Middle Finger to the Oil Markets | TIME Syria Blames U.S. in Base Bombing, but Americans Blame Russia - NYTimes.com Pentagon says Russian — not U.S. — warplanes hit a Syrian army base - The Washington Post Turkey Refuses to Withdraw Troops From Iraq Turkey pulls troops out of Iraqi border after Baghdad protests Israel's Netanyahu names security aide as new Mossad spy agency chief | Reuters A German official becomes one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent critics - The Washington Post Obama, Clinton Meet for Lengthy Lunch at White House - ABC News Obama, Clinton huddle over lunch at White House | TheHill Cristina Kirchner 'creating as many problems as possible for the new government' - Telegraph First Russian Activist Jailed Under New Law Police: Boy Killed in Knife Attack in B

Holly Woodlawn at the Hotel Chelsea in New York in 1971. Market Summary At 11:00 AM ET:   Dec '15 light sweet crude futures and Dec '15 gold futures are both down in electronic trading. Dec '15 light sweet crude futures are down  $1.69 , or  4.23% , at  $38.28  a barrel in Nymex trading and Dec '15 gold futures are down  $8.20 , or  0.76% , at  $1,076.30  an ounce. Dec '15 corn futures closed down  5.00  today, or 1.33% , at  371.25  cents a bushel. Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side Holly Woodlawn, Transgender Star of 1970s Underground Films, Dies at 69 Monday December 7 th , 2015  at  11:05 AM 1 Share Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress who achieved underground stardom with her affecting performance as a starry-eyed down-and-outer in the 1970 film “Trash,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 69. The cause was complictions of cancer, her manager, Robert Coddington, said. Ms. Woodlawn had been i