Suicide Belt Found During Security Sweep in S. Russia

STAVROPOL, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Police in the southern Russian territory of Stavropol said Friday that they found a suicide belt during a sweep and have detained its suspected owner.Authorities in Russia have been tightening security after recent presumed terrorist attacks and persistent Islamist-inspired violence in the turbulent...

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Russia Cuts Oil Export Duty to $395.9 Per Ton

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia reduced its crude oil export duty from $416.4 to $395.9 per metric ton starting November 1 based on monthly monitoring of global oil prices, the Economic Development Ministry said Friday.According to data posted on the ministry’s website, the duty on light and dark oil products, which is established...

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Russia Could Donate $2 Mln on Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is ready to contribute some $2 million to the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, the Kommersant business daily said Friday citing a Russian diplomatic source.The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed Thursday that the government of the war-torn country met the November...

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Soviet Helicopter Yak 24

Yak-24 (“Horse” according to the NATO classification) is a twin engine, tandem rotor transport helicopter developed in the USSR. Inside this post you may see detailed pictures of its exterior. Click here for all pictures on one pageLinks to explore: See even more of English Russia:...

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Abandoned Arctic Objects

After the war America was the major enemy of the USSR and the Arctic was the place through which ran the shortest way from America to Russia for submarines, planes and cruise missiles. Strategists of that time were preparing for the third world war and the Arctic could become the main battle-ground of that war. That’s why this place has...

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Russian Ministers to Meet With Japanese Premier on Nov.2

TOKYO, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russian foreign and defense ministers will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their current visit to Japan, a source in the Russian delegation said.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Japan Friday to discuss bilateral relations with their...

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Making Stuff From Fish Skins

This unique technology of curring fish leather belongs to the master from Ingushetia – Akhmed Shadiev. His products are popular in Canada, China, Chile, all over Europe. The range of goods is rich, they are made from leather of different fish: trout, salmon, carp, sturgeon, lumpfish, starlet… Click here for all pictures on one pageLinks...

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Ex-Finance Minister Kudrin Joins Putin’s Economic Council

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) – Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has become a member of the presidium of the presidential Economic Council in a move that could signal his possible return to Kremlin’s service.“Joined the presidium of the Economic Council under the Russian President. We will be discussing the most pressing problems,”...

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Snowden Ready to Testify About US Spying on Merkel – German Lawmaker

BERLIN, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is ready to testify about the United States spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a German lawmaker said Thursday after a meeting in Moscow with the former US National Security Agency employee.Hans-Christian Ströbele, a representative of the German Green...

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Russian Paid Conmen $9,000 For ‘Psychic’ Phone Call Help

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – An elderly woman in northern Russia who sought supernatural help was duped into paying thousands of dollars just to listen to music on the phone, police said.The woman saw an ad for “psychic help in solving life’s problems” on local television in her native Murmansk Region, the report said.Conmen offered...

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Bail for Hockey Star Varlamov Accused of ‘Stomping’ Woman

WASHINGTON, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – A Colorado judge Thursday set a $5,000 bail for Russian hockey goaltender Semyon Varlamov after he was arrested for allegedly stomping on his girlfriend and dragging her by her hair.Varlamov, who appeared in court wearing a yellow jail jumpsuit, was granted permission to travel during Thursday’s hearing....

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Charges Finalized Against Defense Ministry Embezzlement Suspect

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian investigators finalized charges on Thursday against one of several officials implicated in a major Defense Ministry embezzlement scandal.Maxim Zakutailo, the former head of a Moscow air force depot, has been charged with grand fraud and embezzlement as well as complicity in abuse of office, Russia’s...

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Ukraine’s Shale Gas Plans Pose Danger for Russia – WWF

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Planned drilling for shale gas in Ukraine is likely to pollute downstream waters in neighboring Russia, environmental conservation group the World Wide Fund for Nature said Thursday.Ukraine last year announced a joint project with Europe’s biggest oil company, Shell, to drill for shale gas in the eastern...

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Suspects Named in Dagestan Twin Bombings

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian investigators on Thursday named two suspects believed to have been involved in a deadly double explosion in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Magomedrasul Shakhbanov, 22, and Mahmud Aliyev, 24, both thought to be members...

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Prokhorov Plans $50M Facility for Brooklyn Nets – Report

WASHINGTON, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is set to build a $50 million training facility atop an industrial building with a view of the Statue of Liberty for his Brooklyn Nets team of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the sports website SB Nation reported Thursday.The reported project is the latest...

