Almost 30 Hospitalized After Russia Chlorine Leak

PERM, March 1 (RIA Novosti) – Twenty-seven people were hospitalized on Friday after a chlorine leak at a factory in central Russia’s Perm region, emergencies workers said.Medical officials said only four of the 27 were currently receiving medical treatment, while the rest were under observation in hospital.The leak occurred early on Friday...

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Ex-Bank of Moscow Chief Gets Asylum in Britain

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Russia, Georgia to Hold ‘Relations Improvement’ Talks

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russian and Georgian special envoys will hold a scheduled meeting in Prague on Friday aimed at normalizing bilateral ties in areas of trade, transport and culture, but avoiding the issue of Georgia’s breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.It will be a second meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign...

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Russian Billionaire Rotenberg Buys 10.7% Stake in Rostelecom

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti) - Marshall Capital has sold its 10.7-percent stake in Russia’s state-run telecoms operator Rostelecom to billionaire Arkady Rotenberg for an “undisclosed amount,” the company said in .“We are satisfied with the terms of the deal. It is important for us to have as a buyer a domestic strategic investor who is...

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Russia Takes Over UN Security Council Presidency

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will assume on Friday rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of March, giving priority during its term to the development of the situation in Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.The role of president of the Security Council involves setting the agenda, presiding at its...

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Russia, France to Set New Turnover Record Soon - Putin

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian-French trade turnover may exceed the 2011 level of $28.1 billion in the foreseeable future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.“I am confident that there is every chance not only to achieve the 2011 indicators, but also to surpass them,” Putin said at a meeting with Russian and French...

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Love-Making Mannequins in Moscow Mall Insult Muscovites

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – Prosecutors issued a warning to the director of a luxurious shopping center in downtown Moscow for decorating mall windows with mannequins that imitate having sex.The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office received various complaints from Muscovites that back in December, display windows of the Central Universal Department...

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Venezuelan Embassy Denies Reports of Chavez’ Death

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – The Venezuelan Embassy in Russia denied on Thursday media reports that President Hugo Chavez had been brain-dead since December and was recently disconnected from life-supporting equipment.On Wednesday, Colombian TV channel NTN24 reported, citing Panama's former Ambassador to the Organization of American...

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Court Frees Russian Nationalist

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian nationalist activist walked free from a St. Petersburg court on Thursday after he was given a two and a half year suspended sentence after spending over a year behind bars awaiting trial.Maxim Kalinichenko was arrested on December 10, 2011 during a protest in St. Petersburg against alleged vote...

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Internet Blacklist

On July 11, the Russian State Duma approved legislation to give the state powers to block blacklisted websites, a move criticized by internet freedom activists who say the law could be used to crack down on dissen...

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Hollande Thanks Moscow for Mali, Afghanistan Support

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - French President Francois Hollande thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday for Russia’s support for the military operation in Mali and assistance in the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.“From day one you supported our military action in Mali. You understood the importance...

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Russia's Penitentiary Service Reveals $327 mln Fraud

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FCIN) said on Thursday it had uncovered fraudulent financial operations inside the organization which have cost it over 10 billion rubles (some $327 mln).“During the course of an inspection of documents, financial violations were discovered totaling over 10.1 billion...

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Watchdog Talks to EU Over Horsemeat Scandal

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – The head of Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has held talks with the European Commission's director-general for health and consumers over the unfolding horse meat scandal in Europe, it said on Thursday.Rospotrebnadzor head Gennady Onishchenko held talks on Wednesday with Paola Testori Coggi,...

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Eight Year Old Doing 60 On a Highway

New stars in the Russian Internet segment appeared lately – the parents of the girl who was driving the new expensive Audi car sixty mph on a highway covered with snow and ice.Advertisement: link your site above!See more of English Russia:...

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Army Instagram

This is why you need Instagram – photos of food and clothes can’t stand in comparison with people who take their Instagram to army.Advertisement: “Army chocolate – “Discipline is the mother of victory.” A. Suvorov”. A. Solzhenitsyn “The Gulag Archipelago”. “Fog. Rain. Snow. Sleet”. “Driver, speed to 40km/h”....

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