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Ex-Russian wrestler strangled with whip
A RUSSIAN former Olympic wrestler has been found dead after being strangled with a whip and buried in a Siberian forest, Russian investigators ...
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Russia needs to reclaim its digital sovereignty from US says MP
An internet cafe in Moscow. Foreign websites should all be forced to be subject to Russian laws, a United Russia MP says Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...
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Cossack Taxis Coming to Moscow in Autumn
Cossack Taxis will hit Moscow's roads this autumn, and their drivers will be some of the most attentive and courteous in town, a news report said Wednesday. The taxis will look like regular taxis with canary yellow paint and checkers on the roof. As a distinctive feature, they will have the Cossack society's emblem and the inscription "Cossack Taxi" on the sides, Izvestia ...
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Online Database to Flush Muscovites Toilet Woes
Muscovites and guests of the city will be relieved to learn that toilets in the capital can now be found online. The locations of free restrooms are available on Moscow's public data ...
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IMF Economist Calls for Ambitious Reforms
Antonio Spilimbergo, an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said that "ambitious economic policy reforms" are necessary to battle back against high inflation and slowing economic growth and realize the economy's potential, after meeting with high ranking governmental officials in Moscow this week. Spilimbergo met with Finance ...
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Russian activist formally charged with causing 2012 riot
Tens of thousands demonstrators rally against the third term of President Vladimir Putin and also laws aimed to curb protests in Moscow, Russia on June 12, 2012. ...
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Russian bank chief Transfer scams funneled $25B
Shell companies are responsible for illegally funneling $25 billion away from Russia, outgoing Central Bank chief Sergei Ignatyev said Wednesday. "In May this year, the Central Bank received an official inquiry from the Interior Ministry about some organizations that were used in illegal financial transactions by suspects in one of several criminal probes," Ignatyev said in a report ...
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4.3-magnitude earthquake destroys 500 homes in Russia
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake damaged more than 500 houses and brought coal mining to a standstill in Russia's Kemerovo Region Wednesday, officials said. The earthquake struck at 3 a.m. local time at a depth of about 6 miles, RIA Novosti reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude of the quake was closer to 5.3. "The nature of the tremors is being clarified, the epicenter is ...
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Thousands flee ammunition blasts at central Russia testing site
Fire at a central Russian ammunition depot triggered explosions of stored artillery shells, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said. The explosions, in a worst-case scenario, could countinue for two or three days, one official said. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said 11 people were hospitalized and more than 6,000 residents were evacuated from their homes in a Samara ...
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The Russian investment paradox
Policy concerns remain despite news that Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Russia had foreign direct investment inflows of US$52bn and US$46bn was invested by Russian firms abroad in 2007, but the ...
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International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia
ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...
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Russia to pass Borei and Yasen nuclear submarines into service
According to the Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Russia will receive two nuclear submarines - Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh - and one multi-purpose submarine - Severodvinsk - before the end of 2013. If it happens, it will mark the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Russia passes new nuclear submarines into ...
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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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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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