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Two Russian soldiers injured by explosive device
An explosive device apparently detonated by militants Wednesday in the Russian federal republic of Ingushetia injured two soldiers, officials said. The Interior Ministry of the Russian North Caucasus said the blast occurred in the village of Alkun that borders the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. Both servicemen were hospitalized in ...
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Russia will spend $437.4 million closing down Baikal paper mill
A Russian paper mill blamed by environmentalists for damaging the world's deepest freshwater lake will finally be shut down, Russia's prime minister ...
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Attention called to Russian rights record
The International Federation for Human Rights said the U.N. Human Rights Council needs to weigh in on the targeting of civil organizations in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin backed legislation last year requiring non-governmental organization to register as "foreign agents" if they receive some of their funding from foreign countries. The rights federation, known by its ...
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Beer to be banned from summer cafes in Moscow
Beer, cider and mead will be banned in summer cafes of non-stationary companies in accordance with a new decision taken by the Government of Moscow. Dmitry Lipskerov, a restaurateur, commented on possible consequences of this ...
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UPDATE 3-Russian cbank head in parting shot warns on inflation
Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:12am EDT * Growth push should jeopardise price stability - Ignatyev * Veteran central banker stepping down * FinMin backs weaker rouble to boost revenues, growth (Adds Kremlin comment) By Maya Dyakina MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the risks to price ...
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Baltic states top Russians’ list of hostile countries
. The NGO conducted a survey which polled 1,600 people in 130 population centres around Russia, asking the residents to name the five countries that are the ...
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Russia to take measures to preserve global strategic deterrence system
ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will take measures to preserve the global strategic deterrence system in balance, President Vladimir Putin said. "We cannot allow the strategic deterrence system to be upset or the effectiveness of our nuclear forces to be decreased," he said at a meeting on the aerospace defence system, held on Wednesday, June 19. "The creation of ...
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ONF and United Russia nominate common candidate for regional governor post
VIDNOYE, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The All Russia People's Front (ONF) and the United Russia party have nominated Acting governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov a candidate for the post of the Governor of the Moscow ...
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Russian Japanese diplomats to meet in Moscow ahead of Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Japanese diplomats will hold consultations in Moscow in August ahead of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday, June 19. He recalled that the agreement on Lavrov’s visit to Japan was reached between President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Lough Erne on ...
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Putin urges military industry to coordinate work on aerospace defence
ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin urged the Defence Ministry and defence enterprises to coordinate their work to create an aerospace defence system. "The creation of such a system requires careful preparation, effective organisation and thorough analysis of threats and offensive arms development plans and, of course, close coordination with other armed ...
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Putin Dutch premier to discuss bilateral relations within SPIEF
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in St Petersburg on June 20 for talks on bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday. The Dutch prime minister will stay in St Petersburg as an honourable guest of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. "During the talks, Putin and Rutte are ...
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Baltic Shipyard to launch first Russian Mistral in time
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said the Baltic Shipyard (St Petersburg) would launch the first Russian Mistral helicopter carrier in time. Thus, the Corporation has denied the statement by Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov saying the first Mistral helicopter carrier would be built in France due to Russian shipwrights’ sluggishness. ...
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Statement by Russian US French presidents on Karabakh conforms to Azerbaijan’s position
BAKU, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement made by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group conforms to Azerbaijan’s position, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said on Wednesday. Commenting on the G-8 summiteers’ statement on the Karabakh settlement, Abdullayev said, "Azerbaijan reiterated that it opposes the status quo, ...
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Marine Le Pen seeks to strengthen Russian-French relations
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Leader of the French opposition party, National Front, Marine Le Pen said she sought to strengthen relations with Russia. Opening the meeting with Le Pen on Wednesday, Russian State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said: "This was your first trip to Russia in such format. The agenda is rather vast and includes meetings with the parliamentarians, political ...
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Russia wants other nuclear powers involved in arms cut talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow wants other nuclear powers as well as Russia and the United States involved in any discussions about further nuclear arms cuts, President Vladimir Putin's senior foreign policy adviser said on Wednesday. Commenting on reports that President Barack Obama would call for reductions to the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals, Yuri Ushakov said: "It's necessary ...
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Russia promises legal action over NSA surveillance scandal
USA The scandal over illegal data interception by US security services questions the correlation between the US and international law, and senior Russian officials are calling for an urgent update in Russian legislation in response. Russia will not ignore the actions of the US authorities who had admitted leaks of personal data of Russian citizens to which the US security services had ...
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Syria Russia optimistic despite differences
Violence In the run-up to the G8 Summit at Lough Erne, there was much speculation over the disagreements between Russia and the West on Syria: Claims of chemical weapons use, arms deliveries to the rebels and the prospects for a new Geneva conference. But the talks in Northern Ireland - and the meeting between President Putin and Prime Minister Cameron in London the day before, in which I ...
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Cyprus to Compensate Russian Depositors With Bank of Cyprus Equity
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Cyprus plans to give shares of the island nation’s largest bank, Bank of Cyprus, to Russian depositors in compensation for recent deposit "haircuts" imposed under a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout agreement to pull the economy out of financial crisis, Cyprus’ president said Wednesday. Cyprus recently agreed to overhaul its ...
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Ex-Russian wrestler strangled with whip
A RUSSIAN former Olympic wrestler has been found dead after being strangled with a whip and buried in a Siberian forest, Russian investigators ...
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Russia needs to reclaim its digital sovereignty from US says MP
An internet cafe in Moscow. Foreign websites should all be forced to be subject to Russian laws, a United Russia MP says Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...
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Cossack Taxis Coming to Moscow in Autumn
Cossack Taxis will hit Moscow's roads this autumn, and their drivers will be some of the most attentive and courteous in town, a news report said Wednesday. The taxis will look like regular taxis with canary yellow paint and checkers on the roof. As a distinctive feature, they will have the Cossack society's emblem and the inscription "Cossack Taxi" on the sides, Izvestia ...
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Online Database to Flush Muscovites Toilet Woes
Muscovites and guests of the city will be relieved to learn that toilets in the capital can now be found online. The locations of free restrooms are available on Moscow's public data ...
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IMF Economist Calls for Ambitious Reforms
Antonio Spilimbergo, an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said that "ambitious economic policy reforms" are necessary to battle back against high inflation and slowing economic growth and realize the economy's potential, after meeting with high ranking governmental officials in Moscow this week. Spilimbergo met with Finance ...
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Компания Jеер Купит илеты На Самолет За Сломавшуюся Машину
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Салон Porsche Macan будет похож на интерьер Panamera
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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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