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Obama Putin discuss Syria agree to meet in Russia
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday discussed the protracted conflict in Syria and agreed to have a summit in Russia in September. In a phone conversation, the two leaders discussed the situation in Syria, where the conflict has entered its third year and killed more than 70,000 people, the White House said in a statement. Obama underscored his ...
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Russia Japan try to bridge gaps on thorny issues
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Japan managed to move their positions closer on certain issues, pledging to speed up talks on reaching a peace treaty for the first time since the end of WWII, as leaders of the two countries met here on Monday. Following his talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that they have instructed ...
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US diplomat accused of spying leaves Russia
Moscow: The US Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled a ...
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Asean back on Russias map as a region of interest
Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges. After Russia was invited to join the East Asia Summit (EAS) in 2010, former President Dmitry Medvedev did not attend the inaugural meeting in Bali and last year President Vladimir Putin, fresh from his third-term presidential victory, also failed to show up at the premier strategic forum. However, ...
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Policemen Killed in Iraq Attacks - Report
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - At least three policemen have been killed as gunmen launched an attack on their station in the north of Iraq, media quoted local officials as saying. Two police officers were also wounded in the town of Rawa about 260 kilometers (160 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad, the BBC reported late Sunday. According to reports cited by the British broadcaster, ...
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American CIA mole Fogle leaves Russia
(52 mins ago) A US diplomat who wore a disguise and is accused by the Russians of being a CIA spy after they caught him allegedly trying to recruit agents last week left yesterday, Russian television reported. Ryan Fogle flew out of Moscow, Russia's NTV state television channel said, broadcasting pictures showing him at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Russia announced last week that ...
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Russia nabs US envoy for bid to recruit CIA spy
Russia expelled a United States diplomat yesterday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian agent to work for the Central Intelligence Agency. The announcement came at an awkward time for Washington and Moscow as they try to improve ties and bring the warring sides in Syria together for a peace conference. ...
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Crackdown on Russias civil society after Putins return to the Presidency
April 14, 2013 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International today released "Laws of Attrition - Crackdown on Russia's Civil Society after Putin's Return to the ...
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Zenit keep Russian title hopes alive with home win
Defending Russian Premier League champions FC Zenit St. Petersburg have kept their 2013 title hopes alive with a 3-1 home win over Volga Nizhny Novgorod this afternoon.After falling behind in the 18th minute, Zenit went to the break at 1-1 following a 35th-minute Luis Neto equalizer. Zenit fans were then forced to wait nervously until the final 10 minutes when goals from Viktor Fayzulin and ...
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Kamchatka Peninsula Russia CENC
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea area off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia at 2:44 am Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 20 km, was at 52.3 degrees north latitude and 160.1 degrees east longitude, the center said in a ...
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Household Gas Explosion Kills One in Moscow - Law Enforcer
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - One person was killed in an apparent household gas explosion in southwestern Moscow, a law enforcement spokesman said Monday. "According to preliminary data, household gas exploded in an apartment on the seventh floor of a residential building on Nagornaya Street," the spokesman said. "A shockwave threw the apartment owner out of the window. He ...
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In Russia Putin Prefers Secret Government
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Medevedev wanted a more open government. Putin says, not yet. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) What would you expect from an ex-KGB man? Russian ...
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Missile defense Enabling Russia
Ever deferential in foreign policy, the Obama administration verges on reckless, self-defeating idiocy by even discussing declassifying and sharing with Russia critical missile-defense ...
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US diplomat in spy row exits Russia
A US diplomat accused by the Russians of being a CIA spy after they caught him allegedly trying to recruit agents last week has left the country, Russian television reports. Ryan Fogle flew out of Moscow on Sunday, Russia's NTV state television channel said, broadcasting pictures showing him at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Russia announced last week that it had caught Fogle as he ...
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Russia Building Terrorist Killing Robo-Cop
Russia developing lethal autonomous robots to help engage in the fight on terrorism, the government said on Friday. You might have thought the world of lethal autonomous robots would be sole be here in the United States, or Japan. Both countries are working on their own version of robotic soldiers. And now Russia has joined their ranks. Only their robo-cop has terrorists in its cross-hairs. ...
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Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official
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Russia Mice return from space most of them dead
Most of the mice, gerbils and other animals Russia sent to space a month ago died in the flight meant to test the effects of extended periods of time in ...
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The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed on Wednesday that in conversations with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry they came to an agreement to organize a new international conference on the conflict in Syria. Moscow and Washington agree
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, confirmed on Wednesday (8th) that in conversations with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, they came to an agreement to organize a new international conference on the conflict in Syria. Moscow and Washington agree that the meeting will take place in May in Geneva with the participation of both parties Moscow and Washington agree that the meeting ...
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Russian investigators preparing query over case of Russian boy wounded on Crete
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Investigations Committee is preparing a query to Greece over the investigation of a stabbing attack on the Russian child Nikita Onishchenko at a five-star hotel on the island of Crete where he was spending a vacation with his mother and a younger ...
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US-Russia 2013 Spy Row
Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the United States, left Russia on Sunday, NTV television ...
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US Italian Inspectors to Overfly Russia
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Military inspectors from the United States and Italy will carry out observation flights over Russian territory this week under the international Open Skies Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. The experts will fly over Russia on May 20-24 on board an Italian Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft, and will use surveillance ...
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Russian tourist kills fellow traveler in Vietnam
MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian tourist died after a fight with his compatriot and fellow-traveler in a coastal city of Nha Trang in southern Vietnam, The Tuoi Tre News website reported. According to the website, the two Russians, who were traveling in Vietnam together and shared a room at the Sheraton hotel in Nha Trang, entered a heated argument with each other that resulted in a fight. In the ...
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US diplomat in spy flap leaves Moscow Russian TV reports
By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News The U.S. diplomat who Russia claims tried to recruit one of its intelligence officials to spy for the CIA has left Moscow, Kremlin-loyal TV reported on Sunday.A Russian NTV broadcast appeared to show the U.S. embassy employee, Ryan Christian Fogle, moving through security at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow on Sunday, according to reports ...
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Main News of May 19
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 ...
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Ryan Fogle U.S. Embassy Employee Accused Of Being CIA Spy Leaves Russia NTV Television Reports
A man looks in Moscow on May 14, 2013, at a computer screen displaying a photo published by Russian state English language television RT website, which shows a man, identified as Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary of the political section of Washington's embassy in Moscow (L), being escorted by a Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB, ex-KGB) agent (R) during his arrest. (AFP/Getty ...
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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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