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Russia Denies S-300 Plans
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has denied plans to export an advanced long-rangeair defense system to Syria. The Kremlin said Russia would not deliver the S-300PMU2 to the regime ofSyrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said Moscow has completed all airdefense projects with ...
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Russia’s General Staff Rejects Intervention in Syria
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s General Staff is opposed to military intervention in Syria, saying this would be meddling in the war-torn country’s domestic affairs, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov said. Russia’s Defense Ministry "fully supports" the stance voiced by President Vladimir Putin that Russia is ...
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Serena Williams Blasts Into Rome Final
MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - World No. 1 Serena Williams set a searing pace Saturday as she reached the final of the Italian Open with a straight-sets thrashing of Romania’s Simona Halep. The American won 6-3, 6-0 on the Roman clay and will now play either world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka or seventh-ranked Italian Sara Errani in Sunday’s final. Williams is chasing her second title in ...
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Ars readers react to laser-wielding Soviet satellites and Google IO
movie at Starfleet Headquarters. (Ok, just kidding, we saw the movie at San Francisco's Metreon, and most of us were there for Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference.) Besides Google's conference and the rare spotting of more than three Ars employees sharing IRL space with each other, this week also saw notable stories hit the front page. Specifically, we wrote ...
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Medvedev proposes to hold United Russia congress in November
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting of the Supreme Council and the General Council of the United Russia Party in Moscow on Saturday proposed to hold the next congress of the party in ...
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President of Iran to visit Moscow from Jul 1-2
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Moscow from July 1-2, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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Iranian President Could Attend Russia’s Gas Forum in July
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Russia in July to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), a spokesman for Iran’s Embassy in Moscow said on Saturday. The Iranian leader has accepted Russia’s invitation to attend the event. "Now we are working on this visit, but the final decision has yet to be made," ...
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Filming Begins in Chechnya of Movie Starring Depardieu
the legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu and the British actress Elizabeth Hurley began in Russia’s Chechen republic on Saturday, a representative of Chechnya’s Culture Ministry told RIA Novosti. "Today the plan is to shoot the scenes featuring Elizabeth Hurley, who is already in [the Chechen capital of] Grozny. The main hero – Gerard Depardieu – will join the ...
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CSKA Moscow Win Russian Premier League Title
MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - CSKA Moscow secured the Russian Premier League title with a game to go Saturday after a goalless draw at home to FC Kuban. The point leaves CSKA six clear of second-placed Zenit St. Petersburg, who have two games to play. Should the two finish level on points, CSKA prevail on the number of wins. The title is the fourth for the Moscow team, who had not won the Russian ...
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Playing Russian Roulette With a Volcano
January 1981 issue of National Geographic , describes how, in the week running up to the disaster, he and others were drawn into a "strange kind of Russian roulette" with the mountain. While Findley lived to tell the tale, others were not so lucky, and the article includes richly drawn character studies of some of the mountain's ...
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South Africa Zuma Putin Push for Increased Trade
South African President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the strengthening of economic ties and expansion of trade between the two BRICS partners during their meeting in Sochi, Russia on Thursday. According to The Voice of Russia, Putin told journalists after the meeting that trade between Russia and South Africa had increased by more than 66% in 2012. According to ...
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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II
French actor and new Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II, a staunch ...
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CIA Agent RussiaFSB announced that the identity of the CIA Moscow station chief US News
It follows Russian Secret Service decision to expel US diplomat Ryan Fogle, who was accused of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a CIA ...
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S.Korea on Standby After North Launches 3 Missiles - Seoul
TOKYO, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the waters off its eastern coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing its country’s Defense ...
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Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, or twice the number previously estimated by South Korea's authorities, South Korean media reported ...
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Outing of Alleged Spies Further Strains U.S.-Russia Ties
The U.S. and Russia have cooperated when their interests intersect, such as their joint counterterrorism efforts following last month's Boston Marathon bombing, allegedly committed by two men with family ties to Russia's volatile Chechnya and Dagestan regions. Obama wants to pursue an effort to reduce both nations' nuclear arsenals below levels set by the New Strategic Arms ...
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Abe leaves for Russia on four-nation trip
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin. Abe will become the first Japanese premier in 10 years to officially visit Russia, local media reported, saying the summit with Putin on Monday will highlight their efforts to restart stalled talks on the bilateral territorial dispute, which has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty ...
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Alexander Litvinenko widow accuses Britain of striking deal with Moscow
The inquest into the death in Britain of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was close to collapse today after the coroner ruled he could not hear evidence about the alleged role of the Kremlin in his ...
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Russia Seeks New Arms Deals on Growing Latin American Market
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will actively seek new deals on the Latin American arms market, which it expects to reach a value of $50 billion in the next ten years, the head of a Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation delegation said on Saturday. "According to our expert estimates, the volume of the Latin American arms market will reach about $50 billion ...
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US criticises Russia over missiles to Damascus
The US has criticised Russia’s recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria. With a range of 300 km, the Yakhont missiles could threaten warships in the Mediterranean reducing the capacity of a possible Western intervention. It comes just 10 days after Washington and Moscow agreed on plans to hold a peace conference. Top US military ...
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Russian convict in USA needs surgery
Konstantin Yaroshenko , who was convicted in the U.S., said that his client was in need of surgery, but the administration of the U.S. prison, where Yaroshenko is staying, is not ready to provide medical care to the Russian citizen. Doctors at Trenton Hospital, New Jersey, where the patient was examined, concluded that Yaroshenko needed surgery because of injuries that he had received while ...
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4 arrested in Russia for killing Chinese women
Police in Russia's southern Siberian republic of Khakassia have arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of three Chinese women, a Chinese diplomat said ...
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Cuban parliament leader says ties with Russia under full expansion
The relations between Cuba and Russia are under full expansion, Esteban Lazo, president of Cuban parliament, said on Friday. Lazo made the remarks after signing an agreement with the visiting leader of Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, to boost the parliamentary cooperation between the two countries. The delegation of the Russian Senate arrived Thursday in Havana, headed by Matviyenko. ...
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Peru Mulls Deals to Buy Russian Helicopters Tanks - Rostec
LIMA, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Peru is interested in buying 700 Kamaz trucks and a new batch of Mi-8/17 helicopters from Russia, as well as testing the T-90S tank that is currently on display at a defense technology exhibition in Lima, the head of Russia's delegation to the show said on Saturday."Russia is discussing the possibility with Peru of signing a contract for the delivery of ...
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Moscow's biggest development will keep city on the map
Moscow is the heart of Russia, the capital city account for 20% of the country’s GDP and a new development taking place in the city, which was first conceived in 1995 and will take another several years to complete, looks set to become the heart of the capital.
In 2010, three of the thirteen main buildings that make up the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) were completed, providing visual evidence of progress to a huge project that is expected to cost over $12 billion and involves a plethora of investors and development companies. Read more
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