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Russia Eurovision snub outrageous
Russia's foreign minister has called Azerbaijan's failure to award any points to Russia's entry in the Eurovision song contest "outrageous". Sergei Lavrov said the points had been "stolen" from Russia's Dina Garipova and "this outrageous action will not remain without a response". Azerbaijan says it cannot explain how it awarded no points to ...
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Moscow Attack Foiled Two Suspects Killed In Shootout
Sky News reports that two terror suspects were killed and a third captured after a shootout that took place in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo. The town is 85km east of Moscow, but Russian intelligence claims that the three people were planning on attacking Moscow in an unspecified manner. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee released the following ...
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Pakistan Roots Seen in Moscow Plot
Suspected militants targeted this week in a deadly raid outside Moscow as they purportedly plotted an attack on the city received training in the troublesome border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, law enforcement said Tuesday - an allegation that experts called a reminder of the threat posed by Russian radicals coached and sometimes financed from abroad. Special forces officers killed ...
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Booted U.S. Lawyer Backed Magnitsky
The lack of an official explanation for the abrupt expulsion from Russia of U.S. lawyer and former Justice Department official Thomas Firestone earlier this month has led to a flurry of speculation about what may have prompted it. Firestone, an expert on corruption in Russian law enforcement agencies who worked as a lawyer for the Moscow office of the Baker & McKenzie law firm, was detained ...
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Nikiforov Says States Weight Is Behind IT
Nikolai Nikiforov told business representatives at the Leaders' Club forum on Tuesday. Information technology is important for the Russian economy, Nikiforov said. It accounts for 4.6 percent of the nation's GDP and is growing three times faster than the economy overall. He said that the ministry is committed to push ahead with introduction of electronic identification cards, mobile ...
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Russia angry over stolen Eurovision votes
BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with the European Union over human rights and with NATO over security. Now another longstanding European institution is causing anger in the Kremlin and tension between Russia and Azerbaijan: the Eurovision Song ...
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RPT-UPDATE 1-Wealth fund trio to invest $500 mln each in Russias VTB
Tue May 21, 2013 12:48pm EDT * Russian state bank raising $3.3 bln * Share sale to close by weekend * Loan book to grow 15-20 pct - CEO * Sees 2013 net profit at over 100 bln rbls LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest bank VTB expects to close its $3.3 billion offering of new shares by the end of the week, with three sovereign wealth funds investing about $500 million each, ...
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К концу сессии российские быки взобрались на локальный максимум
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ФСФР зарегистрировала допвыпуск обыкновенных акций дальневосточного завода Звезда на 13 млрд руб.
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Д.мантуров Вопрос О Приватизации Оск Откладывается Как Минимум На 3-4 Года
?????? ? ???????????? ??? "???????????? ???????????????? ??????????" (???) ????????????? ??? ??????? ?? ???-?????? ????, ??????? ??????? ??????????? ? ???? ????? ???????????? ?????????????? ? ???????? ?? ????? ???????? ?? ?????? ????????? ? ?????????? ?? ????????? ??????, ???????????? ???????????? ???????? ???. ??????? ????????, ??? ???? ? ???????????? ?????? ????? ??? ????????????? ...
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Норникель может привлечь синдицированный кредит до 2 млрд долл. для рефинансирования обязательств.
??? "??? "?????????? ??????" ????? ?????????? ? ??????? ?????? ? ??????????? 5-??????? ??????????????? ???????????????? ??????? ?? ????? ?? 2 ???? ????. ??? ?????????? ?????????? ??? ????? ?????? ????????????? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ...
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Дочка Межрегионсоюзэнерго - Вологдаэнергосбыт - подала иск к МРСК Северо-Запада на 126 млн руб.
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Совет директоров Аэрофлота рекомендовал акционерам утвердить дивиденды в размере 116 руб.акция.
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Минэнерго Средняя Цена На Электроэнергию На Розничном Рынке В 2013Г. Увеличится На 10.
??????? ???? ?? ?????????????? ?? ????????? ????? ??? ???? ????????? ???????????? ? 2013?. ?? ????????? ? 2012?. ?????????? ?? 10% ? ???????? 2,43 ???. ?? 1 ???/?, ? ?? ?? 13,5%, ??? ????? ???????? ? ????? ???????? ????????????????? ?? (??????? ?? 2013-2015??. ?? 14 ??????? 2012?.). ?? ???? ????????? ? ?????????? ???????????? ?????????? ??, ?????????????? ? ???????? ?? ?????? ...
