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Russia to pack up Arctic ice station after cracks develop in ice floe
AFFANASSI MAKOVNEV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES - An undated image shows two trucks used by the Russia-Canada Arctic exploration expedition members cross the North Pole. The explorers crossed the North Pole from the Russian archipelago Severnaya Zemlya to Resolute Bay, ...
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Sakhalin region of eastern Russia
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Sakhalin region of eastern Russia MOSCOW - Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook eastern Russia on Friday. The earthquake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk.According to information released by Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 600 kilometres in the Sea of Okhotsk.The statement added, the earthquake was felt in ...
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Russia says Syrian regime agrees to peace talks
Head of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during the group's meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 23, 2013. A spokesman said Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the ...
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Russia Pledges 1.7 Bln Euros for Serbian South Stream
BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi), May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will provide 1.7 billion euros to finance the construction of Serbia’s stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and then on to Greece, Italy and Austria, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "The Russian side undertakes to finance that ...
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Liquor Sales in Russia Drop 23 in Jan-April
MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Production of vodka and other spirits in Russia dropped 23.3 percent in the first four months of 2013 year on year to 5.7 million decaliters, the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) said in a report on Friday. Beer production declined 10.7 percent compared to the same period last year, to some 78.2 million decaliters. Production of wine rose 19.1 percent ...
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Russian Minister Urges Completion of 2 New Radars
KALININGRAD, May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Construction of Russia’s two new antimissile radars – one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia’s Irkutsk region – should be complete by the end of next year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday. The minister, who was visiting the Voronezh-DM-class radar station near Kaliningrad, said that on ...
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Time to Avoid Russia ETFs
Russian stocks have on a decline so far this year and they have been very volatile too. Low investment and structural factors are leading to the slow growth of the economy, which in turn have hurt the stock market. Russia is the world's top producer of crude oil and has more natural gas than any other country on the planet, ensuring that it will be a top player in the energy space for ...
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World Briefing | Asia Earthquake in Russias Far East Prompts Evacuations
An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck ...
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Под тяжестью медведей рынок провис до недельного минимума
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Чистый Убыток Тгк-6 По Мсфо В 2012Г. Снизился На 195 - До 378122 Млн Руб.
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Акционеры ВымпелКома практически полностью изменили состав совета директоров.
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Торги На Российском Рынке Акций Завершились Снижением Ведущих Индексов.
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ИК Велес Капитал На долговом рынке сохраняется боковая динамика
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В Секторе Российских Adr Отмечалась Негативная Динамика
? ??????? ?????????? ADR ?? ?????????? ???????? ????? (LSE) ? ???????, 24 ???, ?????????? ?????????? ????????. ???????? ??????????? ?? ???? ????????? ??????????? ? ????????????? ???????? ????????. ?????????? ??????? ?????? ? ??????? ???????? (-1,9%). ???????? ??????????? ? ????????? ????????? (-2,2%), "????????" (-1%), , ??? "?????????? ??????" (-1,2%), ...
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Russia to cut the budget of CIA
At times, though, Western publications comment on the statements from Russia after they take place. This may mean that Western intelligence services may have missed a new Russian ...
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Gays may shake up Russian-Polish relations well
Former Polish President Lech Walesa has caused a storm of negative remarks in the European media, having said that homosexuals "have to sit on the last bench in the parliament, or even farther than that - behind the wall." Poland opposes the legalization of same-sex cohabitation, which has been promoted in Europe lately. This may become the reason to shake up Russian-Polish ...
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Magnitude 8.2 earthquake rocks Russian Far East
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 385 miles (620 km) in the Sea of ...
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Cubans Russians Lead in Last Stop for World Diving Series
Mexico, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The last stop in the Diving World Series begins today and ends on Sunday at the Pan American Aquatics Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Russian and Cuban duos in the lead for top honors in the male synchronized platform. In the two-day event the first four duos in each branch will compete, while also training for the next world championship, from July 19 to ...
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Assad Regime Agrees To Attend Peace Conference Russia Says
Representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime have agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference aimed at ending more ...
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Russian Envoy Congratulates Bulgaria on Cyrillic Script Day
Russia's Ambassador in Sofia Yuriy Isakov has congratulated Bulgarians on their national day of Culture and Slavic Script. "I wish all our Bulgarian brothers a happy holiday, well-being, good and happy days - despite the difficult life in Bulgaria," Isakov told reporters on Friday. The Ambassador noted that Bulgaria and Russia should always remember they have some things in ...
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Russia Serbia sign strategic partnership declaration
MOSCOW, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Serbia have signed a declaration of strategic partnership in all spheres, including politics, trade, economy, culture, science, technology, and ...
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Moscow prosecutor’s office warns organisers of gay parade of inadmissibility of law violation
MOSCOW, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - The Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow has sent a warning to the organisers of a gay pride parade of inadmissibility of law violation. The city Prosecutor’s Office reported on Friday that marches and rallies are planned in Moscow on May 25 and 26 to draw attention to the problems of the observance of the rights of persons ...
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Russia to finance construction of hospitalsschools in Dniester Reg
In the plans is the construction of new buildings of the republic's maternity centre, the central clinic, the tuberculosis treatment clinic in Bendery and a new tuberculosis treatment centre in Rybnita. Agreements were also signed to build schools in Tiraspol. Bendery, Rybnita and the village of Tashlyk and new kindergartens in Rybnita and ...
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Agreements on missile defense unlikely at Russia-US talks
SOCHI, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and the US are preparing a number of decisions for the Putin-Obama talks due in Northern Ireland on June 17-18, but there are no agreements on missile defense among them, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has ...
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Next security conference in Moscow to be dedicated to situation in Afghanistan
MOSCOW, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - Afghanistan will be in the focus of the next international conference on security the Russian defence ministry plans to hold in Moscow in 2014, a source in the defence ministry told Itar-Tass on ...
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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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