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Two Consecutive Blasts Kill 3 Injure Over 40 in Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – Twin blasts rocked Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on Monday, killing three and injuring over 40 people, the republic’s Interior Ministry said. The blasts took place about 15 minutes apart, near the Bailiff Service building, local authorities say. No one was reported killed in the first explosion. Two policemen and one Bailiff Service ...
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Russia pollster is foreign agent
The head of Russia's only independent polling agency, Levada Centre, has said it could be forced to close after a warning from officials that it had to obey a controversial new law. Prosecutors said the centre had to register as a "foreign agent" because it was involved in political activity and received foreign funding. Levada Centre is one of a string of NGOs to be ...
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Sochi 2014 the most expensive Olympics in history and whos paying the bill Russian tycoons of course
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used public funds to pay for the construction of ...
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Svyaznoi Mulls $200M Private Placement
Russian cell phone retailer Svyaznoi plans to attract $200 million in a private placement organized by Sberbank CIB with businessman Leonard Blavatnik believed to be interested, a news report said Monday. The deal between Nogotkov and an investor, whose name has not been disclosed, had entered an active phase, a bank official told Vedomosti. The newspaper says business structures controlled by ...
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Court Rules to Subpoena Polonsky in Lebedev Trial
Alexander Lebedev on charges of hooliganism and political hatred. At a hearing held Monday, Polonsky's lawyers said their client was not able to attend the trial because he was abroad and asked the court to consider evidence given by him at the preliminary inquiry, Interfax reported. But the judge agreed with Lebedev's lawyers, who said the trial could not continue without Polonsky. ...
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Spain Rated as Top Destination for Travel With Kids
Spain is the leading destination for Russian tourists traveling abroad with their children during the summer break, according to a list of the top 10 hot spots for summer travel with children published Monday by online hotel reservation site Oktogo.ru. The list also includes Italy, France, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, Montenegro and the U.S. According to the website, ...
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Lada Breakdown Ends Ex-Porn Stars Roadtrip
she was driving broke down three days after the start. Grey, escorted by several other cars, began her several weeks' journey from Vladivostok in Russia's Far East to Moscow on Thursday and managed to reach another far eastern city of Khabarovsk. "Participants of the car rally took Lada Kalina for a drift in Khabarovsk," Drom.ru automobile website reported. "The car ...
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Norilsk Vice President Quits Following Shareholder Feud
Norilsk Nickel vice president Vladimir Strzhalkovsky announced plans on Monday to quit the world's largest nickel miner, which has been at the center of a shareholder battle for control of the company for several years. "I'm quitting the company. I'll work till the end of June and leave. I'm considering [job] offers," Strzhalkovsky said. Strzhalkovsky, who was ...
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Мировые цены на нефть снижаются на 05 Brent подешевела почти до 104 долл.барр.
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Цб Рф Объем Заключенных Сделок По Итогам Второго Аукциона Прямого Репо Со Сроком Один День Превысил 36 Млрд Руб.
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Ммвб Сэлт Средневзвешенный Курс Евро На Закрытие Торгов По Инструменту Eurrub_Tod В 1500 Мск - 40.2396 Руб.евро.
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Абсолют анк Индекс Ммвб В лижайшее Время Останется В Диапазоне 1400-1420 Пунктов
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ВТ Капитал В начале этой недели восстановление цен на нефть прекратится
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Цены На ензин Снизились За Прошедшую Неделю
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Падение автомобильного рынка в Индии нарушило планы Land Rover
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Russia Delivers Enhanced Yakhont
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Russia has delivered to Syria an enhanced variant of acoastal defense system meant to repel any sea-based offensive against the regimePresident Bashar Assad. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community has determined that theKremlin approved and oversaw the deliveries of an upgraded variant of theYakhont coast-to-sea missile in 2013. They said the enhanced ...
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Fakhriya Khalafova comments on “zero” points for Russia from Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani member of jury Fakhriya Khalafova has commented on "zero" points for Russia from Azerbaijan. The statement made by Head of the Public Television of Azerbaijan Jamil Guliyev that Russia was to get a high score from Azerbaijan has caused a great resonance. Head of the Public Television made a statement on the fact of counting votes of Azerbaijani viewers in Russia's ...
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N. Korea Fires Missiles for Third Day
TOKYO, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea's defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. Both appeared to be KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles, a ministry official said. "We are closely watching the movements of the North's military in case of further ...
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Black Boxes Found From U.S. Plane Crash in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Flight recorders from a U.S. military plane that crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan in early May have been found, the Kyrgyz Transportation and Communication Ministry said Monday. The Boeing KC-135 aerial refueling tanker, carrying three American crew members, crashed into a mountain gorge on May 3 some 60 kilometers west of the capital, Bishkek, about 10 minutes after taking ...
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Only City Center Will Have Paid Parking Authorities Say
City authorities have said that paid parking will only be introduced within the city center, Vedomosti reported. Initial plans to introduce paid parking within the 3rd Transportation Ring by 2015 won't be implemented, and only within the Boulevard Ring will car owners have to pay 50 rubles (close to $2) per hour starting from next month. "We want to organize a system for the city ...
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Former U.S. Diplomat Barred From Russia
A retired U.S. diplomat and expert on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was banned from entering Russia earlier this month, The New York Times reported. Moscow-based Thomas Firestone, who works for Baker & McKenzie law firm, was declared persona non grata when returning to Russia from a trip abroad on May 5, the report said Sunday. No official explanation for the incident was ...
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Kickboxer Gets 11 Years for Killing Locksmith
SARATOV - A Russian kickboxer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing a man with a single punch, a court official said Monday. Rasul Gaitamirov, 23, who competed in various Thai boxing events, taunted a passer-by in the center of the southern city of Saratov and then punched him in the head. The victim, identified in local media as 25-year-old locksmith Rasim Nurmamyatov, struck ...
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Net widens in crackdown on NGOs as Russia threatens pollster for political activity
MOSCOW - Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law spearheading President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on civil society. Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public opinion on government ...
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Accused American spy in Russia What was he really doing there
Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home But there are still many questions about what he was really doing there. Five days after Russia ordered him to ...
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Video American accused of spying leaves Russia
American Ryan Fogle, who was arrested in Russia on charges of spying for the U.S., was spotted at the Moscow airport. He is believed to be headed home. CBS News' Margaret Brennan ...
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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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