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UN Head Discusses Syria North Korea at RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited RIA Novosti news agency’s central office on Sunday to answer correspondents’ questions about current world events, including North Korea’s latest rocket launches and the war in Syria. The Secretary General expressed his concern over North Korea’s launch on Saturday of three short-range guided ...
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Executive Says South Stream Pipeline is a Reality Will Be Built
BRUSSELS - The giant South Stream pipeline to transport natural gas from Russia to the European Union is a reality and is on schedule to be built by the end of 2015, the chief executive of the offshore section of the line said, rebutting widespread doubts that it will ever be built. Viewed as Russia's response to EU attempts to find alternative suppliers, the $39 billion link will stretch ...
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EU says worried by Russias human rights record
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union criticized Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against ...
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Passengers flee as Russian airliners undercarriage catches fire
The landing gear of a Boeing 737 operated by Russian carrier UTair burst into flames shortly before landing at Vnukovo airport near Moscow on ...
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Russia retrieves mice newts after space journey
Russian Federation A Russian capsule containing mice, newts and other small animals has returned from a month's mission in orbit.Russian mission control said the Bion-M craft landed softly with the help of a special parachute system in the Orenburg Region about 1,200 kilometres south-east of Moscow.The capsule was also carrying snails and gerbils as well as some plants and ...
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State May Cut Rosneft Holding to 51 Says Medvedev
SOCHI, May 19 (Prime) - The Russian government may cut the state's holding in Rosneft, the nation's largest oil company, to 51 percent, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday."The question is, what size stake in Rosneft do we need? We can go down to 51 percent," he said.The state can reduce its holding to this level and privatize up to 49 percent of the company ...
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Russian Navy ships to set off on distant ocean trip in the Atlantic
The inter-fleet group of Russian Navy ships is to set off on a distant ocean trip in the Atlantic Ocean this summer, Vice Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, said Monday. The admiral said that the naval command was currently preparing a plan of the summer training period. The plan, in particular, includes scheduled duty and combat services in the Black ...
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Russia Ready to Develop Long-Range Air Defense System with Turkey
LIMA (Peru), May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to develop jointly with Turkey a long-range air defense complex based on S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, state arms seller Rosoboronexport head Sergei Ladygin said on Sunday. Turkey launched a tender for the purchase of long-range air defense systems long ago but no winner has been announced to this day. "Russia is ready to offer as ...
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Gays may shake up Russian-Polish relations well
Former Polish President Lech Walesa has caused a storm of negative remarks in the European media, having said that homosexuals "have to sit on the last bench in the parliament, or even farther than that - behind the wall." Poland opposes the legalization of same-sex cohabitation, which has been promoted in Europe lately. This may become the reason to shake up Russian-Polish ...
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Bag of over $667K stolen from Moscow businessman in broad daylight
A group of young men, driving a Nissan vehicle, provoked a car accident near Building No. 15 on 5th Donskoy Proezd Street. They collided with the car driven by the victim. When the car stopped, four masked men got out of the Nissan, threatened the businessman with a gun-looking object and took away his bag with more than 20 million rubles in it ...
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Russian Lawmakers Dont Criticize Soviet Actions In WWII
A column of Russia's T-90 tanks rumbles over the cobblestones in Moscow's Red Square on May 9 during the country's Victory Day parade celebrating the anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. World War II remains a monumental event in the collective Russian mind. It's known as the "Great Patriotic War," and Russians believe no ...
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Circus actor killed in Moscow region
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Circus actor Yevgeny Maranogli was found dead with numerous knife wounds in the Moscow regional town Dzerzhinsky, the Russian Investigative Committee told Itar-Tass on ...
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Four Russians arrested in brawl between fans of football clubs Partisan Crvena Zvezda
BELGRADE, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Serbian police have arrested 92 people over the disorders on the day of a match of the Serbian Football Championship between the Belgrade teams Partisan and Crvena ...
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All football fans detained in Moscow released from police expect for 2 fans
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - All football fans detained in Moscow, except for two people, were released from police, the press service of the Moscow police department told Itar-Tass on ...
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North Korea Launches Short-Range Missile Again – Report
TOKYO, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea launched on Sunday another short-range missile, a day after firing three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap news agency reported, referring to South Korea’ Defense Ministry. The missile was reportedly launched in the second half of the day from North Korea’s eastern coast and fell into the Sea of Japan. There were no ...
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Mutko Lauds Rebirth of Sports Units in Russian Army
MOSCOW, May 19 (R-Sport) - Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has hailed the arrival of the first all-athlete military units since Soviet times. Thirty-six athletes who could represent Russia at the Sochi Olympics took their military oath Sunday at Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. "Sports units are the right decision from the point of view of the economy and the strategy for ...
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Afghan Rock Music Mystery after War
Kabul Kabul Dreams is a new rock and roll group that emerged from the rubble of war in the Central Asian Islamic Republic of Afghanistan by moving away from the culture’s traditional sounds and on to Western-style rock in English as well as the national language. The group has just launched its first album in Kabul entitled Plastic Words at a concert in the ...
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Syrian activists Shelling near Lebanon kills 16
A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...
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United Russia has good chances to win regional elections in 2013
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The ruling United Russia party has good chances to win the upcoming regional elections in September 2013, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ...
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Public TV Channel Starts Broadcasting in Russia
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Public Television started broadcasting on Sunday, offering TV viewers newscasts, films, entertainment and cognitive programs. The new TV channel, which will not run any commercials, is to become accessible free of charge on Sunday in the networks of all operators of cable, satellite and IP-television. The TV channel can also be watched by accessing ...
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Cannes World War Z With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival
Brad Pitt Introduces Marc Foster's Zombie Thriller 'World War Z' They also unveiled the first 10 competition titles, with the rest set to be announced later this month. The first members of the competition jury are writer and ...
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Conference on Syria Settlement to Take Place ‘Very Soon’ – UN Chief
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon," possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging ...
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Calls on North Korea to Return to Six-Party Talks
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to six-party talks on its controversial nuclear program. "I hope North Korea will refrain from further such acts," Ban Ki-moon said during his visit to the Moscow office of RIA Novosti international ...
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Space Capsule Returns Cosmic Rodents to Earth after Month-Long Flight
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite has landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various microorganisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, Mission Control said on Sunday. "The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the ...
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Fijian leader looks to Russia and China
FIJI'S military ruler says he will meet Beijing's leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond strained regional ties in the South Pacific. Frank Bainimarama has been banned from Australia and New Zealand since seizing control in a 2006 coup. His announcement that he would hold talks with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping ...
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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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