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Russia to Sell Air-Defense System to Syria
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Two days after American and Russian leaders met in Moscow to talk about restoring peace in war-torn Syria, Russia announced plans to sell advanced anti-missile defense systems to the Syrian government, ...
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American accused of spying reportedly leaves Russia
MOSCOW – The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he ...
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Russian TV St. Louis native accused of spying flies out
o The U.S. Embassy employee with St. Louis ties accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff ...
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Russian Premier League Wrap Point gives CSKA Moscow title win
Coming into the match, CSKA needed only a point against UEFA Europa League chasers Kuban and that never looked in doubt as they controlled the match throughout, but rarely did they risk much in search of the ...
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Rodents space capsule returns to Russia
A biological research satellite capsule returned to Earth Sunday with its mice, gerbils, geckos and plants after a 30-day flight, Russian space officials said. The capsule landed shortly after 7 a.m., and officials immediately opened its hatches to bring the animals out of the capsule, RIA Novosti reported. Russia launched the biological satellite April 19 with eight Mongolian gerbils, 45 ...
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EU concerned about Russias human rights record
US, Russia seek new Syria peace talks The European Union criticised Russia's human rights record, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. The 27-nation bloc cited the cases of protesters arrested at a demonstration on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration last year who are still awaiting trial, and a ...
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Former Russian spy would give evidence to public inquiry into killing of Alexander Litvinenko
A key witness in the investigation into Alexander Litvinenko's killing, who helped the murdered dissident compile a report on a senior businessman with strong ties to the Kremlin, is willing to give evidence at a public ...
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Jailed Russian oligarch granted appeal
RUSSIA'S Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal against the second conviction of jailed oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail ...
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Road Maps Run Afoul of Bureaucratic Swamp
Vladimir Putin to help drive the economy forward, have come up with 14 so-called road maps that describe specific and measurable tactics and goals to improve the business climate. But Putin expressed frustration at the rate of execution, during a meeting with the Cabinet earlier this month. "We approved the road maps, including those aimed to develop competition, in order to implement ...
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Russian Public Television Begins Broadcasting
Russia's first public television channel began broadcasting on Sunday, with live broadcasts available on the channel's official website and also freely available to viewers of cable, satellite, or IP-TV. The channel, Russian Public Television, is a hallmark of Dmitry Medvedev's presidency and was created amid opposition protests in late 2011, with some saying it was a direct ...
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Filmmaker Balabanov Dead at 54
Alexei Balabanov, a filmmaker whose rebel-like film character became a role model for thousands of Russians a decade ago, died Saturday in his home in a suburb of St. Petersburg, Russian television reported, citing family members. He was 54. Balabanov died after collapsing, his close friends said, RIA Novosti reported Saturday. The Rosbalt news agency reported Saturday that the cause of death ...
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Orphan Abuse Case Prompts Call for Public Oversight
An online video that appeared to show teenage girls savagely beating younger pupils at a remote Siberian boarding school for orphans has sparked a criminal investigation and calls for public oversight over the government's opaque and widely criticized orphanage system. Children's rights advocates said the incident should prompt lawmakers to pass a long-stalled bill that would allow ...
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Russia Considers Selling Rosneft Stakes
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says government could reduce stake in Rosneft to 51%, giving foreign oil firms and investors a greater share of one of the world's most important oil and gas companies. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) One of the world's largest oil and gas companies may be open for new investors sooner rather than later. Russian oil giant Rosneft ...
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United Russia Conference Lauds Results of Partys Work
The ruling United Russia party kicked off a massive two-day forum with members from regional branches in Moscow on Friday, where it lauded its social and infrastructure projects, some three months before September regional and municipal elections. Raising the forum's profile, Prime ...
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Israel U.S. Slam Russian Arms Sales to Syria
A Russian shipment of Yakhont anti-ship missiles to Syria was condemned by the United States, and Israel is also alarmed by the prospect of Moscow supplying S-300 advanced air defense missile systems to Damascus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks in Russia on Tuesday with ...
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Mice and lizards return from a month in space aboard an orbiting Russian capsule
MOSCOW - A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Vladimir Sychov, deputy ...
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Russian Supreme Court To Hear Khodorkovsky Appeal
Legal experts who prepared a Kremlin-commissioned report criticizing the second trial of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky have found themselves targeted by law ...
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Gay Rights Rally Shot Down for 3rd Time This Month
Moscow authorities have rejected a third request from gay rights activists to hold a rally later this month, just as an opinion poll was released showing that society has become more intolerant toward gays. Officials on Friday said the demonstration was not possible because May 25, the day when it was planned to be held in Gorky Park, coincided with graduation day ...
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Arrest highlights U.S. Russian spies’ rich history
WASHINGTON - 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 services ambushing a 29-year-old diplomat who they say ...
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Russian film director Alexei Balabanov dies at 54
Alexei Balabanov, a prominent Russian film director in the 1990s and 2000s, has died in a village near St. Petersburg, a colleague said. He was 54. No information about the cause of his death was released, The Hollywood Reporter said. Balabanov made his first film, "Happy Days," in 1991. His breakthrough film, the 1997 crime drama "Brother," won the main prize at ...
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Russian premier says gradual demonopolizing of natural gas exports possible
SOCHI, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday he believes that a stage-by-stage demonopolizing of natural gas exports is possible but it should be preceded by liberalization of the exports of liquefied natural gas ...
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EU Appeals to Russia Not to Introduce Gay Propaganda Law
BRUSSELS, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – The European Union appealed to Russia on Sunday not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda," the EU said. Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made on ...
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Cannes Russias Glavkino Backs Pyotr Buslovs Flip-Out
Russian Government Sets Admissions Target for Producers Getting Funding Speaking at an event in the Russian pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival hosted ...
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Q1 GDP Growth Better Than Expected Still Weak
Russia's economy expanded faster than first estimated in the January-March quarter, but still at its slowest quarterly pace since late 2009, fueling the debate over the need for stimulus measures to aid growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an annual 1.6 percent in the first quarter, the Federal Statistics Service said Friday. The Economy Ministry's earlier flash estimate had ...
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Russia in League with Other Governments to Battle Offshore Tax Evasion
Greater cooperation between tax authorities from 45 countries, including more extensive information sharing to help catch evaders, was the result of an international conference in Moscow that was hosted by the Federal Taxation Service and ended on Friday. "The message to tax evaders and those who facilitate tax evasion is simple: however hard you try to hide, we will find you," said a ...
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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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