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Russian Premier League Wrap Point gives CSKA Moscow title win
Coming into the match, CSKA needed only a point against UEFA Europa League chasers Kuban and that never looked in doubt as they controlled the match throughout, but rarely did they risk much in search of the ...
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Venezuela and Brazil strengthen their cooperation
Venezuela's presidential candidate of PSUV, Nicolás Maduro, has convinced the masses that he is the right man for the post. He also receives support from other progressive American countries, for example from Brazil, where the former President, Luiz Inác io Lula da Silva, spoke on his ...
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American accused of spying in Russia has flown out of Moscow report
MOSCOW - The US Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled a ...
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Road Maps Run Afoul of Bureaucratic Swamp
Vladimir Putin to help drive the economy forward, have come up with 14 so-called road maps that describe specific and measurable tactics and goals to improve the business climate. But Putin expressed frustration at the rate of execution, during a meeting with the Cabinet earlier this month. "We approved the road maps, including those aimed to develop competition, in order to implement ...
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Russian Public Television Begins Broadcasting
Russia's first public television channel began broadcasting on Sunday, with live broadcasts available on the channel's official website and also freely available to viewers of cable, satellite, or IP-TV. The channel, Russian Public Television, is a hallmark of Dmitry Medvedev's presidency and was created amid opposition protests in late 2011, with some saying it was a direct ...
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Filmmaker Balabanov Dead at 54
Alexei Balabanov, a filmmaker whose rebel-like film character became a role model for thousands of Russians a decade ago, died Saturday in his home in a suburb of St. Petersburg, Russian television reported, citing family members. He was 54. Balabanov died after collapsing, his close friends said, RIA Novosti reported Saturday. The Rosbalt news agency reported Saturday that the cause of death ...
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Syrian terrorists confess to murder and kidnapping of civilians
A member of a terrorist group in Syria has confessed to killing and kidnapping civilians and theft of public and private institutions, it was announced on Sunday on the Syrian official news agency, SANA. Linda Ataolá confessed after surrendering to Syrian security forces in the district of Ghoiran, in the northeastern city of ...
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Lucky escapes in emergencies at Moscow Newark
Part of an airliner carrying about 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. The Emergencies Ministry said none of the passengers and crew members was injured by the fire on the landing gear of the Boeing 737 at Vnukovo Airport. A ministry statement said the plane belonging to ...
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Spy-accused US man leaves Moscow
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 on Sunday.Russian security services claimed on Tuesday that Fogle, a third secretary in the US embassy, had been caught trying to recruit a Russian agent.The US embassy has refused to comment on the ...
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Alleged Unmasked CIA Agent Leaves Moscow
have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the United States, left Russia on Sunday, NTV television reported. Fogle checked in on a flight at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, NTV said. The Russian Foreign Ministry had earlier declared Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, persona non grata for "activity incompatible with his diplomatic ...
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Orphan Abuse Case Prompts Call for Public Oversight
An online video that appeared to show teenage girls savagely beating younger pupils at a remote Siberian boarding school for orphans has sparked a criminal investigation and calls for public oversight over the government's opaque and widely criticized orphanage system. Children's rights advocates said the incident should prompt lawmakers to pass a long-stalled bill that would allow ...
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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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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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