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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia
BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...
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Brad Pitt to open Moscow film fest with `World War Z
Brad Pitt will open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival with the apocalyptic movie "World War Z", recently premiered in New York. Pitt, making his first visit to the Russian capital, will be the center of attention on the red carpet of the Oktiabr Theater Thursday. The actor will arrive in Moscow without partner Angelina Jolie, who was with Pitt, however, at the London premiere of the ...
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Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut
US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...
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With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars
PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspends first deputy director general
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - The administration of Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspended Deputy Director General Andrei Kalmykov, who is under investigation on suspicion of abuse of authority. "Andrei Kalmykov has been suspended for the period of the investigation into the criminal case opened by the Moscow regional investigation department on the transport. The company's press service ...
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Communist candidate submits documents for participation in Moscow mayoral election
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party /KPRF/ Ivan Melnikov, who will run for Moscow mayor, submitted documents to the Moscow election commission on Wednesday. "I believe that I was submitted documents together with millions of Muscovites who are not happy with the situation and wish changes," Melnikov told reporters. He ...
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Putin to meet with Dutch premier deputy Chinese premier on sidelines of Petersburg economic forum
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the Petersburg International Economic Forum. On Thursday afternoon, he will hold talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who will stay as an honorary guest of the forum, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. The president then plans a brief meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli. Putin will attend the ...
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Moscow not satisfied with US ABM transparency it needs legal guarantees-FM
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Transparency with regard to the U.S. missile defence system is not enough and there must be legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed against Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. "As for the proposal to sign a legally binding agreement on transparency, the situation is as follows. Transparency is important but it is not enough, we ...
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China Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. The United States on Wednesday downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...
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Anti-Putin Activists Could Face 10 Years In Prison For Protests
Ultra-leftists' leader Sergei Udaltsov speaks during an opposition rally in Moscow, on June 12, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting 'Russia Will be Free' rallied in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's third term despite a police crackdown on their leaders a day earlier. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Add two more activists to Russian ...
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US Human Trafficking Report Downgrades Russia to Lowest
WASHINGTON, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - In a move that opens the door to sanctions, the US Department of State named Russia and China among the world's worst countries in terms of forced labor and sex trafficking in its 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. This year’s report states that the Russian government "does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of ...
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Tarkovsky Archives Opened at Russian Film Festival
Mosfilm A 'Stalker' from the 1979 Tarkovsky film of the same name guides two of his clients through the unpredictable, mysterious 'Zone' of ...
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Boutique Business Tests Entrepreneurial Spirit
Miladus Edenensis / flickr Specialty shops, like the Mariage Freres tea boutique, face daunting challenges when trying to do business in ...
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Russia invests heavily in ecological innovations
The grounds are more than tangible. Up to 15 percent of Russia reside in cities and industrial agglomerations. Billions of tons of garbage and wastes have been accumulated, more and more garbage arrives daily, whereas separate collection and recycling - the basics of modern waste processing technologies - still remain a non-Russian phenomenon. Landfills, including unauthorized ones, poison ...
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Chinese vice premier in Russia to strengthen ties energy cooperation
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli arrived here Wednesday to strengthen ties and energy cooperation with Russia, aiming to give a new impetus to the unprecedented high level of relations between the two neighboring giants.Zhang's visit, a swift follow-up to the successful summit in Moscow between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in March, is designed to ...
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Russia loses $25b due to shell firms
The network of the fly-by-night companies has illegally funneled 760 billion rubles (about $25 billion) from Russian economy in the past three years, the outgoing chief of the Central Bank said Wednesday."This May, we received an official inquiry from the Interior Ministry about some organizations that were used for the illegal financial transactions by suspects in one of criminal ...
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Russia rejects Obamas nuke cut proposal
US Navy guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (background) and a Russian diesel submarine take part in a naval parade at the harbour of Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok in this July 25, 2010 file photo. Russia marks Navy Day on Sunday. US President Barack Obama said on June 19, 2013, he will pursue a new reduction in deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third below the level ...
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21 of Russians Worry about Environment - Survey
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - About 21 percent of Russians are "seriously worried" about environmental issues in their country, according to a survey published by an independent Russian pollster on Wednesday. The Levada Center pollster said the figure is four percentage points less than during its previous poll on the issue held last year. Almost 62 percent of respondents, however, ...
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Rebels Syrian forces used chemical weapons in attack on Zamalka
Syrian rebels and their supporters accused government forces of launching a chemical weapons attack on Zamalka Wednesday, killing three people. The Syrian Network for Human Rights in London said three people died in the alleged chemical attack. The group, whose figures were not independently confirmed, said a total of 83 people were killed in fighting across the war-torn country Wednesday. ...
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Soviet nuclear shelter could stand 100-kiloton nuclear strike
There are many places in the world that are worth paying a visit or two. But it is hard to find something more impressive than the hardly noticeable construction on the coast of the picturesque Balaklava Bay in the Crimea, Ukraine. This is a former secret anti-nuclear first category facility under the same name - Balaklava. Previously, the facility was used as a base for submarines with nuclear ...
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Russia’s Birth Rate up 30 Since 2007 - Minister
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday. In his interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the minister attributed the trend in part to the introduction of the so-called "maternity capital" on January 1, 2007. "During this period, the birth rate ...
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One Killed Thousands Evacuated in Ammo Depot Explosions
Video showing people's reactions as they watch several explosions occur at the ammunition depot. One person was killed, over 30 sought medical help, 11 were hospitalized and more than 6,000 local residents were evacuated Tuesday from a village near an ammunition depot in central Russia after a fire caused massive explosions of stored artillery shells, the Emergency Situations Ministry ...
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Udaltsov Hit With New Charges
Investigators on Wednesday charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev with staging "riots" at an authorized opposition rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad in Moscow last May. In October, the two activists were charged with plotting the "riots," a term disputed by the opposition. In late April, a public inquiry held by human rights activists ...
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Obama Asks Russia to Join in Reducing Nuclear Arms
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Russian Man Films Own Death in Demolition Accident
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - A man filmed his own death while recording demolition works in Lipetsk, Central Russia, regional broadcaster Most TV reported on Wednesday. Yevgeny Titov, a 29-year-old shop assistant, took a break to capture the demolition of a two-storey building near his workplace on a mobile phone camera. Workers tried to tear the brick structure down by making a bulldozer ...
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Russia relocating cosmodrome
The new Vostochny Cosmodrome to be constructed in Amur Oblast will save money and provide long-term stimulus to the province’s local economy, according to early material released to Russia news media detailing the government’s plans for the new site.
Russia has a long history of manned space flight and continues to operate one of the most advanced spaceports in the world. Our Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan remains the largest operational space launch facility in the world and was also the first in the world to be constructed and made operational. Read more
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