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Tornado Caught on Tape Over World's First Nuclear Plant (Video)
A tornado caused a scare outside Moscow when it passed over the decommissioned site of the world's first civilian nuclear power plant.
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Scores Evacuated as Moscow Feels First Tremors in 35 Years
At least 9,000 people were evacuated from Moscow buildings on Friday as the capital experienced its first tremors from an earthquake since 1977.
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Sochi Olympics to Outdo Vancouver in Doping Tests
Sochi Olympics organizers said 2,500 doping tests will be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at the Vancouver Games four years ...
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Norway Has No Plans for Magnitsky Sanctions
Norway has reiterated its concern about an investigation into the 2009 prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky but said it has no plans to impose ...
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Prominent Chechen Advocate Killed in Turkey
A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office in an attack that supporters blamed on Chechen leader Ramzan ...
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Pussy Riot performance in Finland canceled as performers disappear
A planned performance in Finland on Saturday of two members of Russia's Pussy Riot punk rock band was canceled ... -
State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov urged to return money to Skolkovo
Skolkovo Foundation President Viktor Vekselberg has reiterated an allegation that State Duma deputy Ilya Ponamorayov illegally received $750,000 from ...
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About 30 people arrested during a gay-parade in Moscow
With dozens people detained during at a gay rights parade in the central Moscow, Russian human rights activists expresses ... -
U.S. invites Russian specialists to visit missile defense control facilities
The United States has proposed that Russian specialists could visit its missile defense control facilities, U.S. Acting Under Secretary ...
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Russia has not yet sent documents to Interpol on declaring Browder wanted - Interior Ministry
Russia did not forward documents to Interpol on declaring Hermitage Capital co-founder and CEO William Browder wanted, according to ...
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Turkmen Capital Hits Guinness Book of Records
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Turkmen Capital Hits Guinness Book of Records
Turkmen capital of Ashgabat has been included in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest density of white marble buildings in the city. -
30 Held at Moscow Gay Pride Rally
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30 Held at Moscow Gay Pride Rally
About 30 LGBT activists and their opponents were detained in the Russian capital on Saturday during a string of gay pride events in the city’s ... -
Interpol Rejects Russia’s Bid for Help in Browder Case
The international police agency Interpol has deleted from its database all information in relation to UK-based investor William Browder, the organization said in a statement ...
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Scores Evacuated as Moscow Feels First Tremors in 35 Years
At least 9,000 people were evacuated from Moscow buildings on Friday as the capital experienced its first tremors from an earthquake in 35 years. The scare ...
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Attitudes to Russia Worsening, Poll Says
People's attitudes to Russia's global role continue to deteriorate, particularly in the U.S., according to a poll conducted in 25 countries by the BBC.
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Norway Suggests Raising Magnitsky at UN
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eider has recommended that his country's lawmakers bring the issue of Magnitsky sanctions against Russia before the UN Security Council.
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$1 Billion Spent on Gazprom Anniversary Party
Gazprom spent more than $1 billion on celebrations to mark the company's 20th anniversary this year, Interfax reported Thursday. In February, the Kremlin hosted a gala ...
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Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses
ST. PETERSBURG (SPB) — Among talk of the problem of unpaid gas bills and the possibility of opening a St. Petersburg Gas Museum, participants at last ...
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Russia to cut the budget of CIA?
The Russian defense industry has developed a new system to neutralize the U.S. global missile defense system. The statement has puzzled Western intelligence agencies. High-ranking ...
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Can foreigners treat Russian tourists better?
The behavior of Russians abroad has long been a topic of dirty jokes. A collective image of a Russian tourist is a cad, who likes ...
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Russian businessman to fly into space with Leonardo DiCaprio
Russian businessman Vasily Klyukin paid $1.5 million for a chance to fly into space with famous Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio
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Black archeologists uncover remains of Nazi soldiers in Russia's Rostov region
In the Rostov region, on the territory of the former village of Privolnoe, "black archaeologists" discovered skeletal remains of Nazi soldiers during unauthorized excavation works
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Strong earthquake in Russia's Far East echoes in Moscow
On Friday, May 24, a strong earthquake occurred in the Far East of Russia. According to preliminary data, the magnitude of the quake was about ...
