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Russia Skeptical Over Obama’s New Nuclear Reduction Proposal
proposed by US President Barack Obama in light of US global missile defense plans and attempts by other counties to boost their nuclear arsenals. Obama said in a speech in Berlin earlier Wednesday that he would negotiate to cut another one-third of US and Russian nuclear arsenals and seek "bold reductions in US and Russian tactical weapons in Europe." Shortly before Obama’s ...
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Russian Space Freighter ‘Buried’ in Pacific
MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Fragments of a Russian cargo spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) last week splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, mission control said. The Progress M-19M, which arrived at the ISS on April 26 with over 2.5 tons of cargo - including food, water and oxygen for the crew - undocked on Tuesday for a weeklong flight to study ...
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Photos Russian zoo shows off unique ‘liliger’ cubs
The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That’s a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there’s a second litter of three, all of them ...
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Former Head of Yukos Subsidiary Paroled
reported Wednesday. Sergei Shimkevich, a deputy of the Tomsk Region's legislature at the time of his detention, was convicted of being part of an organized group that stole and laundered almost 6 billion rubles ($187 million) from Tomskneft, the Yukos subsidiary that he led, and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2010. A year later, he was convicted of using phony contracts to siphon ...
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RDIF Toddling Along With $620M Invested
Dmitry Medvedev , the Russia Direct Investment Fund, or RDIF, operates as a subsidiary of Vneshekonombank and has been allocated $10 billion of government ...
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Guelman Says Fired for Controversial Sochi Exhibit
Marat Guelman, a prominent art gallery owner and the director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, says he has been fired for showcasing an exhibition on the 2014 Sochi Olympics that authorities called unpatriotic. Local and federal authorities were outraged by the "Welcome! Sochi 2014" exhibition organized as part of the Perm White Nights festival earlier this month, which ...
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Obamas second-term G-8 dance card Judo with Putin trade and syria
secret police . Europeans also see a free-trader pressuring the French to bow before the altar of low tariffs in pursuit of a U.S. and European trade pact. Just last week, White House officials feared they wouldn't even be able to announce the beginning of trade talks at the G-8 Summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Northern Ireland. Under sustained pressure from British Prime Minister ...
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Foreign Minister Eide critical of new Russian bill against gay “propaganda”
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Продавцы Указали Ммвб Дорогу К 1300 Пунктам
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Грузооборот Группы Нмтп В Январе-Мае 2013Г. Сократился На 103 - До 613 Млн Т.
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Немецкий Commerzbank подтвердил информацию о сокращении более 5 тыс. рабочих мест.
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Фсфр Установила Факт Манипулирования Акциями Автоваза На Московской ирже В Декабре 2012Г.
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Глава Ржд В.якунин Отправлен В Отставку На Его Место Назначен А.мишарин.
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В Усть-Луге Начали Работу Новые Терминалы Новатэка И Сибура.
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Акционеры Мрск Северного Кавказа Утвердили Дивиденды За 2012Г. На Уровне 28586 Руб.акция.
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Глава Минэнерго Рф Ожидает Что Цены На Нефть В лижайшей Перспективе удут Колебаться Незначительно.
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ИК Велес Капитал На рынке еврооблигаций сохраняется боковая динамика
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Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
By Roberta Rampton and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear arms by agreeing to target further reductions of up to one ...
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In pictures Lililger cubs in Russia
A month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's mother is Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger, and its father is a lion, Sam. Ilnar Salakhiev / AP ...
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Video Russian Asian players eye lucrative plane market
Russian and Asian firms want a slice of the airliner market dominated by Airbus and Boeing. But they face a tough time convincing airlines to buy their planes. Julian Satterthwaite reports from the Paris Air ...
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No easy nuke arms cuts Russia
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia voiced concern on Wednesday about US missile defences and high-precision conventional weapons, signalling that nuclear arms cuts proposed by President Barack Obama are likely to face ...
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Boston suspect gets Russia burial
Grozny, Russia - The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for ...
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Google Russia denies giving Washington access to servers
Google did not give the US special services access to its servers, head of Google Russia said Wednesday."We didn't give the US government or the authorities of any other country direct access to our servers. All claims that we allegedly did it are false," Julia Solovyova told Moscow's business Kommersant daily.Such requests come regularly but the company only responded to ...
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Salatin to address permaculture series in Moscow
Joel Salatin, local-food advocate, farmer and author, will deliver an all-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29 at the Latah County Fairgrounds in Moscow, Idaho.During his morning presentation, "Ballet in the Pasture," Salatin will talk about his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Va., and the relationship between plant and animal management and their impact on the land, community and ...
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Volcanoes ready to erupt in Russia World Cup Sevens
The Philippine Volcanoes hope to continue their remarkable rise in the international level with a strong showing in their maiden participation in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia, late this month. Having made an impact in the 15-a-side game, where they are now in Asia's top-flight, the Volcanoes have high hopes in their biggest, most important tournament yet. The Philippines, ...
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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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