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Georgia will cooperate on Sochi Olympics security
The prime minister of Georgia said his country is willing to "provide maximum assistance" with security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in neighboring Russia. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili told reporters Friday Georgia would do its part to ensure the safety of the games, which will be held in the resort city of Sochi, a few miles from the border between Russia and the disputed ...
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Putin Business amnesty bill needs changes
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bill that would free thousands of jailed businessmen required revisions. RIA Novosti reported Saturday the office of Russia's business ombudsman Boris Titov estimates 110,000 businessmen could be directly affected by the bill. Andrei Nazarov, who co-authored the bill with Titov, said it would be ready for consideration by lawmakers "within ...
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Russia 8.2 earthquake is big but no deaths
Russia 8.2 earthquake: The USGS says it was even bigger, an 8.3 earthquake, and felt as far away as Moscow. But the Russia earthquake caused no ...
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Russian police detain activists foes at gay rally
Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned ...
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Russia Gay Rights Activists Arrested At Rally
Dozens of activists at a gay pride march in Moscow have been arrested by Russian police. Authorities said at ...
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Russian pays $1.5M to go to space with DiCaprio at Cannes auction
Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at a photocall for the film "The Great Gatsby" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...
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Meqdad ends Russia visit returns to Syria
United States are seeking to broker an international peace conference on Syria in an effort to end the more than two-year-old crisis that has claimed at least 94,000 lives. No date has been set for the conference to be held ...
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Shurooq seeks to attract Russian investors to Sharjah
Sharjah, 25 May 2013 (WAM) - The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has announced that it will be participating in Arabia Expo 2013, which will take place from 30 May to 1 June at Lenexpo, the largest exhibition centre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Shurooq's participation in the event during their inaugural visit to Russia forms part of the Authority's strategy to ...
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Russia and the Arctic Ocean in the next century
Modern geopolitics in the West has always targeted Russia since the famous thesis of Halford Mackinder. Russia is seen of course as an evil empire, also as the Heartland of Eurasia, heir of the Mongols, enjoying so the biggest and most strategic position on earth. Twice invaded and destroyed by the troops of Napoleon and Hitler, Russia is still considered the land of Asiatic invaders! As stated ...
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Interpol rejects Russias political case against fund manager Browder
By Jason BushMOSCOW - Interpol has refused to include UK-based fund manager William Browder on its international search list after deciding that Russia's tax evasion case against him is "of a predominantly political nature".The decision is the latest twist in a long-running battle between the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Browder, whose investment company ...
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Tornado rips through central Russia - video
Amateur footage captures a tornado ripping through residential areas 110km southwest of Moscow on Thursday. This is the second twister to hit Russia in a week, destroying vehicles and leaving houses and business properties damaged. Trees and electricity poles were ripped up, leaving local residents without power. There have been no reports of serious injuries as a result of the ...
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Suicide car bombing in Russias Dagestan injures 11
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up in car near a police building in Russia's Dagestan region on Saturday, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by, Russian media ...
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Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China
Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...
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Will USA approve Russia shipping missiles to Syrian rebels
The U.S. suspects Russia of delivering missiles to the Syrian government. According to U.S. intelligence, Moscow intends to supply Damascus with advanced anti-ship missiles called Yakhont. Such a move, experts say, would help President Bashar al-Assad to effectively struggle with any attempts to intervene, prevent arms supplies to rebels and avoid the naval blockade of the ...
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A ‘widow suicide bomber’ attacks Russia police
A suicide bomber has blown herself up in the capital of the troubled southern republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, officials say. At least 11 people, including five policemen, were wounded in the ...
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Russia ready to organize new meetings in settlement of Karabakh conflict
Russia is ready to organize new meetings between the sides in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. "Russia is ready to continue organizing new meetings for bringing closer the positions of the sides in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict", said the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir ...
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Gas transport consortium with Russia to be beneficial for Ukraine - opinion
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Missiles but No Meteorites on US-Russian Agenda – Official
The meteorite issue became a global topic after a celestial body exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in mid-February , injuring 1,500. Meanwhile, Washington hopes to convince Russia to continue slashing strategic nuclear arms, Gottemoeller said on Ekho Moskvy radio, speaking in Russian. The New START nuclear arms treaty, signed by Russia and the United States in 2010, limits deployed ...
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Police Apologize for Beating Russian Activists
MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – In a rare display of public humility, head of police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg publicly apologized to motorist rights activists allegedly beaten up by his subordinates. But Sergei Umnov’s apology, published on the city police’s website late Friday, never specified what caused ...
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Amnesty Proposed for Jailed Russian Businessmen
MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – Thousands of jailed Russian entrepreneurs may soon walk out thanks to a proposed economic amnesty, though it remains unclear whether it ...
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Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station
Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Thursday.Roskomos spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko told AFP that since the US space shuttles stopped supplying the jointly manned station in the wake of the February 2003 Columbia disaster Russia had been shouldering ...
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Female suicide bomber wounds 11 in Russia
ELEVEN people have been wounded in an apparent suicide bombing in Russia's restive Dagestan region, a spokeswoman for the regional interior ministry says. The bomber, believed to be a woman, blew herself up on Saturday not far from the interior ministry building in the centre of the provincial capital Makhachkala, spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova told AFP. The latest attack in the troubled ...
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Without Russia World War II goes on
Most Americans are ignorant of Russia's incredible contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan. Americans can barely remember the details of World War II and worse still they do not want to be bothered with more than a cursory review of the details, subtleties and chance that WWII was. What the US populace knows of Russia's efforts in WWII is viewed through the lopsided ...
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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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CIVIC Georgia After Dropping Cluster Bombs Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians
Georgia: After Dropping Cluster Bombs, Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians WASHINGTON - August 15 - Human Rights Watch reported today that on August 12 Russian forces used cluster bombs in two separate attacks on Georgian towns, killing a total of 11 civilians and injuring dozens more. Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) deplored the use of the indiscriminate weapon and ...
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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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