Baikonur Cosmodrome Could Stop Receiving Financing in 2016 - Reports

MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Ministry of Finance might stop financing Baikonur cosmodrome in 2016, Izvestia newspaper reported Friday citing a source in Roscosmos.“In previous versions of draft budget for 2016 it was planned to allocate a $705 million (2.5 billion rubles) subsidy for Baikonur maintenance. The money was supposed...

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Debris of Russian Progress M-23M Drowned in Pacific Ocean

MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – The unburned in dense atmosphere debris of cargo spacecraft Progress M-23M, which was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 22, fell into the Pacific Ocean, a representative of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos told RIA Novosti Friday.“The splashdown of the unburned in dense atmosphere...

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Rosatom’s Foreign Partners Carrying Out Obligations

ST. PETERSBURG, July 25 (RIA Novosti) – All foreign partners of Russia’s national nuclear corporation Rosatom fully comply with their obligations in joint projects, the company’s head, Sergei Kirienko, said Friday.“To date, we have reached the volume of contracts with foreign countries amounting to over 22 nuclear blocks. The number of our...

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Russia's Largest Defense Consortium Sees Canada’s Sanctions as Political Bias

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) - Canada’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation is politically biased and taken under pressure of the United States, the company’s press service stated on Friday.“We believe that sanctions announced by Canada are yet another example of unfair [market] competition,” a company representative...

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Half Million Dollars Heart

In the city of Mirny, diamond capital of Russia, a cool flashmob was held and visited by 457 people. They assembled a really huge heart from diamonds. “Russia Yakutia”.Here you see five thousand 5 hundred carats (over 1 kg), the approximate cost of the exposition is 500 thousand dollars. Another heart was shaped by those very visitors....

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Aviation Museum Under the Open Sky

There is a good aviation museum founded by a Russian pilot in Kurgan,presently it has fifteen flying vehicles under the open sky. We are going to visit this place today. “Aviation museum”. Soviet jet-fighter MiG-17 was the first mass produced Soviet fighters that gained the acoustic velocity. Its cabin, just as the cabins of other...

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Russian Investigators Say Ukrainian Military Involved in Crimes Against Civilians

ST. PETERSBURG, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Investigative Committee knows the names of at least 40 Ukrainian military personnel who have committed crimes against civilians in their country, committee head Alexander Bastrykin said Thursday.“We know the names of more than 40 military middle-ranked personnel and the commanders of brigades,...

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US Claims of Flight MH17 Downing by Militia Remain Unfounded – Russia’s Defense Ministry

MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – The United States has not yet provided any documented evidence to prove that the rocket that brought down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was launched from militia-controlled territory, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Thursday."It was stated that the data of the US technical intelligence...

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Further Sanctions Against Russia Unjustified, Threaten Global Economic Stability - Germany

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - Further sanctions against Moscow, targeting entire sectors of the Russian economy, are not a justified tool for solving a political conflict and threaten the global economic stability, German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) chief Martin Wansleben said in an interview with German Passau Neue Presse...

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Ukraine Denies Entry to Russian Journalist

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian authorities have once again prevented Russian journalists from entering the country, denying entry on Wednesday to Rossiya Segodnya reporter Alexei Andreyev.The document provided by Ukraine’s border service reads that the reason for his denial is a “lack of proof of the objective of the planned stay...

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Over 200,000 Flee Ukraine For Russia – Russian Ombudsman

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - More than 200,000 refugees from southeastern Ukraine are in Russia, 28,700 of whom are children, Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said at a press conference held at Rossiya Segodnya on Wednesday.“According to our statistics, over 201,000 refugees from southeast Ukraine are currently on Russian...

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Russia Sees Cooperation With Asia-Pacific Rim as Top Priority

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) — Russia deems cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Rim as its key priority, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday at a meeting with trade representatives.«Cooperation with the Asia Pacific region is now our top priority. Now we need a breakthrough in this direction, allowing us to overcome many technologic...

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Major International Airlines Cancel Israel Flights Over Missile Threats

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s airline Transaero, together with major US, EU and Canadian airlines, reported that all flights to and from Tel-Aviv scheduled for Wednesday are cancelled due to the deteriorating security situation in Gaza.On Tuesday, Russia’s Aeroflot and Transaero airlines decided to turn back Tel Aviv-bound flights...

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Military Specialists From Almost 100 Countries to Attend Russia’s Aviadarts

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - More than 90 countries are sending their military attaches to Russia’s international air force crew competition Aviadarts, Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, Russian Air Force commander-in-chief said Wednesday.“The costs [of organizing the competition] are comparable to those of the military training,” Bondarev said,...

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The Flood Washes Planes Away In Magadan

The weather in Magadan is really bad these days. The city is flooded, the roads and bridges are being destructed, planes keep falling… This one was tried to be rescued. But its tail lies separately. This one is still in the water stuck with the garages. The tail of the first one that was rescue...

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Sevastopol to Become Engineering, IT, Winemaking Center – Reports

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Agency for Strategic Initiatives has worked out a plan for Sevastopol’s further development, according to which the city will become a center for engineering, aircraft testing, IT and winemaking, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported Wednesday, referencing the project’s outline.According to the...

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UK Continues Exporting Arms to Russia Despite Call for New Sanctions

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - Britain is to supply £132 million ($225 million) worth of arms to Russia despite the call for new sanctions, BBC News said Wednesday, quoting the report by the cross-party Commons arms export control committees released earlier today.According to the report, after the governmental review, 251 licenses for...

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Heavy Belorussian Tractors For Missile Transportation

The Minsk factory making wheeled tractors used to be a secret subdivision of MAZ company of Belarus. Its vehicles were carrying missiles, air defence systems and heavy equipment on Red Square during on the days of parades. Today it’s an independent company and it makes “Volat” tractors. MZKT-79221 is used as part of a mobile launcher...

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