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ИК Велес Капитал Акции Ростелекома подешевели после публикации финансовой отчетности
?? ?????????? ????? ??????????? ?????????? ???, ???????? ???????? ?? "????? ???????". ? ??????? ????? ???? ????? ????????????????? ? ??????????? ????????. ?? ????????? ????? ??????????? ????????????? ??????? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ?????????? "??????????" ?? ?????? 1 ???????? 2013?. ? ???????????? ??????? ??? ????????? ?? ???????. ????? "???????????" ?????????? ...
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К Концу Дня Европейские Фондовые Индексы Полностью Отыграли Утренние Потери
????? ??????? ? ?????? ?? ???????, 21 ???, ????????? ????????? ??????????? ??????? ???????? ?? ???? ???????? ??????????? ???????????? ??????????? ????????? ??????? (???) ???. ???????? ??????? ?????? ?? ??????????? ?????????? ????? ??????? ?????? ?????, ??? ??? ????????? ????????? ???????????? ????????? ?????? ???????, ??????? ??????????????? ????? ??????????? ??? ?????????????? ???????????? ...
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Rietumu Цены на серебро могут вновь начать снижение
? ??????????? ?? ????? ????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ??????? ?? ??????? 1338,95 ????./?????, ?????? ????? ??????? ????, ? ????? ??? ?????? ????????? ?? ??????? 1393,65, ???????? ???????? ????? Rietumu. ??????? ?????? ????? ????????? ?? 1364,16. ????????? ??????? ????????? ???????????? ????????? ??????? (1338,95). ??? ??????????? ??????? ???? ? ???????? ?????? - 1321,35, ? ???????? ? ? ...
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В Секторе Российских Adr Продолжается Позитивная Динамика
? ??????? ?????????? ADR ?? ?????????? ???????? ????? (LSE) ?? ???????, 17 ???, ??????????? ?????????? ???????? ?? ???? ?????????? ????? ??????????? ????? ? ???????? ???????? ?????????? ???????? ????????. ?????????? ??????? ?????????? ? ??????? ????? ???, ??????????? 2,8% ?? ???? ??????? ? ???, ??? ?????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ? ?????? ?? 1 ???? ????. ? ???? ...
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Rietumu В ближайшие дни коррекция на рынке нефти может продолжиться
????? WTI ? ??????????? ????????? ??? 0,8%, ???????? ????? ?? ??????? 96,71 ????./????., ???????? ???????? ????? Rietumu. ???????? ???????? ??????????? ? ?????? ????????????? 97,17 (??????? ???????? ???). ???? WTI ?? ?????? ?????????? ???, ????????? ??????????? ?????????, ????????? ????? ??????? ????? ????? 200-??????? ?? - 93,90. Brent ??????????? ?????? ??????????? ??????????, ?? ?????? 104,80 ...
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Six Russian sailors killed in fire on crab boat in Japan
The bodies of six Russian sailors were recovered on board the ship that burned this morning in a port on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Seventeen people managed to escape, three of them were rushed to ...
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Russia Says Senior Islamist Insurgent Killed
MOSCOW -- The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February. Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev, a senior figure in a group fighting to establish an Islamist state, was killed along with another militant in a shootout in ...
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Azerbaijan recounts Eurovision votes after awarding Russia nul points
on Saturday night. However, according to the broadcast voting results, the act received no points from neighbouring country the Republic of ...
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Syria’s rebels blame Putin for prolonged fight
Khalid Dayli, a 23-year old fighter with Syria's rebel forces, flicked through the channels on his television, ogling at the scantily clad female singers and dismissing the talents of a Saudi soccer team. But when he reached a news channel reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to end the Syrian civil war he sneered. "Without Russian support, we could have toppled ...
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Russian International Olympic University signs cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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South Stream A fresh element of Russian-European energy cooperation
Russian economy With a stagnating European economy plans to supply more gas to the West is becoming a challenge. But Russia is taking the risk. South Stream is a multinational gas pipeline project based on a strategic agreement between Gazprom (Russia) and ENI (Italy). Currently the pipeline will cross Russia by land and go under the Black Sea to Bulgaria, then to Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia ...
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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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