Mi-8 Flight Around Villages

A photographer Marina takes a ride on a Russian military helicopter Mi-8 from Cubinka, 60 kilometers from Moscow and flying around. What she was able to see? Other military helicopters taking off and landing, rusty abandoned helicopters staying in the field, huts and houses, sawmills and hundred year old wooden structures, also the Victory...

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Old Fashioned Gold Mining in Georgia

During the Stalin’s period gold mining prospered in different corners of the USSR. The lack of this metal determined the gold finders to cherish. The Soviet state wasn’t considering the costs of such gold because again, of the great lack of this material. After Iosiv Stalin’s death such large-scale mining operations were stopped. Now,...

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Russia Starts Combat Helicopter Training Flights on Baltic Border

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – A newly formed Russian army helicopter brigade has begun training flights in the northwest of the country near the borders with the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia, a spokesman for the Western Military District said Wednesday.“Helicopters of the army aviation brigade of the Western Military District,...

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Putin, Renzi Urge Compliance With Geneva Agreement on Ukraine

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed in a phone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi the situation in Ukraine and the necessity for all concerned parties to respect this month's Geneva agreement, the Kremlin said Wednesday.“Both leaders have exchanged opinions on the situation in...

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ILS Satellite Launches Remain on Schedule Despite Sanctions

BRUSSELS, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The newly imposed US sanctions against Russia will not affect the work of the International Launch Services (ILS) company, a spokesperson for the Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES told RIA Novosti Wednesday.“This is what ILS told us. International Launch Services has all the necessary permits...

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OPINION: Western Sanctions Strengthen Russia’s Internal Political Stability

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti), Nikita Alentyev – The latest round of sanctions against Russia will ultimately result in greater political stability within Russia, Israeli political activist Avigdor Eskin told RIA Novosti Wednesday.“Notably, the level of political approval to those in power, and hence the political stability, is unprecedented...

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Putin, Prince of Bahrain Discuss Mideast Issues

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss Middle East issues, including Syria, Iran and the Israeli-Palestininian situation."I’d like to talk with you about your vision of the situation in the region as a whole. I...

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Kiev Hopes to Discuss Release of OSCE Inspectors With Moscow

KIEV, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia hopes to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the release of European military observers detained in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk.“I submitted a request for a telephone talk with the Russian foreign minister and we hope that...

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Russian Happiness at 25-Year High – Poll

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – A third of Russians who took part in a recent Happiness Index survey said they were the happiest they had been in 25 years.Some 78 percent of respondents told pollsters from the VTsIOM public opinion research center they were content about their lives, the highest figure in 25 years.Young people in the 18-25...

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Russia to Build World’s Largest MBIR Fast Neutron Nuclear Reactor

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – AEM-Technologies, an engineering division of Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom, has won a tender to build a reactor for the world’s largest MBIR multifunctional fast neutron nuclear reactor, the Atomenergomash holding said Wednesday.Russia, the United States and France signed a deal last June to jointly...

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Crimean Ferry Line Plans to Triple Passenger Traffic

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Kerch Strait Ferry Line, linking southern Russia’s Krasnodar region with Crimea, will stop freight services May 1 in an effort to triple the capacity for passengers, the United Transport Directorate of Russia said Wednesday.“Since the beginning of the tourist season from May 1, the ferry line Port Caucasus...

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China Condemns Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia – Envoy

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – China strongly opposes unilateral sanctions against Russia, Beijing's ambassador to Moscow told reporters Wednesday, adding that US and EU sanctions would not resolve the crisis in Ukraine.“We are against imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia. They are not a way out,” Chinese Ambassador Li Hui said.The...

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IMF Believes Russian Economy Already in Recession

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that Russia economy is already in recession as it has been contracting for two consecutive quarters, IMF's mission chief to Russia said Wednesday."If we stick to the definition of recession as negative growth for two consecutive quarters, then Russia in this...

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Peru Hopes for Progress on Free Trade Zone with Russia

MEXICO City, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Peru hopes that free trade zone talks with Russia will lead to a beneficial experience exchange between the two nations, Peru’s Foreign Minister Eda Rivas told RIA Novosti.“We proposed to go ahead with a free trade agreement, which offers possibilities for experience exchange. As for economic cooperation,...

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IMF Lowered 2014 and 2015 GDP Growth Forecast for Russia

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its growth forecast for the Russian economy for 2014 and 2015 to 0.2 % and 1%, respectively, IMF advisor Antonio Spilimbergo said Wednesday."We adjusted the forecast for economic growth in Russia. We expect growth of 0,2 % this year," Spilimbergo said.He added...