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Interpol Rejects Moscow Bid To Locate British Fund Manager
The international police agency Interpol has rejected a Russian push to include British millionaire William Browder on its international search list.
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Suicide Attack Hits Daghestan Capital
At least 11 people have been wounded in a suicide car bombing in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan.
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In Moldova’s Breakaway Transdniester, A Tale Of Two Cities
The 5+2 group tasked with negotiating a settlement to Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region is expected to conclude a second day of talks Friday (May 24) ...
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Podcast: Palace Intrigue Escalates
The appearance of Aleksei Kudrin and Vladislav Surkov in the news this week is the latest sign that the battle in the Russian elite is ...
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Cat Fight! Kadyrov Takes On Moscow Socialite In Feline Beauty Contest
A photo posted on May 23 of the Chechen authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov cuddling up with three kittens in his Grozny palace has sparked a ...
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Bulgaria Socialists try to form govt with technocrat at its head
It might be the start of a solution in Bulgaria, if it isn't the start of new problems. On May 23, Plamen Oresharski became the ...
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CEO of Austrian bank RBI offers resignation over property revelations
Herbert Stepic, the chief executive of Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), offered his resignation on May 24, according to a statement issued by the bank. ...
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Ukraine MP's UK empire raises transparency questions
It was billed in the Ukrainian media as the wedding of the decade to be celebrated on the uniquely romantic date of September 9, 2009 ...
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Estonia proclaims pan-Baltic nuclear plant project is dead
The plan to build a pan-Baltic nuclear power plant at Visaginas in Lithuania is not economically feasible, and now looks certain to be officially dropped, ...
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Educating Giorgi
With just six months before the Georgian presidential election, solid popularity ratings for the governing Georgian Dream coalition indicates it's poised for victory in October. ...
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'Black widow' bomber attacks Russia police
A suicide bomber has blown herself up in the capital of the troubled southern republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, officials say.
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'Black widow' bomber attacks Russia police
… building. Some of the victims were seriously hurt and at least one of the police officers was in a critical condition. In recent years, ...
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Ukraine stages first gay pride march
… trying to break up the rally - in a country where homophobia is widespread and generally accepted. In neighbouring Russia, more than 20 gay ...
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Ashley McKenzie loses in round one at the World Masters
Britain's Ashley McKenzie lost in the opening round of the International Judo Federation World Masters in Tyumen, Russia. The 2013 European bronze…
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Team GB ice skaters given 2014 Winter Olympics boost
Winter Olympics by the International Skating Union. The three spots for the Games in Sochi, Russia, are reward for Britain's results at the World…
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Russia police find Pussy Riot slogan at murder scene
Police in Russia are investigating the murder of two women found under a slogan backing the female punk rock band Pussy Riot, apparently written in ...
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Two Pussy Riot members flee Russia to 'recruit foreign feminists'
Two members of the female punk rock band Pussy Riot have fled Russia, the group said.
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Mosque shooting, suicide bombing hit Russia's Caucasus region
At least six people were wounded when two masked men opened fire inside a mosque in Russia's North Caucasus region Saturday night, Russian officials said ...
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Plane to Moscow diverted after bomb scare
Authorities are investigating a bomb threat made to a Moscow-bound Aeroflot flight that took off from New York Wednesday night and was diverted to Iceland, ...
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Five things to watch at the Olympics on Saturday
Track and field competition revs up on Saturday, but not before swimmers -- among them, the most decorated Olympian of all time -- make one ...
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Police arrest 30 at gay pride rally in Moscow
Activists march to protest at rising Orthodox intolerance of homosexuality across RussiaRussian police arrested at least 30 activists ...
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Tornado rips through central Russia - video
Amateur footage captures a tornado ripping through residential areas 110km southwest of Moscow on Thursday
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Vladimir Putin's goal is to destroy Russian civil society | Lyudmila Alexeeva
For demanding fair elections and respect for the constitution, Russians are being treated as spies and traitorsI have been ...
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Statue commemorates wartime lovers separated for 60 years
Italian prisoner of war and Ukrainian forced labourer were separated after falling in love during the second world ...
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Syrian government agrees to attend Geneva conference, says ally Russia
Assad regime agrees 'in principle' to conflict resolution initiative as Syrian opposition comes under pressure to take part ...
