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'Zebra' stops cars in Russia road accident campaign - BBC News
Washington Post 'Zebra' stops cars in ...
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Wave of fires in Russia - The Hindu
RIA Novosti Wave of fires in ...
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US faces a navigable road at basketball worlds - The Associated Press
The Canadian Press US faces a ...
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Report: Andorra v Russia - European Championship Qualifying - ESPN
SkySports Report: Andorra v Russia – ...
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Is Armenia Russia's Partner Or Pawn? - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Is Armenia Russia's Partner Or ...
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New Wildfires Kill 8, Destroy 400 Homes
Wildfires swept through dozens of villages in southwestern Russia, killing at least eight people and wiping out more than 400 homes, officials said Friday. More ...
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GAZ Set to Build VWs on Contract Basis
Germany’s Volkswagen and GAZ Group, Oleg Deripaska’s carmaker, plan to reach an agreement this month on contract assembly of VW models at GAZ plants, Yelena ...
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Putin Extends Ban on Grain Exports
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin abruptly extended the grain export ban by at least several months from the end of this year because farmers and wholesalers ...
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Orthodox Church to Ban Some Media
The Moscow Patriarchate said media outlets not approved by the Russian Orthodox Church will not be allowed into its distribution system starting next September.
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Anti-Corruption Efforts: Words, Not Deeds
Analysts at the Justice Ministry have reviewed official statistics and concluded that there has been no improvement in the battle against corruption. The actual number ...
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Russia's Dementieva reaches 4th round of 2010 U.S. Open
Russia’s Elena Dementieva advanced to the last 16 of the 2010 U.S. Open tennis tournament after a straight sets victory over Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova.
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Main news of September 3
A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
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Top stories of the day
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Valdai Club participants discuss Russia-EU relations
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Valdai Club participants discuss Russia-EU relations
Participants of the Valdai International Discussion Club dedicated the third day of this year’s gathering to discussions of Russia’s historic past and the search for ...
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The Black Sea Need Not Be a Black Spot
The Black Sea is a cradle of civilization, trade and cultures, but it is also a region of unresolved conflicts, porous borders and rivalries.
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Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russia’s ban on grain exports would be extended well into next year because of continued uncertainty over ...
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Russia: Putin Defends Violence Against Protesters Without Permits
Mr. Putin told the Kommersant newspaper that the opposition had to abide by the law and receive permission to march.
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Appeal to Thai Leader for Russian Suspected of Trafficking Weapons
The lawyer for Viktor Bout, accused of being an arms trafficker, made the appeal to keep his client from being extradited to the United States.
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Chechen Leader’s Village Is Attacked
Insurgents in Chechnya attacked the home village of the region’s leader, touching off a battle in which more than a dozen people were killed, officials ...
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Uralalmaz to invest $78m in development
Perm region-based diamonds manufacturer Uralalmaz intends to invest $78m in its technological re-equipment.
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Vorkutaugol to invest $59m in its development in 2010
Republic of Komi coal company Vorkutaugol is to invest a total of $58.7m in its development in 2010, up 12.5% on 2009.
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Zhilstroy-NN to build $330m residential complex in Nizhny Novgorod
Zhilstroy-NN intends to invest $330m building a 30-hectare residential complex in Nizhny Novgorod.
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Bryansk region’s H1 2010 foreign trade up to $753m
Bryansk region’s foreign trade turnover in January – June 2010 was $752.9m, up 52% on the same period last year.
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TGC-2 to place first-series $165m bonds
Power generating company TGC-2 intends to place the first-series $165m bonds in mid-September 2010.
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Volcanoes More Dangerous to Earth Than Nuclear Bombs
Many still remember traffic jams in Europe, caused by the April eruption of Eyyafyatlayokudlya. Scientists around the world genuinely fear the catastrophic consequences of volcanic ...
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Arctic: Canada's Sabre-Rattling and Russia’s Strategic Interests
The recently completed Operation Nanook (August 6 to 26), an operation which Canada began after Russia made claims to Arctic territories in 2007, involved an ...
