March 21, 2010
Russians
The following articles have been tagged with "Russians":
Saab's Russian backer seeks clean slate
Business & Money: 4 Mar 10
Vladimir Antonov, the Russian businessman and backer of Spyker Cars' takeover of Saab, has launched a campaign to clear his name from allegations of money laundering and organised crime.
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Swedes strike gold in cross country relay
Sport: 25 Feb 10
Sweden claimed the 4x10 kilometres cross country relay gold on Wednesday, for a record fifth time. Norway settled for silver with the Czechs taking the bronze.
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Swedes claim silver in cross country sprint
Sport: 23 Feb 10
Sweden claimed a valiant silver behind Germany in the women's cross country team sprint event at Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday, the team's fifth medal in the sport.
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Ikea founder 'cried like a baby' over Russian bribery scandal
Business & Money: 19 Feb 10
Ikea's founder Ingvar Kamprad on Friday expressed "distress" over a bribery affair which has led to the firing of the Swedish furniture giant's two top managers of its Russian division.
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Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers
Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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Russian nuclear waste dumped off Sweden
National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s.
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Government probe halted Saab-Spyker deal
National: 30 Jan 10
An investigation ordered by the Swedish government into the workings of Spyker and its Russian investors landed on the desk of the FBI and put a temporary stop to the Saab deal being reached.
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'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Moderate in the poo over immigrant labour claims
Politics: 11 Jan 10
An aide to Sweden's prime minister was put on the defensive on Monday following a Facebook passage in which he praised pro-employment policies that resulted in immigrant labourers cleaning up faeces on the weekend.
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Plot thickens over Russian pantyhose probe
National: 16 Dec 09
The mystery surrounding why exactly a Swedish diplomat was selling smuggled pantyhose in a Moscow kiosk grew on Tuesday as the Swedish foreign ministry alleged the Russian media portrayal of the incident was a deliberate smear attempt.
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Thousands of Iraqis granted Swedish asylum
National: 8 Dec 09
Sweden granted protection to 8,700 asylum seekers in 2008, with Iraqis accounting for almost half the total, according to new figures from EU statistics office Eurostat.
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Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia.
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Swedish secret agent's 15th century castle up for auction
Society: 13 Oct 09
A 15th century castle in southern Sweden belonging to a man who once supplied secret Russian technology to the Swedish military, is set to go up for auction in November.
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'Arctic Sea hijackers in custody': Russia
National: 18 Aug 09
The Russian navy has arrested eight men who allegedly hijacked the Maltese-registered freighter the Arctic Sea off the coast of Öland in Swedish waters in July, according to the Russian defence minister.
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Åland: a gem in Stockholm's back yard
Travel: 21 Jul 09
Alannah Eames visits Finland's Swedish-speaking Åland islands, and finds gorgeous scenery, great food and a fascinating history.
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Russia snubs Sweden summit plans
Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm.
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Sweden claims bronze at World Ice Hockey Championships
Sport: 11 May 09
Sweden battled from a goal down to beat the United States 4-2 and claim the bronze medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne on Sunday. Russia won their second consecutive title later on Sunday.
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Students' art subject to legal review
Society: 20 Apr 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition.
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'Don't mess with the red star or Russia's national anthem'
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Mar 09
Tingeling tingeling - It’s the song all of Sweden is singing. But laughing at Russia’s national anthem and emotionally charged symbols is just not funny, writes Sweden-based translator Anna Titova.
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Research reveals depth of Sweden-US Cold War relations
National: 17 Mar 09
New research has shown that Sweden's relations with the United States ran more deeply during the Cold War than was previously known.
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Russian disgust over Sweden Eurovision skit
Society: 16 Mar 09
The Russian embassy in Stockholm has launched a scathing critique of Sveriges Television (SVT) for what it sees as a “disgusting” portrayal of Russia during the weekend’s Melodifestivalen finals.
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Russians in Sweden: taming a fear of the bear
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jan 09
In the first of a series highlighting different communities in Sweden, The Local’s David Landes takes a look at how the sprawling and complex history of Swedish-Russian relations affects life for Russians living in Sweden today.
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Sweden claims bandy world title
Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden claimed its ninth bandy world championship on Sunday, overpowering Russia 6-1 in a come from behind victory.
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Bildt's behaviour has Russians seeing red
Politics: 1 Oct 08
Comments comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, and a decision to have dinner in Ukraine have put Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Russia's black-list.
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'Russia planned Georgian invasion,' Saakashvili tells Swedish paper
Politics: 1 Sep 08
Russia's recent foray into Georgia was meticulously planned, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with a Swedish newspaper on Sunday. The president also blamed the West for not reacting sooner.
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'Send peacekeepers to Georgia': Bildt
Politics: 29 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said he would welcome international peacekeepers in the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Stateless Latvian awaits deportation
Society: 18 Aug 08
A man who emigrated to Sweden ten years ago is being deported because he cannot prove he grew up in his former home country of Latvia.
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Klüft prepares for long jump podium bid
Sport: 17 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft will bid to break a second consecutive Russian podium sweep in the women's Olympic long jump, the heats for which take place on Tuesday.
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Transatlantic musings on warlike Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 14 Aug 08
In a week when Russia went to war with Georgia, David Bartal reflects on a time when Sweden was more belligerent than benevolent.
