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Spy-accused American leaves Moscow
A US embassy employee accused of spying and ordered to leave Russia has flown out of Moscow, it is reported.Russian NTV broadcast video that appeared to show Ryan Fogle passing through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. The report said he left today.Russian security services claimed on Tuesday that Fogle, a third secretary in the US embassy, had been ...
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United Russia Conference Lauds Results of Partys Work
The ruling United Russia party kicked off a massive two-day forum with members from regional branches in Moscow on Friday, where it lauded its social and infrastructure projects, some three months before September regional and municipal elections. Raising the forum's profile, Prime ...
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Israel U.S. Slam Russian Arms Sales to Syria
A Russian shipment of Yakhont anti-ship missiles to Syria was condemned by the United States, and Israel is also alarmed by the prospect of Moscow supplying S-300 advanced air defense missile systems to Damascus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks in Russia on Tuesday with ...
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Gay Rights Rally Shot Down for 3rd Time This Month
Moscow authorities have rejected a third request from gay rights activists to hold a rally later this month, just as an opinion poll was released showing that society has become more intolerant toward gays. Officials on Friday said the demonstration was not possible because May 25, the day when it was planned to be held in Gorky Park, coincided with graduation day ...
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Фондовые Торги В Сша 17 Мая Открылись Повышением Ведущих Индексов.
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Q1 GDP Growth Better Than Expected Still Weak
Russia's economy expanded faster than first estimated in the January-March quarter, but still at its slowest quarterly pace since late 2009, fueling the debate over the need for stimulus measures to aid growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an annual 1.6 percent in the first quarter, the Federal Statistics Service said Friday. The Economy Ministry's earlier flash estimate had ...
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Russia in League with Other Governments to Battle Offshore Tax Evasion
Greater cooperation between tax authorities from 45 countries, including more extensive information sharing to help catch evaders, was the result of an international conference in Moscow that was hosted by the Federal Taxation Service and ended on Friday. "The message to tax evaders and those who facilitate tax evasion is simple: however hard you try to hide, we will find you," said a ...
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Russian Navy to receive new invisible ships
Russia has recently unveiled its Project 1239 rocket ship to the world. Representing Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the unique missile hovercraft "Bora" took part in the international exhibition of defense industry AIDEF 2013, which was held in Istanbul on May 7-10. The newest Russian rocket ships of this type will soon turn 20 years ...
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Searching for an end game in the Korean crisis
Then the Chinese Chief of Staff General Fang Fenghui warned General Dempsey on his visit to Beijing on April 22nd that there would be another North Korean nuclear test sometime in the future. The media reported the movement of short range missile launchers to where the North already has Musudan medium range missiles already deployed on the East Coast, where some commentators hint of a missile ...
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Executive Says South Stream Pipeline is a Reality Will Be Built
BRUSSELS - The giant South Stream pipeline to transport natural gas from Russia to the European Union is a reality and is on schedule to be built by the end of 2015, the chief executive of the offshore section of the line said, rebutting widespread doubts that it will ever be built. Viewed as Russia's response to EU attempts to find alternative suppliers, the $39 billion link will stretch ...
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Russian Navy ships to set off on distant ocean trip in the Atlantic
The inter-fleet group of Russian Navy ships is to set off on a distant ocean trip in the Atlantic Ocean this summer, Vice Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, said Monday. The admiral said that the naval command was currently preparing a plan of the summer training period. The plan, in particular, includes scheduled duty and combat services in the Black ...
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Bank of Russia announces official foreign exchange rates for May 18
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation announced the official foreign exchange rates for customs and reporting purposes, effective from May 18, the CBR Market Operations Department informed. Unit Currency Rate 1 Australian Dollar 30.5549 1 Azerbaijan Manat 40.0524 1000 Armenia Dram 75.2381 10000 Belarussian Ruble 36.1463 1 Bulgarian lev 20.6479 1 Brazil Real 15.4997 100 Hungarian ...
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Helicopter loaded with nearly 2 tons of explosives disappears in Irkutsk region
Source: Itar-Tass Rescuers are looking for the Mi-8 helicopter that went off radars in the Irkutsk region. The chopper had ten passengers and nearly two tons of explosives aboard, officials with Russia's EMERCOM said. According to officials, the Mi-8 helicopter of Angara airline was monitoring the flood situation, disappeared from the radio broadcast at 12:54 Moscow time and did not ...
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The pain of Bangladesh T-shirts made with blood and tears
AP photo As they spoke to a BBC correspondent in their run-down room which they call home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a man sobbed as his 12-year-old daughter sat close to him. His face, wrinkled before its time, was a picture of utter anguish. It could only be understood by a parent whose child was dying under giant slabs of concrete where nothing could be done. "If she is dead," he ...
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Worlds oldest female prisoner dies in India at 108
The world's oldest female prisoner died in the prison of the city of Lucknow, in northern India at age 108, local media reported on Tuesday. The woman, named Ram Kali, died as a result of a disease caused by old age. The prisoner was serving her sentence in the administrative center of the state of Uttar Pradesh for complicity in a murder. In view of the gravity of the offense, Ram Kali ...
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Angelina Jolie makes shocking decision to avoid breast cancer
Angelina Jolie said she had received a double mastectomy - a surgery to remove mammary glands. According to the actress, chances for her to suffer from breast cancer were quite high - 87 ...
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Vermont joins the list of USAs death states
Vermont will become the fourth American state to officially authorize euthanasia. The House of Representatives of the state voted to approve the adequate bill. The law will find itself on the governor's desk in the near future. The law will terminally sick individuals to voluntarily give up their life. Presently, euthanasia is also legally allowed in the states of Oregon, Washington and ...
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Bag of over $667K stolen from Moscow businessman in broad daylight
A group of young men, driving a Nissan vehicle, provoked a car accident near Building No. 15 on 5th Donskoy Proezd Street. They collided with the car driven by the victim. When the car stopped, four masked men got out of the Nissan, threatened the businessman with a gun-looking object and took away his bag with more than 20 million rubles in it ...
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Circus actor killed in Moscow region
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Circus actor Yevgeny Maranogli was found dead with numerous knife wounds in the Moscow regional town Dzerzhinsky, the Russian Investigative Committee told Itar-Tass on ...
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All football fans detained in Moscow released from police expect for 2 fans
MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - All football fans detained in Moscow, except for two people, were released from police, the press service of the Moscow police department told Itar-Tass on ...
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Syrian activists Shelling near Lebanon kills 16
A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...
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Cannes World War Z With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival
Brad Pitt Introduces Marc Foster's Zombie Thriller 'World War Z' They also unveiled the first 10 competition titles, with the rest set to be announced later this month. The first members of the competition jury are writer and ...
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23 Мая Интернет-Интервью Гендиректора Общественного Телевидения А.лысенко
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Deforestation in the Amazon area
by Carolina Gonçalves / Agency Brazil Brasilia - Deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon reached an area of nearly 175 square kilometers (km ²) in the months of March and April this year. The survey of alerts was released on Monday (6th) by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), responsible for the Deforestation Detection System in real time, known as Deter. In ...
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A lesson in Diplomacy for Barack and David
David Cameron went to Washington to meet President Obama and predictably, one of the first soundbites to come out of the meeting was hawkish rhetoric over the latest war zone Washington and London have crafted through a cynical and cowardly manipulation of exterior forces: in Syria. Once again, the FUKUS Axis is in action behind the ...
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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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