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6.0 quake off Russia’s far-east Kamchatka coastline – USGS
Screengrab from http://earthquake.usgs.gov MOSCOW- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong after-shocks, the US Geological Survey reported. The first quake struck at a depth of 33 kilometers (20 miles) at 0155 GMT, 136 kilometres east-southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the USGS reported. It was ...
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Two Suspected Militants Killed in Ingushetia
ROSTOV-ON-DON / NAZRAN, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Two suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in a shootout with law-enforcers in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a spokesman for the republic’s investigative department said. "We were informed that two suspected militants… were killed in a shootout," the source said. He added that no casualties were ...
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Today in History May 21
veteranland.ru The drifting ice station Severny Polyus-1. Seventy-six years ago today, on May 21, 1937, the world's first drifting ice station Severny Polyus-1 was established in the North Pole. The research carried out at this and similar stations has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Arctic ...
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M6.0 quake hits Russias Kamchatka Peninsula
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Denis Menchov of Russia Retires From Cycling
The former Giro ...
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Russia’s business powers footing half the bill for expensive Sochi Games
SOCHI, Russia -- The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business ...
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Russian consul Number of Russian tourists to Goa will reach 200000
PANAJI, Goa -- The number of Russian tourists to Goa could soon touch 200,000 annually, newly-appointed Russian honorary consul in Goa Victor Albuquerque said Monday. Albuquerque, a reputed businessman in Goa, was speaking to reporters in his first media conference after being appointed a couple of months ago to act as a first point of assistance to the thousands of Russian tourists who have ...
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Russia Assad foes must attend talks without terms
Sergey Lavrov said Monday it was crucial for Syrian opposition envoys to engage in peace talks without setting preconditions, apparently referring to demands for President Bashar Assad’s removal. Lavrov also reiterated ...
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Russia ‘Has All Chances’ to Avoid Economic Recession - PM
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia "has all chances" to avoid economic recession, and the Russian government is doing its best to prevent it, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Tuesday. The Russian prime minister said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily that the global economy was on the verge of recession at the moment, so ...
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Editorial Why Is Russia Still Arming Syria
The slim hope generated two weeks ago when the United States and Russia announced plans for an international conference aimed at ending ...
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Russian emergency airplane arrives in Makhachkala to evacuate people injured in terrorist act
MOSCOW, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - A Russian emergency airplane arrived in Makhachkala to evacuate people injured a horrible terrorist act in Moscow, head of the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Oleg Voronov told Itar-Tass on ...
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Russian Polling Group Says It May Close
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Russian twin blasts kill 4 injure 35
At least four people were killed and 35 others injured when twin blasts hit Russia's Dagestan republic, local law enforcement authorities said ...
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Russia Urges EU to Avoid Ideology-Based Remarks on NGO Law
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged the European Union to abstain from "ideology-based" remarks on the issue of non-governmental organizations in Russia. The statement, posted on the ministry’s website, was made in the wake of the May 17 meeting between the Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the ...
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Medvedev Calls for Tougher Control of Migration
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is unlikely to overcome its demand for migrant labor in the coming decades, so the country requires an effective system to control migration processes, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. In his interview published in Tuesday’s issue of the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, the premier said the inflow of migrant workers was a trend that ...
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European Space Agency names first Briton for space station mission
The European Space Agency says a former army helicopter pilot is to be Britain's first official astronaut to go to the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, 41, is set for a five-month mission to the ISS in 2015 in a move being called a major boost for Britain's space industry, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Peake has been awaiting a mission assignment since graduating ...
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Russia orders deportation of CIA spy
The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB, former KGB) arrested in the early hours of Tuesday (14th) U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle, accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services, in a new episode of the war of spies between Moscow and Washington. The U.S. agent was attached to the American ...
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The Federal Security Service of Russia arrested in the early hours of Tuesday U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services in a new episode of the war of spies between Mo
Opera Mundi The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB, former KGB) arrested in the early hours of Tuesday (14th) U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle, accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services, in a new episode of the war between spies Moscow and Washington. "On the night 13-14 May counterintelligence services of the FSB arrested Christopher ...
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Explosions in Russia kill four injure nearly 50
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.The first bomb exploded in a parked car and the second went off in a trash bin about 15 minutes later after police had arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, the provincial capital, ...
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Council of Europe tells Putin of concern over Russian NGO law
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring non-governmental organisations which received funding from abroad to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling ...
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Russian Laws Policies Restrict Religious Freedom - US Report
WASHINGTON, May 20 (RIA Novosti) –Russia is among several countries around the world including Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, and China that imposed restrictions on freedom of religion last year, according to an annual report released Monday by the US State Department. "This report is a clear-eyed, objective look at the state of religious freedom around the world. And when ...
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Alexander Lebedev Russian Tycoon On Trial For Punching Talk Show Guest Gets Support From Witness
MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev received unexpected support from a prosecution witness on Monday and told a court that charges laid against him over a televised punch-up were invented by state ...
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Russians kill 2 suspected terrorists following shootout
Russian police said they killed two suspected terrorists and captured a third in a shootout outside Moscow Monday. RIA Novosti said the men had recently returned from the border area ...
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Ex-Porn Star Sasha Grey Resumes Trip Across Russia in New Car
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Former adult video star Sasha Grey decided to resume her journey across Russia in a new car after her Russian-made Lada Kalina broke down three days after the trip’s start, Drom.ru automobile website reported. Grey, escorted by several other cars, began her several weeks’ journey from Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East to Moscow on Thursday last ...
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Russian oligarchs footing much of Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (AP) - The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used public funds to pay for ...
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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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