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Georgians in Russian Embassy protest
Politics: 12 Aug 08
Members of the Swedish-Georgian Society gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm to voice their anger at Moscow's handling of the conflict in the Caucasus.
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Sweden invokes Hitler in condemning Russian assault
National: 9 Aug 08
Sweden has evoked the memory of Adolf Hitler in condemning Russia's attacks on Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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Russians plan to dodge Swedish spies
National: 11 Jul 08
Russian telecom operators have drawn up plans to re-route data and call traffic to avoid Swedish eavesdropping, according to reports in Russian papers.
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Sweden knocked out of Euro 2008
Sport: 18 Jun 08
Sweden's Euro 2008 adventure is over following a 2-0 defeat against Russia.
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'Our experience could tell': Lagerbäck
Sport: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's hugely experienced side should prove to have a huge advantage over their younger Russian opponents, according to coach Lars Lagerbäck.
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Swedes enter match of Russian roulette
Sport: 16 Jun 08
Sweden will hope that they are the team left standing when they take on Russia in their final Group D clash.
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Ibrahimovic 'should be fit for Russian match'
Sport: 15 Jun 08
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic should be fit to play against Russia in Wednesday's crucial Euro 2008 Group D match, said coach Lars Lagerbäck.
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FRA accused of illegal surveillance
National: 14 Jun 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been accused of illegally storing the information from over 100 Russians that it had been monitoring in the 1990s.
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Soviet 'sub' was Swedish charter boat
National: 19 May 08
The sound recorded in the waters of Hårsfjärden in 1982 has turned out not to be from a threatening Soviet submarine but rather from Amalia, a Swedish charter boat.
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Sweden exit Davis Cup despite Buenos Aires heroics
Sport: 14 Apr 08
Robin Söderling was close to causing an upset in Buenos Aires in a match described by team captain Mats Wilander as the best he's ever seen.
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Swede dies in UN helicopter crash
National: 4 Mar 08
A Swedish arms monitor was among the dead when a UN helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Nepal on Monday.
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Swedes spurn bling but value education
Society: 14 Dec 07
Owning expensive jewellery and having own company are big status symbols for Americans and Russians, but not for Swedes. Swedes rate language skills highly, however.
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Pernod considers Absolut bid
Business & Money: 20 Sep 07
Pernod has said a decision to bid for Absolut vodka parent company V&S will depend on whether or not its has concluded a deal with Russia's Stolichnaya before the Swedish sale process begins.
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Swede snaps up Hitler's champagne
National: 18 Aug 07
A bottle of champagne from Hitler's wine cellar was bought at auction in Dorset, in the south of England, by an anonymous Swede on Friday. The price tag for the undrinkable bubbly was 23,000 kronor.
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Russians and Swedes charged with selling women for sex
National: 18 Apr 07
A group of 24 Russians and Swedes have been charged in Gothenburg with human trafficking, pimping and buying sex from nine Russian women.
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Introducing...Dolph Lundgren
Lifestyle: 19 Mar 07
He was Hollywood's favourite Cold War Russian muscleman, but Dolph Lundgren was also quite a whizz in the lab, as Paul O'Mahony explains.
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Russians accused over record ecstasy haul
National: 19 Nov 06
To men have been remanded in custody in Malmö accused of trying to smuggle in the largest consignment of ecstasy ever uncovered in Sweden. The men deny knowing they had the drugs in their cars.
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Swedish security concern over Russian pipeline
National: 15 Nov 06
Plans by Russian oil giant Gazprom to build a pipeline across the Baltic Sea are causing worry across the political spectrum in Sweden. Defence minister Mikael Odenberg says the pipeline could be an intelligence platform.
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Russians under spotlight over doping find
National: 15 Aug 06
Russian athletes competing in the European Championships in Gothenburg have been signalled out in the media as potential culprits for alleged drug-taking, after syringes were found on Monday.
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Swedish superspy 'the eagle' dies
National: 28 Mar 06
Stig Wennerström, one of Sweden's most notorious spies, has died aged 99 at a retirement home near Stockholm. For over ten years at the height of the Cold War he exposed the Swedish military system to the Soviets.
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Stockholm Syndrome: The Waiting Game
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Sep 05
Hopping from one queue to another, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers one good thing about bad service in Sweden: at least it's distributed fairly.
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Hans Blix calls for nuclear restraint in Iran
National: 2 Aug 05
Speaking at a conference in Sweden, the former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq urges neighbouring Iran not to begin dabbling with uranium enrichment again.
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Telia faces Russian competition for Turkcell ownership
Business & Money: 31 Mar 05
Russian tele-communictions company Alfa Telecom is fighting Telia for ownership of Turkcell, Turkey's mobile operator.
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SWECO to help Russians combat pollution
Business & Money: 30 Mar 05
Engineering and environmental consultancy SWECO wins a 3.5 million kronor contract to help clean up St. Petersburg.
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Swedish ski resorts target rich Russians
Smörgåsbord: 13 Jan 05
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Smörgåsbord
Smörgåsbord: 30 Jul 04
The World Cup for homeless people, Sweden's last cold war spy explains why he betrayed his country, fare evasion in Stockholm increases, and Knutby gets a make-over.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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