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Category: Way to Russia
  
If you buy your train tickets through a travel agency or online, it will now be harder to get them refunded in case you decide to cancel or make any changes to your plans.

According to the new directive #787А issued by The Russian Railways on 29.10.2007 (which came into effect on the 1st December 2007), a passenger can only get a refund for their train tickets

1) in person, and
2) after a valid ID is presented.

In other words the agency where you bought your tickets cannot return them and get a refund -- now the passengers themselves have to do that.

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Category: People
  
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, supports Dmitry Medvedev (currently 1st deputy prime minister) to become the next president of Russia, Russian business daily Kommersant reported today (see http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=834759).

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So, it became a bit more clear who's going to be the next president of Russia...



Category: Places
  
The 4th most popular blog site in the world, www.livejournal.com, has been acquired by a Russian media company SUP. LiveJournal is the most popular blog platform in Russia and is used mainly by intellectuals and young people. For many people it's become the only independent source of information in Russian.

SUP's CEO Andrew Polson is well known in Russia for establishing the most popular entertainment magazine, Afisha.

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