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AP PHOTOS 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...
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List of weapons and military vehicles sold by Russia last year publicized
Russia sold helicopters, artillery and air defense systems to Azerbaijan in 2012, says the export report for 2012 submitted by Russia to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, APA reports. The report says that in 2012, Russia handed over 8 strike helicopters and 18 large-caliber artillery systems to Azerbaijan. 1200 portable anti-aircraft missile complexes (200 missile launchers and 100 ...
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Ukrainian parliament not back opposition’s initiative to denounce BSF agreement with Russia
KIEV, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s parliament has not approved a draft law to denounce the 2010 agreement to extend the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. The draft law has been submitted by the opposition deputy, Vladimir Yvorivsky. A total of 152 deputies voted for the draft law. According to the opposition, the agreement with Russia was ...
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First Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy to be fully built in France
LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The first Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy will be fully built in France, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paris Air Show currently underway at Le Bourget, Borisov told journalists, "The after end of the first Mistral helicopter carrier will be built in France and not in Russia as it ...
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Capello invited to prolong contract with Russia’s national soccer squad till 2018
MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - The chief coach of Russia’s national soccer team, Fabio Capello, has been invited to prolong the contract with the Russian Football Union till 2018, RFU First Vice-President Nikita Simonian told Itar-Tass. "Capello has been asked to prolong the contract till 2018. He is still considering it," Simonian said. Earlier, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly ...
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Two million Russian children on kindergarten waiting list
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The problem of kindergartens remains acute in Russia, where two million children are on the kindergarten waiting list at the moment, the deputy head of the department for demographic policy and social protection of the population at the Labor Ministry, Yelena Strakhova, told a conference on ...
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Barack Obama to renew calls to reduce US-Russia nuclear weapons
President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in US and Russian arsenals, the White House ...
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Body of Ibragim Todashev Returned to Russia
The body of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed on 22 May during questioning in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing, has been returned to Russia, a news report said Wednesday. Todashev's family was planning to ship the body back to Russia last weekend, but Delta airlines refused to fly his body back from the U.S., Itar-Tass reported. But after finally receiving clearance, the ...
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Russian TU-154 plane aborts flight due to malfunctions
A TU-154 passenger plane aborted a take-off in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar due to gear malfunction Thursday, local media reported.A crew of the plane, which belongs to the Gazpromavia airline, reported a malfunction in the craft's gear while on the runway.There were 142 passengers onboard and none was hurt, reported Interfax news agency.The plane remained on the runway where the ...
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Russia S.Korea Singapore sign nanotechnology cooperation deal
Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ...
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Russias Mission Control raises ISS by 10.2 km
Russia's Mission Control announced on Wednesday it had raised the International Space Station (ISS) by 10.2 km to 374.7 km with the help of the Europe's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler.The Mission Control conducted the correction to the ISS at 19: 55 Moscow time (1555 GMT) by the boosters of the ATV-2 Johannes Kepler. The correction had lasted for some 40 minutes.According to the Mission ...
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Full text of joint communique of Russian Indian Chinese foreign ministers meeting
MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China issued a joint communique Friday after wrapping up their 11th meeting here.The following is the full text of the document:JOINT COMMUNIQUE of the Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's ...
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Just Russia candidate says he goes into election to make Muscovites happier
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The chairman of the A Just Russia party, Nikolai Levichev, said on Wednesday he goes into the mayoral election to make the Muscovites happier. "I will do everything so that Muscovites become a bit happier as a result of the Moscow mayoral election," said Levichev, announcing himself the party candidate for the election. According to him, there are a lot ...
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Ukrainian Rada against denouncing agreement on Russian Black Sea Fleet
KIEV, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Ukrainian Rada has turned down a proposed bill which calls to denounce an agreement which Ukraine signed with Russia in 2010, under which the presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol on the Ukrainian territory was extended for 25 ...
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12 best sights in St. Petersburg
>Editor's note: This story was originally published in March, 2013 and updated June 19 to coincide with the International Economic Forum.(CNN) -- Several thousand of the world's most powerful people are in St. Petersburg this month for the city's annual International Economic Forum. The only problem? While we at CNN Travel would be the last to deny that macroeconomics can be a thrilling ...
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Russian Opposition Figure Charged with Plotting Mass Riots
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, his lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday. Razvozzhayev, who had previously been accused by investigators of attempting mass disturbances, has been now formally charged with having organized riots, followed ...
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Russia Lost $25 Bln in 3 Years in Transfer Scams – Banker
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Shell companies have illegally funneled 760 billion rubles ($25 billion) from Russia in the past three years, outgoing Central Bank chief Sergei Ignatyev said on Wednesday, Vedomosti business paper reported. Ignatyev who is leaving his post next week after serving three consecutive terms, made the statement in a report to the Russian parliament on the ...
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Metro Malfunctions for 3rd Time in June
Technical problems continue to plague the Moscow metro as a train came to a halt on the Gray Line due to a malfunction in one of its cars, a news report said Wednesday. The incident occurred at 7:28 a.m. when a coach's failure caused a "very brief" interruption of service, the Moscow transportation department told ITAR-TASS. The faulty car was separated from the rest of the ...
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Russia Probes Blasts at Depot Storing ‘Millions’ of Shells
June 19, 2013 Russian investigators have launched a probe into multiple explosions that have rocked an ammunition depot in central Russia believed to be storing millions of shells. The fire at the ammunition testing site near the city of Chapaevsk, in Russia's Samara Region, broke out late Tuesday, followed by a series of explosions that have ripped through the area, sending shrapnel ...
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Russia maintains time for launching last chemical disposal facility in Udmurtia
KIZNER, Udmurtia, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia maintains the time for launching the Kizner chemical disposal facility in Udmurtia, officials in the group for the work with the Kizner public told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. All milestone dates are maintained, the official said. "The construction and assembly works are being done under schedule. The commissioning will be started in September. In ...
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Russian foreign companies to sign important agreements within SPIEF
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and foreign companies will sign several important agreements during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) due to open in the Northern Capital on June 20, the SPIEF website reports on Wednesday. Ust-Luga Company and the ICT Group will sign an agreement on cooperation within carrying out a project to create an industrial zone on the area ...
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister reiterates his countrys support to the ongoing reform process initiated by HM the King
Moscow: June 19-- (BNA)-- The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister cum Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for Middle East Affairs, Mr. Mikhail Bagdanov, accentuated that bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Russian Federation are solid at the level of leaderships and executive authority, stressing that Russian welcomes Bahraini delegations and any efforts ...
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Price of cigarettes in Russia to jump 50 next year
USA The Russian Ministry of Finance plans to raise tax on tobacco by 50% to bring it closer to European levels. The World Health Organization has suggested Russia needs a seven-fold increase by 2020. The draft legislation is to be presented to the government on June 20, Izvestia daily reports. Excise duty on filter cigarettes will be raised to 820 roubles ($25) per thousand cigarettes ...
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Russian lawmakers say anti-piracy bill should protect movies but not music
Russia A Russian Lower House MP suggests to only protect movies and TV series in a new anti-piracy bill claiming that music is much cheaper to create. Aleksey Mitrofanov said he has submitted an amendment to the bill aimed at countering internet piracy. "The bill must only cover movies and TV series - the copyright objects that are expensive to produce," Mitrofanov said at a ...
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Russian arms store explosion destroys homes residents flee
(45 mins ago) More than 6,000 people were evacuated in central Russia overnight after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said today. The blasts began Tuesday night and continued for hours during an operation to dispose of old munitions at the depot near the town of Chapayevsk in the Samara region about 1,000 ...
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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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