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Russian Spacecraft Manufacturer to Make 4 Launches in 2014
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under the Sea Launch program, corporation president Vitaly Lopota said on Thursday. After 2014, Energia will be able to make five or more launches a year, he said, adding that "a great deal here will depend on our ...
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Russia-Backed Software Company Files for $80 Million US IPO
WASHINGTON, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Luxoft Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of Moscow-based information technology services provider, IBS Group Holding Limited, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. The regulatory filing with the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows the company is preparing for an $80 million IPO. The number of shares to be ...
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Russia Skeptical of Any Deeper Nuclear Cuts
Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons. The statement by chief of Russia's military General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, appeared to signal the Kremlin's reluctance to negotiate a new nuclear arms deal with Washington. President Barack Obama, who ...
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Putins Frustration Grows as Russias Economy Slumps
Russia is founded on an implicit social compact: People have given up some freedom in return for economic prosperity. Now, Putin's authoritarian ways could be killing the economic growth that has helped keep him in power. Time and time again, Russia's leaders have pledged to restructure the country's economy, making it less dependent on oil and gas. In an interview this ...
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Kremlin cracks down on recruiting in former USSR by Syrian rebels
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW -- Russia has launched a crackdown on efforts to recruit fighters for the Sunni revolt in Syria. Officials said the Kremlin has ordered authorities to intensify monitoring of Islamist groups in Russia to stop the recruitment of fighters to ...
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2500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics
MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi's anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry's web site that another 600 tests are planned for the Paralympics.The World Anti-Doping ...
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Commercial banks overstating current risks in Russia’s economy
VORONEZH, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - Commercial banks are apparently overstating the risks that exist in Russia’s economy today, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at a conference with businessmen in the city of ...
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Russian Intelligence Agency Warns of Rise in Terror Threat
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, expects the Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow after international coalition forces are pulled out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, the GRU chief said on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to ...
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Russia US Perceptions Hit 4-Year Low – Poll
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian and US perceptions of each other’s role in the world have deteriorated over the past year, hitting their lowest point since 2009, according to a new survey commissioned by the BBC World Service. According to the 2013 Country Ratings poll conducted by GlobeScan/PIPA, 23 percent of those surveyed in America have a "mainly positive" view ...
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Space Telescopes Capture Rare Birth of Mega-Galaxy
WASHINGTON, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - US researchers have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study published this week says."Capturing the creation of this type of large, short-lived star body is extremely rare - the equivalent of discovering a missing link ...
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Водоворот Мирового Падения Втянул Российский Рынок В Свою Воронку
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Credit Suisse Шансы на смягчение политики Ц уменьшаются
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В.путин Пообещал Что Решение По Проблеме Роста Тарифов Естественных Монополий удет Принято В лижайшее Время.
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ФосАгро 27 мая опубликует отчетность по МСФО за I квартал 2013г.
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Президент Роснефти обсудил с министром нефти и главой МИД Венесуэлы вопросы сотрудничества двух стран.
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Торги На Российском Рынке Акций Завершились Падением Индекса Ммвб На 356 Ртс - На 418.
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Совет директоров Россетей рекомендует дивиденды за 2012г. в размере 008 руб. на преф.
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ИК Велес Капитал На российском долговом рынке прошла волна распродаж
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Rietumu Сегодня цены на золото снова корректируются
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В Четверг Европейские Фондовые Индексы Заметно Скорректировались
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Sir Paul McCartneys protests fail to help Pussy Riot
Sir Paul called for Alyokhina's release on his website, as well as writing letters to the judge adding his voice to a growing list of celebrities who say the punishment of members of Pussy Riot was ...
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No foreign movies to be shown on Russia’s Public Television - says PRT chief Lysenko
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Ecuador satellite collides with Russian space junk
A small Ecuadoran satellite collided in orbit with the remains of a Russian rocket, but it is too soon to know how much damage it might have sustained, Quito's space agency said ...
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Crimean Tatars Rally to Expel Russian Consul
SIMFEROPOL, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – About 300 people, mostly Crimean Tatars, are rallying outside the Russian Consulate in the Ukrainian city of Simferopol, demanding that the Russian Consul there be stripped of diplomatic status and declared persona non grata. The protests broke out after Russian Consul Vladimir Andreyev criticized a movie about the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars to ...
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Russia Will Avoid Recession This Year – Shuvalov
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is demonstrating "insufficient" economic growth rates but the country will be able to avoid even a technical recession this year, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday. "We consider GDP growth of 2 to 3 percent to be insufficient for us," Shuvalov said, but added that "there will be no recession this ...
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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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