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Prokhorov Plans $50M Facility for Brooklyn Nets – Report

WASHINGTON, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is set to build a $50 million training facility atop an industrial building with a view of the Statue of Liberty for his Brooklyn Nets team of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the sports website SB Nation reported Thursday.The reported project is the latest...

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Migrants Behind 1 in 6 Crimes in Moscow Region – Police

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – A senior Moscow Region police officer said Thursday that over 16 percent of crimes in the region are committed by foreign migrants.Deputy head of the Moscow Region police Viktor Ishchenko was speaking at a news conference about the authorities’ action to address inter-ethnic violence and crime weeks after...

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Russia's 'Silicon Valley' Says it Will Yield $6.2 Bln for Economy

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian innovation center that is the pet project of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday it will contribute over 200 billion rubles ($6.2 billion) to the Russian economy through 2020.Skolkovo, envisaged as Russia’s answer to Silicon Valley, also said its partner companies will receive 350 patents...

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Russian Lawmakers Move to Bar Migrants With Criminal Records

MOSCOW, October 31 (RAPSI) – A group of Russian lawmakers from the ruling United Russia party has proposed canceling the work permits of foreigners convicted of crimes of any sort, an author of the initiative told RIA Novosti on Thursday.Igor Igoshin said proposed amendments to the law submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of the...

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Russian Court Revokes News Portal License for Foul Language

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – A Moscow court revoked the license of a popular news portal Thursday for featuring purportedly indecent language in videos posted on its website.Moscow Journalists Union chairman Pavel Gusev called the ruling to pull Rosbalt’s license a dangerous precedent that could have a chilling effect on press freedoms...

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Top Moscow Construction Official Held Over $1M Fraud

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Police have arrested a top official at Russia’s state construction committee for making a fraudulent deal worth around a million dollars, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.Andrei Shishkin, the deputy head of Russia’s federal construction agency Gosstroi, was arrested on October 30 on suspicion of major...

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Russia to Open New Composite Wing Factory by Yearend

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation is to open a new facility for the production of composite wings for the new MS-21 passenger jet by the end of the year, the company said Thursday.Construction of the 250 million ruble ($7.8 million) facility in the Volga city of Ulyanovsk began in November 2011.The facility...

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Russian Police Probe Spartak Fan Violence, Nazi Flag

YAROSLAVL, Russia, October 31 (R-Sport) – Police are investigating crowd trouble at a football match late Wednesday that forced the referee to stop proceedings for half an hour while authorities used water cannons to disperse belligerent fans.Yaroslavl city police chief Nikolai Trifonov said fans smuggled in banned items, such as flares,...

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Russia's Defense Ministry Plans Drug Use Crackdown in Army − Report

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) − Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to launch a campaign to root out drug abuse in the army and military schools, local media reported Thursday.The problem of drug abuse in the armed forces is particularly widespread among warrant officers and cadets of the Defense Ministry’s military schools and colleges,...

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Hockey Goalie Varlamov Arrested on Kidnap Charges – Report

MOSCOW, October 31 (R-Sport) – Russian hockey goaltender Semyon Varlamov has been arrested by Denver police on charges of kidnapping and assault, the US city's sheriff department said Thursday.His father, Alexander Varlamov, fervently denied in remarks to RIA Novosti's sport news service R-Sport that there were any grounds for the arrest.The...

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Russian Police Find Cache of Wartime Artillery Shells

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian law enforcement officials said Thursday that they have found over 1,000 World War II artillery shells near the southern Russian city of Volgograd.The ammunition dump, unearthed during building work in the Kotelnikovsky district near the city, contains 1,119 shells of various sizes, according to...

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Russia Diverts US Military Inspectors’ Plane Due to Bad Weather

CHITA, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – A plane with US military inspectors, heading to an airport in Russia’s southern Siberia under the international Open Skies treaty, had to divert to another location because of bad weather on Thursday, a police source said.The Open Skies Treaty, which entered into force on January 1, 2002, established a regime...

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Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Land in Nicaragua

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers arrived in Nicaragua on Thursday after taking off from an airbase in Venezuela, the Russian Defense Ministry said.The nuclear-capable bombers “flew above the neutral waters of the Caribbean Sea, entered the airspace of Nicaragua and performed a planned...

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