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1 dead many evacuated in Russian blasts
A MAN has been killed and more than 6000 people have been evacuated in central Russia after massive explosions at an arms depot sprayed shells across several kilometres, officials ...
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Udaltsov Hit With New Charges
Investigators on Wednesday charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev with staging "riots" at an authorized opposition rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad in Moscow last May. In October, the two activists were charged with plotting the "riots," a term disputed by the opposition. In late April, a public inquiry held by human rights activists ...
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Specialty shops like the Mariage Freres tea boutique face daunting challenges when trying to do business in Russia.
Miladus Edenensis / flickr Specialty shops, like the Mariage Freres tea boutique, face daunting challenges when trying to do business in Russia. A: There is a number of companies that have operations in the region. These include Nestle, Ikea, Metsaliitto, Thales and others. They invest, buy and serve other projects. Q: How do you deal with corruption? A: You know, of course, it would be a ...
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Russia Is this Homophobia
Interesting isn't it, we have a term [like anti-Semitism] which is used emotively to deter discussion on an issue? We'll, I'm not politically correctly and never intend to be, so I have some comments on the subject. I read recently that Russia was passing a law to prohibit the propaganda around homosexuality and the promotion of abnormal sexual activity associated with Sodomy. ...
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Obamas Nuclear Push Moscow Fears Loss of World Power Status
A world without nuclear weapons? It's a nearly inconceivable scenario for the Kremlin, even if its arsenal costs Russia billions each year. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the country has suffered a major drop in influence. Now it's doing all it can to cling to the geopolitical power it has ...
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Obama Urges US Russia to Cut Nuke Stockpile
President Barack Obama called on Russia to partner with the United States in its effort to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles. During a speech in Germany Wednesday he said the two nations should embrace the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite during the Cold War. "We may no longer live in fear of global annihilation, but so long as nuclear weapons exist, we are ...
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Incendiary Russian anti-bureaucrat ad campaign produces record wins at world’s most prestigious festival
Scandal A street campaign exposing the unwillingness of Russian officials to fix city roads has won four awards at the annual Cannes Lions festival. But the woman behind the advert says the idea cost her her job, and potentially, her freedom. Executed by Voskhod advertising agency, Make Politicians Work has become the first Russian campaign to be awarded statuettes in four different ...
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N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks
BEIJING, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through negotiations. "[North] Korea is ready for dialogue with all parties concerned, [ready] to participate in negotiations in various formats, including six-way negotiations, and hopes to achieve peaceful ...
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Russia Showcases Prototype Air Defense System
The Vityaz system was shown during President Vladimir Putin's visit to a St. Petersburg plant where it is being manufactured by the Almaz-Antei ...
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NASA Bill Would ‘End Reliance on Russia’ Nix Asteroid Capture Project
WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – A draft Republican-backed bill released Wednesday that would authorize NASA programs for the next two years backs a $500 million project to develop crew transportation systems to end US reliance on Russian rockets for getting astronauts into space even as it blocks a less costly project to capture, redirect and explore an asteroid. The draft NASA ...
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Climate change is the threat of our time President Obama pledges new arms pact with Russia and a greener world
In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate that instantly invited comparisons with visits to the same spot by some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama sought to make a historic imprint of his own, pledging to forge a new pact with Russia to further cut nuclear arsenals and to step up the fight against global ...
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Moscow cool on Obama nuclear cuts plan
RUSSIAN officials have reacted coldly to a call by President Barack Obama to jointly reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by a third, saying the United States should address Moscow's concerns over missile defence ...
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Report of Yakunin Sacking a Forgery
Dmitry Medvedev 's spokeswoman told Interfax. "It contained grammatical errors and was sent from an electronic address forged to resemble an official announcement from the government press ...
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How Russia views nuclear disarmament - and why it may resist
In his speech today in Berlin, President Obama called for the US and Russia to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by a third. But the proposal may meet a chilly reception in ...
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Russian zoo welcomes baby liligers
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 females. They were born in May and now have grown up enough to start exploring their ...
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Transmissions from a Lone Star Kim Jong-Un Declares Admiration for Hitler What Could Possibly Go Wrong
New Focus International carried an interesting story on Monday. According to insiders, Kim Jong-un is getting into Hitler. In fact, the tubby tyrant digs the Nazi dictator so much that he’s started gifting copies of "Mein Kampf" to his inner circle. Having emulated Stalin for decades, it’s time for the regime to embrace a new ...
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Former Investigators Urge New Review of TWA Flight 800 Crash
WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800, which exploded off the coast off Long Island in 1996 killing 230 people, say the original findings were false and are calling on the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to begin a new review. The former investigators from the NTSB, TWA and Airline Pilots Associations claim in a new ...
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Russian official says statement on railway chief dismissal a hoax
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with CEO of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin (L), Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (2nd L) and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov (R) inside a train in Moscow October 19, ...
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Mikhail Prokhorov turns his back on Moscow mayor election
Civil Platform party has left the election race for the position of the mayor of Moscow, but it will fight for the seats in the City Council of the Russian capital, Mikhail Prokhorov said. The billionaire and businessman urged all opposition groups to unite for the elections to the Moscow ...
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AIRSHOW-With Russian help Europe prepares to search for life on Mars
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:52pm EDT * First of two missions to launch in 2016 * First direct search for life since NASA's 1970s Viking probes * Russia to provide launchers, landing system By Irene Klotz PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials ...
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Putin’s chess move in Syria with an eye on the region at large
Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was a bold move that signals his intent to restore his ...
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Russia unsure what to make of Obamas nuclear proposal
The Russian government has reacted skeptically to President Barack Obama's renewed call on Wednesday for a reduction in U.S. and Russian nuclear weapon ...
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Obama calls for reduction of US Russian nukes
BERLIN (AP) — In a wide-ranging speech in Berlin, President Barack Obama has renewed his call to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles -- and also to confront climate change, which he referred to as "the global threat of our time." Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the city that was divided during the Cold War, Obama said he wanted to re-ignite the spirit that ...
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Russian Cyberspace Head Calls For Internet Kill Switch
The head of Russia’s cyberspace policy today called for global governments to react to the NSA spy scandal by creating a United Nations-style body that would have regulatory control over the Internet – including a web kill ...
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Russia not to change taxes until 2018 -- Shuvalov
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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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