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Deputy Premier Dvorkovich Surkov Left Voluntarily
Vladislav Surkov left the government earlier this month of his own accord. Surkov, who worked as deputy prime minister and Cabinet chief of staff, resigned two weeks ago, with some observers saying he was forced to do so by the Kremlin. The Kremlin, however, said Surkov left voluntarily after disputing ...
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St. Pete Stadium Completion Date Put Back Again
The completion date for Zenit St. Petersburg's $1.1 billion stadium has been put back again, and it may not open until 2017, a decade after construction work began, the head of the government agency auditing the project said Monday. The stadium is to host a 2018 World Cup semifinal, but the new date means there could be a rush to prepare it for scheduled Confederations Cup games in 2017. ...
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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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Elsevier and Russian Ministry of Education and Science Announce 2013 Scopus Award Winners
Elsevier , the world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science announced the winners of the 2013 Scopus Awards Russia. The Scopus Award program, first held in Russia in 2005, aims to support scientific research in Russia and honor its outstanding scientists. This year's event has been ...
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Investigators to Open Case Against Ponomaryov
Investigators intend to open a criminal case against State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomaryov as part of an investigation into embezzlement at Skolkovo, the Investigative Committee's official spokesman has said. Spokesman Vladimir Markin told Izvestia in an interview published Monday that investigators would also seek to strip Ponomaryov - a prominent Kremlin critic - of his lawmaker's ...
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Man Dies in Fight Over Karaoke Playlist
One person died and two were wounded after a quarrel broke out over the order of the tracks on the playlist in a Vladivostok karaoke bar, a news report said Monday. The conflict flared up on Saturday between the bar's patrons who then decided to take their quarrel into the street, Ria Novosti reported. Once outside, one of the victims was shot in the neck with an air gun and died, while ...
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Heat Wave Subsides Bringing Wind and Rain
Muscovites can expect cooler temperatures over the next week, as last week's record-breaking heat wave subsides, forecasters said Monday. On Monday, temperatures will not rise above 25 degrees Celsius, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail expected during the second part of the day, Interfax reported, citing the Federal Weather Bureau. Gusts of wind during the storms will reach up to ...
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Investment opportunities drive Indian Russian and Chinese capital into UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the key beneficiary of private capital flow into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, according to the fourth annual Invesco Middle East Asset Management Study1, with capital ...
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Most Americans are ignorant of Russias incredible contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan. Americans can barely remember the details of World War II. What the US populace knows of Russias efforts in WWII is viewed through the lops
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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Assad talks Russia walks
exclusively , to Argentine daily El Clarin (there's a huge Syrian diaspora in Argentina, as well as in neighboring Brazil). Cutting through the fog of Western hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the opposition; but myriad "rebel" groups with no credible, unified leadership have always refuted. So ...
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Russia prove clinical victors in Slovakia
Russia lifted the 2013 UEFA Under-17 Championship crown in Slovakia after winning both semi-final and final on penalty kicks, with goalkeeper captainAnton Mitryushkin proving the ...
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Depardieu registers as taxpayer in Russian Saransk
SARANSK, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - French movie star Gerard Depardieu, who registered as resident of Saransk after receiving Russian citizenship early this year, has once again arrived in the Republic of Mordovia on the way from another city he likes - Chechnya’s capital Grozny, the republican government ...
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Crisis like in 2008 not in store for Russia - Medvedev
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Russian retrieves space capsule most creatures die
Russian space officials announced that a capsule containing mice and lizards has returned to Earth, but most of them died during their time in space, according to media reports Monday. The Bion-M capsule, carrying 45 mice, 15 newts, snails, lizards, plants, microflora, and eight gerbils, landed softly in the Orenburg Region, about 1,200 km southeast of Moscow, but majority of the mice and newts ...
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EU Officials Berate Russia Over Rights Abuses
EU officials criticized Russia over its human rights record, a perceived crackdown on civil society and its justice system at a recent meeting in Brussels. At EU-Russia consultations held Friday, EU officials urged Russia not to pass legislation hiking penalties for promoting homosexuality among minors, the EU said in a statement published Sunday. International stars and rights groups earlier ...
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Two Girls Charged in Orphanage Torture Case
Two of the teenage girls involved in the torture of 10 boys in an orphanage in Russia's Far East have been officially charged four days after video footage of the incident appeared on the internet. The two girls, aged between 16 and 18, were taken to a detention facility for minors in the Amur region, where they are currently being held. During interrogation one of the defendants gave ...
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Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home
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 wheeled ...
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Blavatnik may buy stake in Russian mobile retailer-report
MOSCOW | Mon May 20, 2013 4:26am EDT MOSCOW May 20 (Reuters) - Billionaire American industrialist Leonard Blavatnik may buy a stake in Russian mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy for $200 million, Russia's business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing a source close to one of the retailer's shareholders. The Odessa-born tycoon is founder and chairman of Access Industries, ...
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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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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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Russian winemakers to present products at London International Wine Fair
LONDON, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian wine companies will present their products at the London International Wine Fair 2013 that is opening on Monday. It will last until May ...
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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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