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Three Russian Pilots Freed in Darfur
Three Russian pilots who were abducted in Sudan’s western region of Darfur on Aug. 29 have been freed, Sudan army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khaled said today.
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Zenit looks like Champion
Zenit St. Petersburg beat Lokomotiv Moskva in Moscow by 3-0, confirming the leadership of the Russian Premier League. It was however the last game of ...
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Piracy: Unlawful Noble Act
The Internet is full of reports saying that “Russian security agencies are going to stop the work of two major metropolitan centers selling electronics, home ...
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U.S., Russia face off over alleged arms trafficker
Oh, the stories this Russian could tell! If Viktor Bout starts talking to U.S. prosecutors, the man accused of supplying the weapons for civil wars ...
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Russia helps Iran load fuel into its first nuclear plant
TEHRAN — Iranian and Russian engineers began loading nuclear fuel into Iran’s first atomic power plant Saturday amid international concern that the Islamic Republic is ...
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Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russia’s ban on grain exports would be extended well into next year because of continued uncertainty over ...
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Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russia’s ban on grain exports would be extended well into next year because of continued uncertainty over ...
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Fires ravage central Russia, killing at least 8
Fires left at least eight people dead and hundreds homeless in three regions of central Russia, government officials said Friday.
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Fears grow over global food supply
Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 ...
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Russian man arrested in Spain after nightclub fire that killed 156
Investigators have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish ...
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Russia tops Ivory Coast, 72-66
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia routed Ivory Coast 72-66 in its third Group C game of the world championships Tuesday to recover from its loss ...
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9 die, 480 rescued from burning retirement home in Russia
A fire at a retirement home northwest of here killed nine people early Monday morning, Russian state media said.
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Mystery over Russian general found dead on Turkish beach
Russian media question official version of death of Yuri Ivanov, that he died going for a swim A mysterious accident in ...
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Lib Dem MP's Russian links questioned after aide 'interrogated by MI5'
Mike Hancock dismisses as ‘rubbish’ claims about his parliamentary assistant and Russian intelligence The Russian links of Liberal Democrat MP Mike ...
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Scores detained by police at anti-Kremlin protests
Protests against alleged erosion of Article 31 of Russia’s constitution, which guarantees the right to free assembly, take place on ...
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Austrian conference hosts 'politicians versus journalists' debate
ALPBACH, Austria: I am interrupting my blog holiday to report on a session of a conference here organised by the ...
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The Russian protesters who won't give up
The 31ers are making their protest global after being fenced out of a Moscow square For the Kremlin it has become ...
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Moscow drivers see 'zebras' crossing
Moscow drivers were greeted on Friday by ‘zebras’ walking back and forth some of their busiest intersections.
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Russian traffic police paint horses to look like zebras
Moscow traffic police deploy an unusual tool to teach children about road safety in the Russian capital. Horses, painted with stripes to look ...
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Wildfires grip southern Russia
Four people are reported to have died in wildfires that have swept across southern Russia.
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Global food shortage fears as Russia extends wheat ban
Vladimir Putin has announced Russia will not lift a ban on grain exports before next year’s harvest, extending the embargo for another year, ...
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Russian businessman accused of night club fire arrested in Spain
A Russian businessman accused of being responsible for the death of 156 people in a horrific night club fire last December has been ...
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Fears grow over global food supply
Wheat prices have risen further in the wake of Russia’s decision to extend its grain export ban by 12 months, raising fears about a return ...
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Russia backs potash groups' tie-up
Kremlin gives public blessing to planned merger between Uralkali and Silvinit as first stage in creating a national fertiliser champion
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Rosatom launches global charm offensive
Amid surge in demand for nuclear energy Russia’s state-owned atomic power group outlines plans to become a leading international player
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Dozens held in anti-Kremlin protest
A month of demonstrations across Russia culminated in a melee between pro-democracy demonstrators and police in central Moscow on Tuesday, with dozens of protesters arrested ...
