A New Built In Tver, Russia

2014/03/31
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Flood In a Russian City Perm, 1914

2014/03/31
It seems that deeds of the nature become more and more unpredictable: unexpected snow in March and unbearable heat in September make us think that we come closer and closer to the edge of something terrible. Meanwhile it has probably always been like that – people were not always ready to what the nature had for them. Like those who lived...
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Moscow 30 Years Ago

2014/03/31
Past always seems to be better than it really was. As if people were kinder, the country was stronger, the city was cleaner… But photos like these ones return us to reality – those times were rather contradictory. They were made in 1984 in Moscow by a Dutch traveller Aad van der Drift. “Glory to the communist party of the Soviet Union!”....
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Heroic Stalin Museum

2014/03/31
In Belarus Republic there is a museum called “Line of Stalin”. It is supported by president of Belarus (as stated on their website) and it is not about Stalin as a mass killer or Stalin as a dictator, it is about Stalin’s fortifications system to protect the Soviet Union. So they have a monument of Stalin with flowers and wreaths, their...
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Russia’s Drifting Arctic Base Gets Ready to Accept Planes

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - A drifting Russian ice base, that would become the hotspot of tourist and research activities in the Arctic next month, started clearing up an ice runway for its future guests on Monday."Today, an Il-76 military transport plane airdropped two bulldozers and five metric tons of fuel for them. They have already...
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No Plans for Russia-Ukraine Diplomatic Meeting – Moscow

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - No meetings are currently scheduled between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministries, a senior Russian diplomat said Monday."Sergei [Lavrov] has not yet returned from Paris, but when he returns, I'm sure he'll let us know," Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said in regard to a possible meeting between...
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Russia Ready to Resolve Crimea Property Issues With Ukraine

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow is prepared to resolve property disputes with Ukraine surrounding the termination of bilateral agreements on the basing of the Black Sea Fleet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Monday.The lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, voted on Monday to terminate several...
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Legitimacy of Ukrainian Election Depends on Transparency – Russian Diplomat

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - The legitimacy of the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine depends upon "transparency, fairness and taking the interests of the regions into account," a senior Russian diplomat said Monday."We hope that the conditions for holding the election will be provided for," Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin...
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Council of Europe Initiative to Exclude Russia ‘Provocation’ – Duma

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - A proposal to withdraw Russia's voting rights in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is a provocation, a spokesman for the Russian parliament said Monday."There are initiatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to withdraw Russia's voting rights or suspend the [Russian]...
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Russian Resupply Vehicle to Blast Off for Space Station Voyage

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian unmanned Progress resupply spacecraft is readying for an April 9 launch from the Baikonur space center to deliver essential cargo to the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has said."The spaceship will carry more than 2.5 tons of diverse cargo, including fuel for the...
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Medvedev Announces Sweeping Crimea Development Plan

2014/03/31
SIMFEROPOL, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Crimea on Monday to announce an ambitious plan aimed at meeting the needs of the peninsula's citizens, just 10 days after its reunification with Russia."No citizen in Crimea or Sevastopol should lose anything following reunification with Russia. They should only...
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Russia Developing Security Plan for Crimea – Defense Minister

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian military is drafting a security plan for Crimea through 2020 in an effort to ensure the work of Russian servicemen in the former Ukrainian region, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.The Defense Ministry is due to consider the plan on Friday, Shoigu told a meeting of senior commanders after...
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Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Arrives in Crimea

2014/03/31
SIMFEROPOL, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Crimea on Monday to discuss issues on developing the republic and the city of Sevastopol.The premier's trip to the region comes just 10 days after Crimea and Sevastopol became new subjects of the Russian Federation.Mevedev will hold a meeting on the social...
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Sanctions Against Russia Won’t Concern Citizens

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 31 (RAPSI/RIA Novosti) – Sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia over the recent events in Ukraine will not concern regular Russian citizens, head of EU mission in Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas told Kommersant daily on Monday.According to Ušackas, the sanctions won't affect Russian citizens. On the contrary, several...
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Russia Has No Intentions to Invade Ukraine – Lavrov

2014/03/31
MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has no intentions or interests whatsoever to cross the Ukrainian borders, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.Lavrov’s remarks during an interview with Rossiya television come in response to Western allegations that Russia has been building up its military contingent near Ukraine in preparation...
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Making Copper Wire In Russia

2014/03/30
Copper wire production is a beautiful and loud process. We are going to trace it from start to finish in the shops of the “Russian copper company”. First of all they bring copper scrap to the factory. The scrap may be different, everything that contains copper can be made use of. Then the scrap is heated to make “soup” from molten copper....
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Russian State Library

2014/03/30
Images from the Russian state library built in 1928-58. The library complex has six buildings including a nineteen-storey book storehouse. see all images on one pagePages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Links to explore: See even more of English Russia:...
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