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Cheruiyot to miss World championships for pregnancy
Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot will not be able to defend her 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres titles at this year's Moscow World championships as she is expecting her first child. The runner said in a statement Wednesday that she felt it was "the right time to start a family" at the age of 29, reports Xinhua. Cheruiyot plans to return for the 2014 season and compete in the 2015 World championships in ...
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Russian rocket wreckage threatens Ecuador satellite
The Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency issued an alert Wednesday about a possible collision of its Pegaso satellite, launched last month, with the wreckage of a Russian rocket. "ALERT: Possible collision of NEE-01 PEGASO and remains of Russian rocket," appeared Wednesday on the Twitter account of the space agency known as EXA. EXA's director, astronaut Ronnie Nader, published a notice from the ...
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Over 10 new oil fields found in Siberia
Space imaging studies have revealed over 10 new oil deposits in Krasnoyarsk territory in Siberia, a scientist said. "The method of space imaging quantum-optical filtration allows us to identify the boundaries of deposits," said Valery Rostovtsev, associate professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University's geology and prospecting department. "We can see four deposits near Bely Yar in the Tomsk ...
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Hollywood star Steven Seagal visits Chechnya
Hollywood star Steven Seagal spent some time with Ramzan Kadyrov, the former militant fighter who now heads Chechnya, in the latest in a series of visits by Western celebrities to the volatile Russian republic. "The famous American actor, film producer, writer, director and martial arts expert (seventh dan aikido) Steven Seagal visited our republic today (Wednesday)," Kadyrov wrote on ...
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Farmer chains employee scalds him with boiling water
A farmer in south Russia allegedly chained up an employee and scalded him with boiling water, police said. The alleged victim in Krasnodar territory told investigators that he had worked for the farmer for a certain period of time, but when he decided to leave, unsatisfied with his working conditions, his former employer caught him. "The victim says the farmer hunted him down and put him on a ...
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Council of Europe Concerned About Russias Human-Rights Record
MOSCOW Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, has told President Vladimir Putin that the human rights body is concerned about Russia's law requiring non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. Jagland said Europe will watch how the Kremlin implements the law that went in effect last November, a measure requiring non-governmental organizations ...
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Irans n-power plant to be launched shortly Russian agency
Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr could start working "shortly", Xinhua reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's state atomic energy agency Rosatom. "I have never announced the exact timing because our absolute priority is safety and the final decision will be made by the customer," Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko told reporters. He added that Rosatom completely understands Iran's concerns ...
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Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff, speaks during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The top Russian military officer has warned the West that Moscow reserves the right to take steps in response to the U.S.-led NATO missile defense plans for Europe if it sees it as a threat. (AP Photo/Mikhail ...
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Paul McCartney Supports Pussy Riot in Letters to Russian Authorities
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, asking Russian officials to consider parole for the incarcerated women. "My personal belief is that further incarceration for Maria will be harmful for her and the situation as a whole, which, of course, is being watched by people all over the world," McCartney wrote, according to a portion of the letter posted on ...
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Russian court denies Pussy Riots Alekhina parole
MOSCOW -- A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.In its ruling Thursday, the court accepted a claim by prosecutors that Maria Alekhina had systematically disobeyed prison authorities and failed to repent for her crime, Russian media reported.Alekhina went on a hunger strike Wednesday after being barred from the court hearing in Perm province, and she ordered ...
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No grounds to revise Russian int’l ratings - 1st deputy prime minister
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Seattle bars getting Moscow Mule mugged
The most stolen ware in Seattle area bars, like this one at Ba Bar. (Photo by Tan Vinh / The Seattle Times) Some local watering holes may need to install metal detectors for those on the ...
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Russia to urgently evacuate Arctic post as ice melts
Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said ...
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Russia hears parole bid from Pussy Riot hunger striker
A court in Russia's Urals on Thursday heard a request for parole by jailed Pussy Riot punk rocker Maria Alyokhina after she announced a hunger strike and received new support from music luminaries including Paul ...
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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Russia to Launch South Korean Satellite in August
TOKYO, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian rocket will launch South Korea’s latest multipurpose Arirang-5 satellite on August 22, Seoul's science ministry said on Thursday. The rocket will blast off from the Yasny launch center in the Orenburg Region in the south Urals. A backup launch date has been set for August 23, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said, ...
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Turkcell Spat Could See Government Intervention
ISTANBUL- A Turkish official said on Thursday that the government might intervene to resolve an impasse at Turkcell between its Russian and Turkish shareholders that has paralyzed the mobile operator and left it unable to agree on the makeup of its management board or pay dividends. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster Bloomberg HT, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said that the government ...
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Court Denies Alyokhina Parole
A Russian court on Thursday refused to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against ...
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VTB Completes New Offering That Reduces State Stake By 15
VTB says it has completed its 102.5 billion ruble ($3.3 billion) offering of new shares at 4.1 kopecks each. The stake held by the government, which did not participate in the offering, was diluted to 60.9 percent from 75.5 percent. The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan and China Construction Bank have bought about 55 percent of the new shares on offer from VTB, according ...
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Gas Tax Tweaks to Ease Burden on Extractors
Russia plans to switch to a variable tax rate on natural gas producers to lessen the burden on companies willing to develop deep and remote fields and to claw back money from exporters who enjoy benefits. The Finance Ministry, which is trying to find ways of replenishing state coffers as the country's economy slides, said on its website that the rates would be based on oil prices, the ...
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Совет Директоров Камаза Рекомендовал Направить На Выплату Дивидендов За 2012Г. 10 От Чистой Прибыли.
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Член Управляющего Совета Ецб Э.новотны Сворачивать Стимулирующие Меры Пока Рано.
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В Сша Число Первоначальных Требований По Выплате Пособия По езработице С 11 По 17 Мая Снизилось До 340 Тыс.
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И.шувалов Дивиденды Госкомпаний Можно Повысить До олее 25 От Чистой Прибыли К 2015Г.
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Испания Продала Среднесрочные Гособлигации Доходность Выросла Впервые За 4 Месяца Спрос Снизился.
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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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