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Patrushev Delivered Putin Reply to Obama – Russian Embassy
letter from President Vladimir Putin to US President Barack Obama, the Russian Embassy in the United States said. The letter is a response to ...
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Obama at meeting with Patrushev calls for strengthening US-Russia relations
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the intention to strengthen U.S.-Russian relations, including economic relations, as he talked with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. The White House press service reported on Wednesday that Obama had joined Patrushev's meeting with Thomas Donilon, the national security advisor to the U.S. ...
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Obama Reaffirms Hope for Stronger Ties with Russia
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday his desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Russia during talks with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said. Obama briefly joined a meeting between Patrushev and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in Washington. ...
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Investigator refuses to drop criminal case against former Moscow region prosecutor
MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - The investigator refused to drop the criminal case against former first deputy prosecutor general of the Moscow region Alexander Ignatenko, his lawyer Alexander Asnis told Itar-Tass on ...
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Moscow experiencing pressure from migrants - FMS
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US Lawmakers to Visit Russia to Probe Boston Bombings Mend Relations
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) –A group of US lawmakers is set to travel to Russia to investigate the Boston Marathon bombings, and try to boost cooperation between the former Cold War rivals, the office of Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is leading the delegation, said Wednesday. "As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, ...
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Russia Hosts European Security Conference
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches to the new pan-European security architecture in an open dialogue with the European Union and the NATO. The two-day conference, titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security, brings together senior defense officials from Russia, ...
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Cops Slain Russian had history of rage violence
Ibragim Todashev - the Chechen shot dead overnight by the FBI while being questioned in connection with the marathon bombing and a Waltham triple murder - was arrested by Boston police in 2010 after a road rage incident in Downtown Crossing, and by Florida police just weeks ago after a violent parking lot assault.The FBI and law enforcement sources say Todashev, 27, a former Cambridge resident, ...
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Syrian Opposition Ponders Peace Meeting
ISTANBUL -- Syria's opposition coalition is to convene in Istanbul Thursday to decide whether to participate in talks next month on resolving the Syrian conflict that are being organized by Washington and Moscow. But the opposition has reservations about the role of the Syrian government in the planned talks. The Syrian National Coalition is due to meet over three days in Istanbul. The ...
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Number of injured by tornado in Russia’s Tula region goes up to 20
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Number of people who received injuries as a result of a micro-tornado in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region some 300 km to the south of Moscow has reached twenty, a spokesman for the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ told ...
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US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows. The lawmakers included language in the proposed Defense Authorization Bill, which was in the early stages of the legislative process in ...
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Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
1 of 10. Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, ...
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Teen girls torture small children in Russian orphanage
Two teenage girls, who beat and abused young boys in a boarding school in Russia's Amur region, were sent to a detention center. The director of the institution, where the scandal broke out, was temporarily dismissed from the ...
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Russia doubted as growth engine for business aviation
Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Radical change said needed to fulfill potential * Taxes, legal issues cited as barriers * Russian officials say reform to come gradually By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfil that ...
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Russia Annual Inflation Reaches 7.3 Percent
Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The annual inflation in Russia until May 20 accumulated an increase of 7.3 percent and in the current year it reached an increase of 2.8 percentual points, said the Russian National Statistics Committee (ROSSTAT) Wednesday. In the week from May 14 to 20, the inflation increased 0.2 percent. Since May 1st increased 0.4 percent, compared to 0.3 percent in the same ...
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Russian prosecutors submit case over 12 oppositionists’ actions to court
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Office of Russia’s Prosecutor General has submitted to court a case over twelve activists of the off-parliament opposition who were involved in a street riot on Moscow’s downtown Bolotnaya Square May 6, ...
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Slain Russian was arrested in 2010 Boston road rage fight
Ibragim Todashev - the Chechen shot dead overnight by the FBI while being questioned in connection with the marathon bombing - was arrested by Boston police in 2010 after a wild street fight that followed a road rage incident in Downtown Crossing, according to a police report.The report states: "About 3:21 PM on Thursday 2/11/10 Officers Hester and Cordasco were patrolling in the ...
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Micro twister strikes Russias Tula 16 hurt
Residents of the town of Efremov, near Tula, central Russia, experienced a highly unusual natural disaster for this region. A strong hurricane tore off roofs and felled trees in the town. Regional EMERCOM called the natural phenomenon "strong gusts of wind" whereas local people said that it was a twister. Videos from the scene prove that it was more than just "strong gusts of ...
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Emergency situation introduced in town in Tula region south off Moscow
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - An emergency situation has been introduced in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region, which is located some 300 km to the south of ...
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Putin appoints Sergei Prikhodko Deputy Prime Minister
SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree appointing Sergei Prikhodko a Deputy Prime Minister with the functions of the Chief of Government Staff, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov ...
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VTB bank CEo tells Putin shares worth 102 bln rbls floated on Moscow exchange
SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - CEO of Russia’s VTB bank, Andrei Kostin, has told Vladimir Putin about the floatation of shares worth 102.5 billion rubles /USD 1=RUB ...
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Russia’s Lavrov says Moscow will not succumb to provocations targeted at Syria.
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow will not succumb to provocations targeted at Syria and it urges the Syrian government to keep up a consistent political course, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Wednesday at the talks with visiting Syria’s First Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal ...
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Russia vs. Azerbaijan the Eurovision edition
Russia's Dina Garipova performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ...
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Friends of Syria to discuss US-Russia brokered peace talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace on May 22, 2013 in the Jordanian capital Amman. Backers of the Syrian uprising are meeting in Amman to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the brutal two-year conflict escalates close to the border with Lebanon. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty ...
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Russias foreign minister fights for stolen points in Eurovision mishap
Russia's Dina Garipova performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ...
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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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