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Russia France Planning 7 Kourou Launches by 2015
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and France will carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from the Kourou space center in French Guiana by the end of 2014, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin and President of France’s Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) Jean-Yves Le Gall reaffirmed the launch schedule ...
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U.S. slams Russia for missile sales
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together to ...
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Russian economics minister replies to rumors of his coming resignation
CHERNOGOLOVKA, Moscow Region, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Economic Development Minister Andrei Belousov believes that the latest speculations and rumors of his coming resignation are a sure sign that he seriously affects somebody’s ...
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Russia to Move Angara Rocket to Plesetsk Center by June
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s new super-heavy class Angara carrier rocket will be delivered to the Plesetsk space center for further testing by June, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. "The work on the rocket at the Khrunichev space company is almost completed," Rogozin said at a meeting with Moscow University students on Friday. "The Angara will be ...
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U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a peace conference promoted by Washington and Moscow were hit by diplomatic rifts over its scope and ...
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Russia Unmasks CIA Station Chief
May 17, 2013 6:07pm MOSCOW – In a breach of protocol, Russia has publicized the name of a man it says is the CIA station chief in Moscow. In comments to Russian media today, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB (the successor to the KGB), confirmed that Russia had complained to the CIA station chief in Moscow about efforts to recruit Russian officers as spies as ...
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New Russian Missile Sales to Syria Makes Assad Prone to Miscalculation
Russian sailors are seen aboard the Admiral Panteleyev Russian war ship moored at the Cypriot port of Limassol on May 17, 2013. The U.S. hopes Russia will draw down its historic support for the Assad ...
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Russia US continue to spy on each other
WASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes isn't enough to avoid being caught.The most recent skirmish involves Russian security ambushing a 29-year-old diplomat who they say was ...
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Russia lost for words after final triumph
"I cannot describe how I feel right now," said Sergei Makarov after the defender scored the winning penalty for Russia, while coach Dmitri Khomukha targeted the world ...
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Dempsey slams Russia for giving Syria anti-ship missiles says they’ll ‘prolong the suffering’
The Obama administration is criticizing Russia's decision to provide Syria with anti-ship missiles, which it says will only worsen the civil war.Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the missiles will embolden Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and "prolong the ...
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Putin explained Russia’s position on Syrian settlement to UN Secretary-General - Peskov
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Orphans brutal beating clip goes viral outrages Russia
Violence Kids in a far-eastern Russian orphanage have suffered frequent thrashings, seemingly at the hands of elder orphans. The children's ordeal caused outrage after footage of the beatings went viral on YouTube. ...
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Russian missiles to Syria could embolden Assad U.S. general warns
Vladimir Putin 's press secretary, reiterated Russia's long-held position that it will remain "true to its contractual obligations under previously signed contracts." One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Yakhont missiles were delivered recently, although the precise timing was unclear. They fly at just over 2.5 times the speed of sound, have a range ...
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Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria
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Crucial evidence to be secret in Russian agent case
The Russian flag flies at the Opening Ceremony Of The Russian Pavilion held at the Pavilion 142 in the International Village during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival. (Francois Durand, Getty ...
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Russian Missiles in Syria will Prolong Suffering Dempsey Says
By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 Russia's planned delivery of advanced anti-ship missiles and the S-300 air defense system to Syria "is at the very least an unfortunate decision that will embolden the regime and prolong the suffering," said Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey during a Pentagon news conference today. The chairman of the Joint ...
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Inquest into KGB spy Litvinenkos death wont examine possible Russia role
United Kingdom The inquest into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is in doubt after a British coroner ruled that he could not consider evidence on whether Russia ordered the killing.Coroner Robert Owen's ruling follows an application from British foreign secretary William Hague to keep some evidence secret. The coroner said in a pre-hearing ruling that he would be failing ...
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Insult and punishment Russian MPs mull softer penalty for religious offenses
Sanctions The State Duma suggests softening the highly-debated draft law on protecting believers' feelings and reduce the punishment for religious offences from initially proposed up to five years of imprisonment to three. The 'anti-blasphemy' bill was submitted to the Russian parliament's lower house in September, in the wake of infamous case against the punk band Pussy ...
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Report Russia raises stakes in Syria
The New York Times reports that Russia has sent advanced cruise missiles to Syria, illustrating the depth of its support for Bashar al-Assad's regime. Time Magazine's Michael Crowley ...
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Russia strikes back after expelling alleged U.S. spy
A man claimed by the Russian security service, known as the FSB, to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sits in the FSB offices in Moscow May 14, 2013, in this handout ...
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Russian-made helicopters to go to Afghanistan military
The Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport announced it will deliver 12 military transport helicopters to the Afghan army by the end of the year. The Mi-17V5 helicopters are part of a $367.5 million deal between the U.S. military and Rosoboronexport in 2011, an agreement that could be worth up to $900 million when spare parts and equipment servicing are included, the Afghan online ...
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Russian cargo craft uses thrusters to adjust orbit of space station
A Russian Progress M-19M resupply spacecraft attached to the International Space Station was used to adjust the station's orbit Friday, Russian officials say. The space freighter's engines were run for slightly more than 15 minutes to raise the ISS's orbit by about 1.6 miles, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The station's orbit is now 259 miles above ...
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UK inquest into ex-Russian spys death may be scrapped
Reuters © A man looks at a portrait of ex-spy Andrei Litvinenko by Russian artists Dmitry Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeyeva in the Marat Guelman gallery in Moscow May 22, 2007. REUTERS/Sergei ...
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia Russia
1 of 14. A crowd attacks a minibus carrying gay rights activists during an International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) rally in Tbilisi, May 17, ...
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Russia warms to Syrian weapons investigation
Sergei Lavrov said Friday his government would do what it could to advance efforts to investigate claims of chemical weapons in Syria. Various sources said chemical weapons may have been used by both parties to the conflict in Syria. The BBC reported this week it has seen evidence Syrian forces dropped poisonous gas on civilian-populated areas last month. The Syrian government asked for a U.N. ...
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New business centre in St Petersburg remains contraversial
Okhta Centre has become one of the most contentious development projects in all of Russia. It is a project that offers St Petersburg two options that can’t be matched, either to embrace the modern world and allow a world-class business centre to be built, or maintain the city’s historic skyline, architecture and reputation as a major tourist destination with huge historical significance.
Before 2007, Okhta Centre was called Gazprom City and was promoted as such in Russian and St Petersburg news media, but from the start the project was a contentious issue, due primarily to the fact that the development calls for a massive tower to be built in its centre, a tower that will be the tallest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Read more
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