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Russian tycoon on trial over TV punch-up gets boost from witness
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev received unexpected support from a prosecution witness on Monday and told a court that charges laid against him over a televised punch-up were invented by state prosecutors. Lebedev, the financial backer of Britain's Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers and co-owner of a prominent Russian paper that is critical of the ...
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Anzhi Takes Bronze in Russia’s Football Premier League
MOSCOW, May 20 (R-Sport) - Anzhi Makhachkala cemented a best-ever third place in the Russian Premier League on Monday after Samuel Eto'o's goal gave Guus Hiddink's side a 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow. The Cameroonian forward nodded home at the back post on 74 minutes to give the billionaire-backed side three points that take them out of range of Spartak Moscow and FC Kuban, the ...
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NBC Acquires Siberia Drama Centered on Reality Contestants for Summer
, president of program planning, strategy and research for NBC Entertainment. "We believe a scripted series that offers an insightful behind-the-scenes view of how a reality concept comes together - especially when things don’t go according to plan - will connect with our audience in a very satisfying ...
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NASAs 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
series of 56 images shortly thereafter. NASA stitched the pictures together into one long strip, which you can tour in the video above. As always, satellite images testify to the wonder of the biosphere. This particular set of pictures, though, is a simple meditation on the diversity of conditions on Earth, and the mark that humanity has left on the ...
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Keep the Pressure on Putin
What can Germany do? Russia is a key strategic ally for Germany, with important relations spanning business, energy, and geo-politics. German politicians and diplomats always have to keep these aspects in mind. Equally, international human rights standards provide part of the bedrock of German foreign policy and form the basis of co-operation with Russia and ...
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Russia Two Militants Planning Terror Attack Killed Near Moscow
Russian officials said Monday that security forces killed two suspected militants and detained another, in a special operation near Moscow that thwarted a terrorist attack on the ...
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Explosions kill 4 in Russias restive Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia -; Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials ...
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Prime Minister Denies Economic Crisis in Russia
Moscow, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, discounted an economic crisis in Russia similar to that of 2008, due to the world economic situation, but called for overcoming the stagnation of recent months by pushing for increased growth. Medvedev expressed his certainty that the country will avoid an economic recession like the one that took place from 2008 to 2009, ...
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Russias independent Levada pollster threatened with closure for political activity
Russia's Levada Center, an independent polling agency, has been forced to stop work unless it registers as a "foreign agent" as required by a restrictive new law aimed at non-governmental organizations ...
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US Zoo Shows Off Rare Amur Tiger Cub
WASHINGTON, May 20 (RIA Global) – A six-week-old Amur tiger cub, whose ancestors are from Siberia, has made its media debut at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The male cub, who was born on Easter Sunday, weighed in at 9 pounds (4 kilograms), had his eyes, ears and teeth checked and was given a series of vaccinations at his check-up, the zoo said in a statement. As yet unnamed, the tiger cub was the ...
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Russia Delivers First Lada Cars to Venezuela
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has delivered a first batch of 450 Lada cars to Venezuela, said Sergei Goreslavsky, head of Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation's international economic cooperation department. Russia's biggest automaker AvtoVAZ, which is part of Rostec, agreed a deal with Venezuela in April 2010 for construction of a Lada assembly plant ...
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Russian Security Service Says It Foiled a Terrorist Attack in Moscow
Russia 's security agency surrounds someone's house—a firefight broke out and two suspects were killed. This is one of the rare times that one of the suspects survived, but it's unknown what fate will befall him now that he's been captured by security ...
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U.S. Lawyer Booted From Russia for Refusing to Serve as Kremlin Spy
There are at least two fail-safe ways to get yourself kicked out of Russia, apparently. One way is getting caught spying on Russia. The other way is being asked to ...
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Successive Car Bombs in Russia Kills Eight and Wounds Several Others
By Alexandra Sandacz Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe MOSCOW, Russia - On Monday, two car bombs, which occurred in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killed eight people and left 20 injured. Officials believe the incident was aimed towards law enforcement officers because the explosion occurred outside a local marshal’s ...
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said time restriction on Geneva II Conference on Syria would harm solution process
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said time restriction on Geneva II Conference on Syria would harm solution process MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that time restraint on the 2nd International Conference on Syria in Geneva due in June would harm the solution process as a counterproductive attitude.Speaking to the Russian state-owned newspaper "Rossiyskaya Gazeta," ...
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Акционеры Втб Выкупили 3512 Млрд Акций Размещенных В Рамках Допэмиссии Осуществив Преимущественное Право.
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Совет директоров РусГидро рекомендует дивиденды за 2012г. в размере 000955606 руб.акция.
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Европейские Фондовые Индексы Продолжают Плавный Подъем
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Russia claims to have foiled Moscow terrorism plot
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said Monday in a statement that one of its special forces was lightly wounded in the operation in the Moscow suburb of Orekhovo-Zuevo.It said the militants were Russian citizens who had received training in Pakistan.It was not clear when the operation took place and no further information was immediately available.Russian special forces regularly announce ...
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Russia FinMin backs down from proposal to raise tax on oil
* No crude extraction tax, fuel oil export duty increase * Excise tax rise lower than proposed By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Finance Ministry has decided not to push forward a proposal to increase a tax on crude oil production, Deputy Minister Sergei Shatalov said, after oil companies protested that higher taxes would lead to a drop in output. He also said the ...
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Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
MOSCOW -; Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a ...
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Fire area at building material market in south-western Moscow doubles
MOSCOW, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - The fire area at a building material market in south-western Moscow has doubled, the Moscow law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass on Monday. "The fire has spread on 1,500 square metres so far," a source in the Moscow law enforcement agencies said. The fire, which is ranked at the second point in the five-point fire scale, cannot be localized ...
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Former finance minister Kudrin blames United Russia for economic stagnation
Politics Aleksey Kudrin, addressing the State Duma, stated that the development of Russia's political system is "lagging behind the challenges of the time and doesn't provide the mechanisms to build up the country's modernization." According to the former financial minister "even if we roll up our sleeves right now, we'll have to sweat our guts out for three ...
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Safety warning ‘Golden parachutes’ for Russia’s senior managers to be cut
Russia 'Golden parachutes' for senior managers of state corporations and companies with state participation may be significantly cut as soon as in August, 2013. President Putin earlier requested that the government come up with new legislation on the matter. However, MPs from the United Russia party beat the government to it, and are already expected to make amendments to ...
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St. Petersburg Denies Zenit Arena in New Trouble
ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (R-Sport) - St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for construction on Monday denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber that the city's 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until 2017. Audit Chamber head Sergei Stepashin said earlier on Monday that the best-case scenario is for construction of the $1.1 billion arena to be finished ...
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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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