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Putin intervenes in Norilsk battle
Russian prime minister steps into dispute between Norilsk Nickel’s main shareholders, but fails to put an end to the fight between Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir ...
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Celluloid dreams
The history of the “Dream Factory” takes center stage at this year’s Open Cinema international short film festival which kicks off at the Dom Kino ...
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In the Spotlight: Sex Shows
Every night, TNT airs a show called “Sex With Anfisa Chekhova,” whose curvaceous host promises that she knows “everything about sex.
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Evacuations Start as Hurricane Earl Closes In on U.S.
RALEIGH, North Carolina —Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate North Carolina’s barrier islands as Hurricane Earl closed in on a large part ...
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Word’s worth
Молния: a lightning bolt, a news flash, a zipper Everyone knows that during a thunderstorm, you wait for a bolt of lightning (молния) and then ...
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Australian PM Wins Key Backer
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won the support of a key independent MP on Thursday, leaving her close to breaking the worst political ...
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Head of secret police in Vienna forced to resign because of Umar Israilov's murder
The head of Vienna's Office for Protection of Constitution and Fighting Terrorism, Werner Autericky, was forced to resign from his post, according to the Austrian ...
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Russian terrorist is connected with Putin and could reveal Kremlin's secrets
The "Lord of War" Viktor Bout, arrested in Thailand because of his deal to supply weapons to Colombian terrorists, has links to the top leadership of ...
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Israilov's father: 'If I meet Kadyrov I'll kill him'
In the framework of the Restructuring-2 the KGB website InoSMI published in the retelling an interview with Ali Israilov, father of Umar Israilov killed by ...
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Russian 'diplomats' and Kadyrov's killers
The fact that the Kremlin is actively using Kadyrov in organization of the murders became widely known after the incident with the shooting of a ...
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Fresh wildfires destroy over 500 buildings in Russia
Fresh wildfires have destroyed over 500 buildings leaving five people dead and more than 1000 homeless in Russia's Volga regions of Volgograd, Saratov and Samara. In ...
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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Seeing Trees Behind the Khimki Forest
In a move that surprised many in Russia and abroad, President Dmitry Medvedev halted the construction of a federal highway through the ancient oak Khimki ...
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Molotovs in Minsk
Two petrol bombs were hurled into the compound of the Russian Embassy in Minsk on Monday night, destroying a parked car and sparking a panic ...
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Blighty 31
Russian anti-government protests took place in London for the first time on Tuesday, when dozens of Russian emigres gathered outside the Russian embassy in Western ...
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Forced to Sell
After years of micromanaging state-owned companies the Russian government appears set to loosen its grip, as lower-than-expected world commodity prices continue to stretch the gaping ...
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Worthy Nickels
In the quicksand world of Russian business, the high-profile spat between billionaires Vladimir Potanin and Oleg Deripaska – two of Russia’s best known oligarchs – ...
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By the Shores of Issyk-Kul
One of the most impressive explorers in Russian history died on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, in present-day Kyrgyzstan. But, of course, there is much ...
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Survival Russian
Where we consider Moscow’s summer heat wave and its impact on language.
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Salmon Island
Sakhalin Island and the Russian Far East are home to one of the worlds most vital wild salmon populations, supplying nearly 20 percent of the ...
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Khrushchev at the UN
Where we look back and the now infamous incident of Khrushchev’s shoe and the UN General Assembly.
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Moscow on the Thames
History would have been much different if Queen Elizabeth had accepted a proposal from Ivan IV in the sixteenth century. Nonetheless, London today bears the ...
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Editor's note
He engineered Russia’s transformation to a market economy …
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Yegor Gaidar
Country briefings are no longer being updated.
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Russia and NATO
Yegor Gaidar, the father of Russia’s economic reforms, has died aged 53
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Terrorism in Russia
Cack-handed Russian tactics are boosting NATO in eastern Europe
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The restructuring of Rusal
A terrorist attack fuels worries about the police and security services
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Abkhaz Leader Says Georgian Refugee Return 'Currently Impossible'
The de facto prime minister of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia says the return of Georgian refugees to Abkhazia is not possible in the current ...