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IMF Predicts Surplus for Russian Federal Budget in 2014

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts a surplus for Russian federal budget, amounting to 0.34 % of GDP in 2014, IMF advisor Antonio Spilimbergo said at the press conference of IMF’s European Department Wednesday.“This year we expect a budget surplus at the federal level of 0.3 % compared with a...

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Ukrainian Asylum Seekers Surge in Russia – Federal Migration Service

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – More than 2,200 Ukrainian citizens have applied for asylum in Russia since the beginning of the year, a dramatic increase over last year, the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) said Wednesday.“Since early 2014, Russia received 2,266 asylum applications from Ukrainian citizens,” the service said in a...

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Russia Could Build Arctic Supertankers in Crimea

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Zalyv Shipyard in Crimea’s port of Kerch could soon be commissioned to construct Arctic supertankers, a spokesman for Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation said Wednesday.“Crimea has the only shipbuilding yard in Russia with a slab measured 300 meters in length and up to 50 meters in width. Such a...

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ANALYSIS: Russia-US Space Launches Unaffected by Sanctions

WASHINGTON, April 30 (RIA Novosti), Lyudmila Chernova – Joint Russia-US space launches will not be affected by the latest round of sanctions against Russia, representatives of the Sea Launch and Inmarsat companies told RIA Novosti Wednesday.Sea Launch, the world's only ocean-based space launch company, said it does not anticipate any impact...

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Cuban Leadership Backs Russia on Ukraine – Moscow

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The leadership of Cuba supports Russia’s stance on the situation in Ukraine and opposes double standards and sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met this week with Cuban President Raul Castro and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla during...

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REVIEW: Gazprom Pushes Ahead with South Stream Austria Spur

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian energy giant Gazprom is pressing ahead with its plan to build an Austrian branch of the South Stream natural gas pipeline after being held up for months by the European Commission.On Tuesday, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller signed a memorandum of understanding with Austrian OMV chief Gerhard Reuss that...

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Russia Sees Kiev’s Provocation Behind Sending OSCE Observers to Slaviansk

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – The decision to send a group of military observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) member-states to eastern Ukraine’s Slaviansk could have been Kiev’s provocation, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin has said.In remarks to the incident over the detention of OSCE team in Slaviansk,...

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Takeoff and Landing of MiG-31

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EU Hopes To Avoid Broad Sanctions Against Russia – EU Mission to Moscow

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti), Daria Chernyshova – The European Union’s executive body is preparing broad economic sanctions against Russia, but hopes it will not have to implement them, the head of the EU mission in Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas told RIA Novosti Tuesday.The EU has said it has a three-stage sanctions process. The third stage,...

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Kiev Authorities Aggravate Crisis With Illegitimate Actions – Russian Lawmaker

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Kiev authorities are aggravating the crisis in Ukraine by taking illegitimate actions instead of contributing to its settlement, Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said during a session of parliament Tuesday.“The new Ukrainian authorities that came to power on the back of a coup continue their illegitimate...

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Russia Repudiates Sanctions, Calls for Dialogue in Ukraine – Lavrov

HAVANA, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow repudiates recently imposed US and EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian standoff, and calls for national reconciliation in Ukraine through all-inclusive political dialogue, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday."We denounce sanctions in all their forms, including those that have been...

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Explosions Rock Ammo Depot Near Russia’s Lake Baikal – Source

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – At least three explosions rocked a military ammunition depot located to the east of Russia’s Lake Baikal, a local official told RIA Novosti Tuesday.“According to preliminary reports, three blasts hit an ammo depot near the village of Bolshaya Tura,” the source said.“Local residents are being evacuated, although...

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Only Russia Defends Eastern Christians – Russian Orthodox Church

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia remains the only consistent advocate of Christians in the Middle East, where "Christian communities are being exposed to genuine genocide," Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk said in an interview with RIA Novosti Tuesday."Western countries, which were helping Christians in the region for centuries,...

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Russia Has Sufficient Data to Prove Arctic Claim – Scientist

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – In the past decade, Russian scientists have gathered enough scientific evidence to substantiate the country’s territorial claim for hydrocarbon-rich areas of the Arctic shelf, a leading Russian scientist said Tuesday.Valery Vernikovsky of the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics...

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National Card Payment System Advances in Russian Parliament

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russian senators approved a bill establishing a national card payment system (NCPS) at a session of the Federation Council on Tuesday.The ruble sign will become the official mark of the system, which will be formed by the Central Bank of Russia.Lawmakers have significantly tightened requirements for payment...

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Russia’s Upper House Approves Bill Criminalizing Nazi Rehabilitation

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, approved a bill Tuesday introducing criminal punishment of up to five years in jail for the rehabilitation of Nazism.The legislation criminalizes the denial of facts set out by the post-war Nuremberg trials and the dissemination of false information...

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