The Central District Court of Russia's Far East city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites, including Youtube, for spreading extremist materials.
Russia officially celebrated a new holiday on Wednesday marking its conversion to Christianity in 988, the latest Kremlin boost to an Orthodox Church that has grown increasingly powerful since the fall of Communism.
Russia has announced plans to sell minority stakes in 11 state-run firms which it says could raise about one trillion roubles ($30bn).
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