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Female suicide bomber attacks police headquarters in Dagestan
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up in Russia's Dagestan region, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by. -
Sir Paul McCartney's protests fail to help Pussy Riot
The judge ruled against Maria Alyokhina, 24, saying she did not qualify for parole because she had violated prison rules, including by refusing to make ... -
Alexander Lebedev 'to call martial arts expert' to testify
Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev to call martial arts expert to testify in hooliganism trial in attempt to prove he did not hit property tycoon with ... -
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov welcomes Gerard Depardieu and Elizabeth Hurley to Grozny
He is the strongman leader of Chechnya, a ruthless former rebel fighter with strict Muslim habits and a passion for powerful cars and weapons. She ... -
Russian officer 'posed at Vladimir Putin's desk to impress girls'
Russia's federal guard service launched an investigation after photos appeared in the media of a disgraced former employee apparently posing behind Vladimir Putin's desk in ...
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In Tolstoy's Footsteps
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Lev Tolstoy made the first of several walking journeys from Moscow to Tula a distance of nearly 200 ...
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Sergei Dovlatov
This issue's Uchites language learning section focuses on writer Sergei Dovlatov, who would have been 70 this month.
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The Little Soyuz that Could
The end of American shuttle flights gives Russia a de facto monopoly on carrying humans to the International Space Station. What does this mean for ...
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The Passing of Yelena Bonner
An obituary of Yelena Bonner by a fellow dissident.
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Lucky Murmansk
Murmansk was founded 95 years ago this October. We look back at the history of its founding and its appearance in a particularly important piece ...
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EAST CAPITAL COMMENT: Turkish growth set to continue
The Turkish stock market has continued to perform well, and is already up 10.1 percent … Read More -
Russia’s major RVC high-tech fund co-launches new contest for IT startups
By Andrei Skvarsky. RVC, a major Russian state-owned 30bn-ruble ($100m) fund of funds for high-tech … Read More
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RenCap says middle income trap the source of Russia’s woes
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s Renaissance Capital argues that the likeliest explanation of Russia’s current economic … Read More
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Coroporate/Securities Lawyer – London
We are looking for a corporate and securities lawyer to work independently as a legal … Read More
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Unicorn Capital PE fund raises $100m since 2012
By Andrei Skvarsky. Unicorn Capital Partners, an emerging markets-focused private equity fund set up last … Read More
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Stop this train! The rates are crippling
RusBusinessNews Stop this train! The ...
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Uralvagonzavod intends to buy 100% of the shares of Motovilikhinskie Zavody, OJSC
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VSMPO is unfurling its "wings" of titanium
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The capital stock of the Ugoria insurance company has increased 20%
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RCC takes the 46th place in the Forbes rating
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RPL Week 40 Round-Up: Nalchik & Tomsk on the brink as Zenit made to wait
Alex Jackson rounds up the action from week 40 of the Russian Premier League with Andrei Arshavin on target again as Zenit open up a ... -
RPL Week 39 Round-Up: Zenit Zero In On Title
Zenit's win over CSKA puts them 12 points clear at the top with only five games to play -
RPL Week 38 Round-Up: Zenit March Towards Title as Armymen Drop More Points
Guus Hiddink’s Anzhi were frustrated in their push for Europe as they were held to a goal-less draw by CSKA Moscow -
RPL Week 37 Round-Up: Dikan Fractures Skull while Dynamo and Rubin win
Russian football expert, Alex Jackson observes a bruising weekend of action from the RPL -
RPL Round-Up: All-Draw Bore At The Top While Four Seem Set For The Drop
It was draws all round in the Championship Division while in the Relegation Division a foreboding chasm between those in the relegation mire and those ...
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Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl rebuilds in Amish country
For weeks, the folks in Pennsylvania's Amish country had no idea that a Russian hockey team was ... -
Cycling federation chief says panel to study UCI-Lance Armstrong 'collusion'
An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping. -
United We Wrestle
The Russian and U.S. national wrestling teams met for United 4 Wrestling, a promotional competition in Los ... -
Russian Hockey Training In Amish Country
NFL trainer Steve Saunders describes the training program set up for the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team in ... -
Nikolay Davydenko loses in first round in Duesseldorf
Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to "lucky loser" Aljaz Bedene ...