In Russia, tea is prepared in tea rooms using a samovar, an urn of hot water.
Chance also led CNN's coverage of the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, reporting from the frontlines.
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But already Russia's outlying areas are running themselves with less and less say-so from the centre.
The implication being that they will forfeit co-operation with Russia for a long time ahead.
There are a few countries that do not require visas for travel to Russia.
Power prevailed, as he has every time someone has taken him to court in Russia.
Last year, competitors represented countries ranging from Japan and Russia to Portugal, the United States and the Philippines.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Russia to give a chance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Russia has strong economic and military ties to Syria, and is Moscow's last Middle East ally.
Malaria epidemics were once commonplace in places as far north as Russia and Finland.
And in fact, there has been a lot of cooperation recently between OPEC and Russia.
China has now completed four successful flights of its Shenzhou capsule, based on Russia's Soyuz model.
"Russia is one of the places we'd like to have a presence, " he says.
"Because of Mexico everyone thought they would be bailed out of Russia, too, " says Shultz.
Foreign Minister Lavrov wouldn't say whether Russia would support U.N. sanctions, and Rice didn't push it.
Plotnikov, who was born in Russia, had moved as a teenager with his family to Canada.
Russia also reportedly has sold six S-300 air defense systems to Syria under a 2010 contract.
Even Russia may not want to spend too much political capital in such a cause.
Russia was supposed to join the OGP along with the founder U.S. and U.K. this year.
In fact, it had become arguably the most gangster-ridden major industrial company in Russia.
He said that stabilisers on all Il-86 jumbo jets in Russia would now be checked.
That is not something that one can say with much confidence about Russia now.
Russia is about to join the World Trade Organization, the club of free traders.
But this week, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the Palestinian elections were democratic.
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's clever and acerbic ambassador to the EU, wonders what European values really are.
Volumes were up 37% in Russia, 20% in Turkey and 10% in India during the quarter.
The ETF world was fine with just the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX).
Russia's fifth largest bank, Bank of Moscow, has been given the biggest bail-out in Russian history.
The first is the new strategic arms treaty with Russia, known as New Start.
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Russia has also imposed anti-dumping duties on Ukrainian pipes, one of the country's main exports.
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