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Russian News - China okays rescuers from Russia, SKorea, Singapore: state media - Terra Daily (Global Geopolitics News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:15:04 GMT

China okays rescuers from Russia, SKorea, Singapore: state media - Terra DailyChina has accepted offers from Russia, South Korea and Singapore to send rescue teams to earthquake-hit Sichuan province, state media reported early Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying that the UPDATE 1-Russia IES buys [...]

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Russia and Canada looking for prefect finish to worlds (Reuters)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:11:43 GMT

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Canada may be hosting the ice hockey world championships but arch-rivals Russia have made themselves at home in Quebec City.

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Russia: Roses and Migrant Workers (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:33:21 GMT

Russian photographer Oleg Klimov visited a commercial greenhouse outside Moscow and posted his observations about a birthplace of the roses one buys in Russia's capital.

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:53:50 GMT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic…. Share This

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Top Four Arms Exporters: USA, Russia, Germany and France (Atlantic Review)

nospam@example.com (Kyle Atwell) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:17 GMT

Observing Hermann has posted a revealing article that references the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) most recent survey on global arms transfers (HT: Joe Noory ): The survey says that the USA, Russia and Germany are the world's leading weapons exporters, with Germany's latest weapons export piece of the pie profits coming in at around $3.395 billion. Damn, just think...

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base (AP) (Get Mash)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:16 GMT

AP - Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic. Read the full story

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Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence: Russia-Georgia Tensions (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:47:31 GMT

Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence: Russia-Georgia Tensions Even as a new president taking over the Kremlin reigns, long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions in Georgia have flared dangerously recent days with each country accusing the other of provocative actions that risk war.

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Russia: “Siberian Language” (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:08:14 GMT

Window on Eurasia writes about “Siberian language.”

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Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base (Miami Herald)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:20:06 GMT

Tensions between Georgia and Russia got a jolt Thursday when a news agency quoted the head of the Russian air force as saying he favored putting military bases in a breakaway region of this former Soviet republic.

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Russia: CIS Affairs Agency (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:50:53 GMT

Window on Eurasia writes on PM Putin's newly-created Federal Agency for CIS Affairs.

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From Russia with hate (The 3rd world view)

noreply@blogger.com (Rezwan) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Black Looks points us to the racist hate in Russia which is evident from the above video documentary by Christof Putzel . The hate is against colored immigrants not just blacks but anyone who is not white, browns or Central Asians. Immigrants are attacked without provocation and the video of the attack is posted in the internet to warn others not to come to Russia. It's bad enough that...

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Pranab briefs Russia about nuke deal (rediff News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:21:53 GMT

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday briefed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the Indo-US nuclear deal and raised the issues of delay in the delivery of Gorshkov aircraft carrier.

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Russia launches Progress freighter to ISS (Global Security)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:14 GMT

Russia launches Progress space freighter to ISS15/05/2008 10:30 MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has successfully launched a Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft to deliver fuel, food and other supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Thursday. A Soyuz-U carrier rocket blasted off from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00.23 Moscow time on Thursday...

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Businessmen: Russia's Medvedev Inherits Strong, But Vulnerable Economy A EurasiaNet Recap (Eurasianet )

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:41:38 GMT

BY RICHARD WEITZ On the surface, newly inaugurated Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is inheriting one of the world's strongest economies. Surging prices for Russian energy exports and a near-decade-long economic boom mean that confidence in the country's future is running strong. Two prominent Russian businessmen, however, caution that Russia's energy reliance hurts its...

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To Russia ... with apples: NY growers see emerging market (The Business Review of Albany)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:38:37 GMT

New York apple growers shipped more than 10,000 cartons of apples to Russia so far this year.

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Russia urges NATO to help stop military build-up in Georgia (News & Information)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:17 GMT

Russia’s military chief urged NATO Thursday to take steps to stop a build-up of arms in its neighbour Georgia and warned that conflict could break out if no action is taken. ……Read more

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New Challenges for BP in Russia (Business Week )

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:23:00 GMT

Who's behind the mysterious brokerage called Tetlis, and why don't they want BP experts working at the oil company's Russian subsidiary?

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Finland, Russia, Canada, Sweden advance at Worlds (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:16:00 GMT

was also proud of his team's effort. "I think we only played one bad minute the whole game," he said. "We dominated and were

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The New York Times Condemns Russia Today (La Russophobe)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:03 GMT

We hope this is a sign of further investigative journalism into the malignant propaganda exercise that is Russia Today Kremlin-controlled TV. The New York Times reports: Viewers outside Russia who tuned in this morning to watch the inauguration of Russia’s new president , Dmitri Medvedev, on the Kremlin-backed, English-language, 24-hour television news channel Russia Today heard a man recite the oath...

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EU Sides with Georgia against Russia (La Russophobe)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:03 GMT

The BBC reports: EU backs Georgians in Russia row Five EU foreign ministers have voiced their support for Georgia in its continuing dispute with separatist regions backed by Russia. Slovenian Foreign Minister Dmitrij Rupel said the EU was reiterating its backing for Georgia's sovereignty. In a separate development, the breakaway region of Abkhazia said it had shot down two more Georgian spy drones...

Source : La Russophobe (subscribe)