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JPMorgan Is Hired by Russia to Promote Sovereign Credit Rating
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) the biggest U.S. lender, to help boost the country's standing among credit-rating companies. JPMorgan was chosen after beating proposals from other investment banks, the ministry said in ...
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Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station
Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Thursday.Roskomos spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko told AFP that since the US space shuttles stopped supplying the jointly manned station in the wake of the February 2003 Columbia disaster Russia had been shouldering ...
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Female suicide bomber wounds 11 in Russia
ELEVEN people have been wounded in an apparent suicide bombing in Russia's restive Dagestan region, a spokeswoman for the regional interior ministry says. The bomber, believed to be a woman, blew herself up on Saturday not far from the interior ministry building in the centre of the provincial capital Makhachkala, spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova told AFP. The latest attack in the troubled ...
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Without Russia World War II goes on
Most Americans are ignorant of Russia's incredible contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan. Americans can barely remember the details of World War II and worse still they do not want to be bothered with more than a cursory review of the details, subtleties and chance that WWII was. What the US populace knows of Russia's efforts in WWII is viewed through the lopsided ...
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The Russian investment paradox
Policy concerns remain despite news that Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Russia had foreign direct investment inflows of US$52bn and US$46bn was invested by Russian firms abroad in 2007, but the ...
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The Real News Network Russians Checkmate US in Georgia
As tensions increase in Georgia to Iran, The Real News analyst, Eric Margolis says Russia won't let an ex-territory in the former USSR be used to launch attacks against Iran WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Real News analyst Eric Margolis says "The US is used to passive Russian response under Yeltsin" and the Russians checkmating the US in Georgia was a "brilliant move by ...
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CIVIC Georgia After Dropping Cluster Bombs Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians
Georgia: After Dropping Cluster Bombs, Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians WASHINGTON - August 15 - Human Rights Watch reported today that on August 12 Russian forces used cluster bombs in two separate attacks on Georgian towns, killing a total of 11 civilians and injuring dozens more. Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) deplored the use of the indiscriminate weapon and ...
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International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia
ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...
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Russian TU-154 plane aborts flight due to malfunctions
A TU-154 passenger plane aborted a take-off in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar due to gear malfunction Thursday, local media reported.A crew of the plane, which belongs to the Gazpromavia airline, reported a malfunction in the craft's gear while on the runway.There were 142 passengers onboard and none was hurt, reported Interfax news agency.The plane remained on the runway where the ...
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Russia S.Korea Singapore sign nanotechnology cooperation deal
Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ...
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Russias Mission Control raises ISS by 10.2 km
Russia's Mission Control announced on Wednesday it had raised the International Space Station (ISS) by 10.2 km to 374.7 km with the help of the Europe's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler.The Mission Control conducted the correction to the ISS at 19: 55 Moscow time (1555 GMT) by the boosters of the ATV-2 Johannes Kepler. The correction had lasted for some 40 minutes.According to the Mission ...
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Full text of joint communique of Russian Indian Chinese foreign ministers meeting
MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China issued a joint communique Friday after wrapping up their 11th meeting here.The following is the full text of the document:JOINT COMMUNIQUE of the Eleventh Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's ...
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Schneerson collection to be house at new branch of Russian State Library in Jewish Museum
MOSCOW, May 25 (Itar-Tass) - The collection of ancient Jewish books and manuscripts, known as the Schneerson collections, will soon be placed with a new branch of the Russian State Library at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. Experts have already inspected the museum’s premises that will house the collection, the museum’s press service said on ...
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Associate of Convicted Arms Dealer Bout Extradited to US
MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – Australia extradited to the United States a man accused of working with Russian national Viktor Bout, convicted in 2011 of arms trafficking, Manhattan U.S. Attorney said ...
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Scores Evacuated as Moscow Feels First Tremors in 35 Years
The scare came as a strong earthquake off the coast of Sakhalin in the Far East sent shockwaves throughout Russia, causing buildings to lightly shake in Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers ...
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Albania abolishes entry visas for Russians for summer period
SKOPJE, May 25 (Itar-Tass) - Albania unilaterally abolishes entry visas for Russian in the high season from May 25 to September 25, according to the resolution of the republic’s council of ...
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Air Force Telecoms Satellite Launches in US
MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - A Delta IV rocket successfully launched a Wideband Global SATCOM 5 satellite from Cape Canaveral on 20:27 EDT (4:27 Moscow time) Thursday, media reported.The US Air Force's satellite is headed for a geostationary orbit off the east coast of the United States and will take several months to reach it, Spaceflightnow.com said.The launch, conducted by Lockheed ...
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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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Tsunami warning cancelled after 8.2 quake off Russia
A massive earthquake deep under the sea in Russia's Far East was felt in cities including Moscow but emergency services called off a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Sakhalin ...
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State Duma Approves Amendments to 2013 Budget
MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Friday approved in the third and final reading the amendments to the country’s 2013 budget. The main parameters - the overall budget incomes and expenditures and the budget deficit - remain the same. The bill re-allocates 171.2 billion rubles ($5.5 billion), including directing additional 64.6 ...
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Syrian Conflict May Destabilize Lebanon - US
WASHINGTON, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The US Department of State said on Friday that the latest deadly clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli "constitute a stark reminder" that the conflict in Syria threatens Lebanon’s stability. "The latest clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, in which at least 23 people have been killed, constitute a stark reminder that the ...
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Russia Gay Rights Activists To Defy Rally Ban
Activists will attempt to hold a gay pride march in Moscow despite being banned by authorities and warned they will be breaking the law. City officials have promised the action will be "thwarted" and protesters face being arrested and fined. But they say they are determined to make their voices heard. The torture and murder of a young man in Volgograd has focused attention on the ...
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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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Putins letter to Obama covers all hot issues Kremlin
Nearly all hot topics on Russia-US relations have been mentioned in a letter sent by President Vladimir Putin to his US counterpart Barack Obama, the Kremlin said Friday.According to presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin stressed in his letter that Moscow's vision on issues concerning the missile defense, Syria, Iran and the Korean Peninsula differed from Washington's ...
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Russia welcomes DPRK willingness to resume talks
Moscow welcomed Pyongyang's willingness to return to the negotiating table over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday."Pyongyang deserves a positive mark for its readiness to return to the negotiating table following weeks of nuclear threats, orders to prepare for missiles strikes and other belligerent rhetoric," Interfax news agency ...
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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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