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Is Armenia Russia's Partner Or Pawn?
Richard Giragosian argues that a new agreement may deal a further blow to Armenian sovereignty by deploying additional Russian border guards to Armenia’s other borders, ...
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Potemkinism
In Russia these days things are seldom what they seem to be. Nonetheless, though, there seems to have been an unusual amount of smoke and ...
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Azerbaijan To Double Gas Exports To Russia
Azerbaijan will double natural-gas exports to Russia, under a deal signed between Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and Russia’s Gazprom.
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Eight Dead As New Fires Hit Russia
Fresh fires are being reported in Russia. Local media says eight people have been killed and at least 14 injured in the blazes near Volgograd ...
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Ad Market to Dip in 2009
Demand for advertising will fall 11 percent in 2009, predicts Group M, based on events on November, when all ad deals for next year were ...
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Alcohol Supervisor to Be Set Into Motion on New Year Eve
The federal supervisor of alcohol turnover in Russia, Gosalkokontrol, will be set into motion in late 2008, said Deputy Agriculture Minister Andrei Slepnev. The president’s ...
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Gazprom Builds Big Gas Reservoir
Gazprom and four other international energy companies will build Europe’s largest underground natural gas reservoir in The Netherlands at the exhausted Bergermeer field. The project ...
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Russia Terminated Armament Projects with Ukraine
Russia has terminated a number of armament projects with Ukraine in the wake of supplies of Ukrainian weapons to Georgia, said Valery Konovalyuk, who heads ...
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Georgian Opposition from New York
A new opposition force is about to emerge in Georgia to challenge President Mikheil Saakashvili and the ruling United National Movement. The opposition Republican Party ...
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Tycoon Lebedev makes London's Evening Standard Free
In a groundbreaking move, Alexander Lebedev, the Russian tycoon and former KGB agent will today begin distributing over 600,000 copies of the London Evening Standard ...
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World Cup Football: Russia 0 - 1 Germany
Germany beat Russia 1-0 in a packed Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Saturday night to secure their qualification for next year’s World Cup Finals. The result ...
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Medvedev interview: Recession has hit Russian economy hard
The global recession has done more damage to Russia than even its government predicted, President Dmitry Medvedev told Channel 1 in a televised interview on ...
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Renault to offer aid to troubled car manufacturer Avtovaz
French car manufacturer Renault SA has agreed to provide additional support to ailing Russian car maker OAO Avtovaz. Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov ...
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England fans forced to watch Ukraine match online
In a first for English football, this weekend’s Ukraine vs England game will not be available on television at all. Instead, viewers will have to ...
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Friday Bullets
The Heat sold LeBron James on stability and loyalty, and because of how he was raised ...
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Andorra 0-2 Russia
Russia were indebted to Pavel Pogrebniak as the striker’s double got their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign ...
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Spartak Moscow to offer Zhirkov escape from Chelsea
Chelsea defender Yuri Zhirkov could be set to leave the club, with Spartak Moscow boss Valeri ...
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U.S. Open-Day 4
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 02: Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot against Iveta Benesova of ...
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U.S. Open-Day 4
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 02: Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot against Iveta Benesova of ...
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Dmitry Medvedev meets with Russian national youth team
Russian Athletics News. Dmitry Medvedev met with medal winners from the Russian national youth team that took part in the first Youth Olympics
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Abakumova and Nazarova win in Ljubljana
Russian Athletics News. Mariya Abakumova won the women’s javelin throw at the Atletski miting Ljubljana 2010 held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She achieved 64,38m
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Rybakov, Firova and Lysenko win in Rieti
Russian Athletics News. Tatyana Lysenko won the women’s hammer throw at the Rieti meeting held in Italy. She achieved 74,80m
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Znamensky Memorial in 2011 IAAF World Challenge
Russian Athletics News. The Znamensky Memorial meeting was included in the 2011 IAAF World Challenge. The meeting will be held for the 53rd time on ...
