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Russia to provide Syria with MiG-29 fighter planes – Jerusalem Post
The head of aircraft maker MiG said on Friday that Russia was counting on providing Syria with 10 MiG-29 fighter planes and was discussing details with a Syrian delegation, RIA news agency reported....
View ArticleRussia tries to kick habit with anti-smoking law – Reuters
Sat Jun 1, 2013 4:14pm IST * Restrictions take effect under anti-tobacco law * Doubts over enforcement in cigarette culture * Forty percent of Russians smoke * Putin wants population to increase By...
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That’s a furr cop! Guards foil plot to smuggle contraband into prison...
Russian prison guards hold up a cat found with mobile phones taped to it Ambitious crooks taped contraband to an unsuspecting cat then sent it over a prison wall. Guards who stopped the unsuspecting...
View ArticleRussia, EU forge bittersweet partnership – Xinhua
By Han Liang YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 4 (Xinhua) — Russia and the European Union (EU) concluded here on Tuesday their 31st regular summit, leaving an array of issues in divergence, despite of...
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Fire breaks out in Moscow subway tunnel – CNN
(CNN) — Fifty-nine people sought medical attention after a fire in a tunnel by a Moscow metro station during the Wednesday morning rush hour, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said. Eleven of...
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Terrified commuters flee Moscow Metro after rush hour fire – euronews
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Moscow Trial Sends Warning to Rank-and-File Putin Foes – New York Times
Some of his supporters, citing video evidence, say he threw only a lemon. Mr. Belousov, 21 and the father of a 2-year-old son, had no previous criminal record, but he has been in jail for a year and...
View Article300 detained at Moscow Muslim prayer room following Putin crackdown – Fox News
Moscow police detained 300 Muslims after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. The 300 people, including 170 foreigners, were...
View ArticlePutin stokes anti – US hysteria – Toledo Blade
COMMENTARY A wig, a compass, a pack of 500-euro banknotes, and a recruitment letter featured as “evidence” in the latest U.S.-Russian spy scandal, which was widely televised in Russia compete with a...
View ArticleMoscow Rally Urges Navalny for Mayor as Putin Draws Rival Crowd – Bloomberg
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the center of Russia’s capital as President Vladimir Putin gathered supporters across the river and took charge of his latest political...
View ArticlePutin rules out US extradition for Edward Snowden – The Guardian
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed that the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is indeed in a Moscow airport, bringing an end to a global guessing game over the US fugitive’s...
View ArticleA wanted man without a passport, Snowden could join ranks of unwitting...
LONDON – Amid the thousands of people passing through Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Edward Snowden is — if Russia’s government is to be believed — staying put. That makes his situation unusual, but...
View ArticleSnowden applies for Russian asylum, Putin says stop harming US – Reuters
By Alexei Anishchuk and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW | Mon Jul 1, 2013 2:25pm EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia, a Russian...
View ArticleSnowden still in Moscow despite Bolivian plane drama – Reuters
By Angelika Gruber and Emma Farge VIENNA/GENEVA | Wed Jul 3, 2013 12:28pm EDT VIENNA/GENEVA (Reuters) – Bolivia on Wednesday accused the United States of trying to “kidnap” its president, Evo Morales,...
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Snowden Is Offered Asylum by Venezuela – Wall Street Journal- India
By KEJAL VYAS in Caracas and JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA in Mexico City Venezuela is offering “humanitarian asylum” to U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, President Nicolás Maduro said Friday,...
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Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia – USA TODAY
59 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin is characterizing National...
View ArticleRussia jails top opposition leader; Putin denounced as dictator – Reuters
By Gabriela Baczynska KIROV, Russia | Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:39am EDT KIROV, Russia (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an...
View ArticleObama’s Moscow visit to meet Putin is in limbo because of Snowden standoff –...
The White House announced in June that Obama would meet with Putin in Moscow around the time of the annual Group of 20 nations summit, which Russia is hosting Sept. 5-6 in St. Petersburg. White House...
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Freed opposition leader will run for Moscow mayor – USA TODAY
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, seen through a cage window, gestures while speaking in a courtroom in Kirov on Friday.(Photo: Evgeny Feldman, AP) SHARECONNECT 37 TWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE MOSCOW...
View ArticlePutin critic Navalny vows to push ahead with Moscow mayor bid – Times of India
MOSCOW: Top opposition leader Alexei Navalny triumphantly returned home to Russia’s capital on Saturday after his unexpected release from prison, saying he would push ahead with a bid to become Moscow...
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