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Russians in Team Europe
Russian Athletics News. Olympic medalist Mariya Abakumova has been asked to compete for the Team Europe at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup to ...
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Our team is on holiday – we’ll be back soon!
Dear EmergingMarkets.me readers! We would like to inform you that our team is on a summer break and we are also working on ...
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Moscow City faces Apocalypse Now
By Ivan Anderzhanov Trading on Moscow’s stock exchanges almost came to a standstill today after a massive acrid plume of smog enveloped the city. Bankers were ...
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VTB to palm stake to Gulf investor?
By Marcus Williams The management of state-controlled VTB met with Persian Gulf investors about a potential sale of a sizable stake. Kuwait’s Oil ...
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HSBC names Huseyin Ozkaya to run Russian operation
By Andrei Skvarsky HSBC has appointed Huseyin Ozkaya as chief executive of its Russian subsidiary, moving him from his current job as head ...
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Aton Capital plunders Dushin from UniCredit
By Marcus Williams. The relaunched Aton Capital business has hired Pavel Dushin from Unicredit Securities in Moscow to develop its fixed income business. Dushin was reunited with ...
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CzechTourism inviting Russians to the "unknown" Czechia
RusBusinessNews CzechTourism inviting Russians to the "unknown" Czechia – http://www.rusbiznews.com/news…
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Israel was offered to raise turkeys in Russia
RusBusinessNews Israel was offered to raise turkeys in Russia – http://www.rusbiznews.com/news…
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China will build two power generating units with Russian fast neutron reactors
RusBusinessNews China will build two power generating units with Russian fast neutron reactors – http://www.rusbiznews.com/news…
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PRC orders in the Urals large quantities of equipment for MI-17 helicopters
RusBusinessNews PRC orders in the Urals large quantities of equipment for MI-17 helicopters – http://www.rusbiznews.com/news…
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Terrorists blew up Russian furniture market
RusBusinessNews Terrorists blew up Russian furniture market – http://www.rusbiznews.com/news…
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Mapping Georgia from scratch
Until an NGO took matters into its own hands, Georgia was literally uncharted territory. read more
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Russia: Fires scorch wheat crop
Loss of 25 percent of Russian wheat crop worries international grain markets. read more
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Russia: Fires bring rage and disbelief
Villagers who lost loved ones and homes turn on the government. read more
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Opinion: Georgia aspires to end Russian occupation
Two years after the Russians invaded, the Georgian government has a plan to reunify its people. read more
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Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan for Russia
They cite the threat of police violence and community harassment. read more
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Председатель Правительства России В.В.Путин провел рабочую встречу с председателем совета директоров Новолипецкого металлургического комбината В.С.Лисиным
В ходе беседы с Председателем Правительства В.С.Лисин рассказал о новых проектах компании, среди которых он особенно выделил доменную печь в Липецке. По словам предпринимателя, основные ...
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Председатель Правительства России В.В.Путин обсудил с губернатором Калужской области А.Д.Артамоновым проблемы региона
Как констатировал в ходе беседы губернатор, Калужская область «достаточно благополучно» прошла кризисный период и сегодня в ней отмечается рост бюджетных доходов и уровня заработной платы. ...
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Председатель Правительства России В.В.Путин провел рабочую встречу с главой МЧС С.К.Шойгу
Обсуждалась ситуация в связи с пожарами в Волгоградской и Саратовской областях. Премьер сообщил, что подписал распоряжение Правительства о выделении дополнительных средств на компенсацию гражданам за ...
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Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации В.В.Путин встретился с председателем правления компании «Фольксваген Груп» Мартином Винтеркорном
Как отметил в ходе встречи В.В.Путин, российское Правительство делает все необходимое, чтобы создать благоприятный климат для инвестиций «Фольксваген груп» в производство в Калуге. Премьер ...
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