Champions League: CSKA win in another Russian night

AP Photo Groups ABCD played tonight in the Champions League, another great night for Russia after Zenit's six points from two games; CSKA Moskva got off the mark with all three points in the home win over PSV by three goals to two. Musa and Seydou Doumbia put the game out of the Dutch side's reach before half time. CSKA Moskva used the...

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Instagram Starts Selling Advertising in Russia

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Russia Begins Air Strikes in Syria

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Russian aircraft destroy ISIS command posts. Video

AP photo Russian aircraft attacked command posts of the Islamic State in Syria, officials with the Russian Defense Ministry said.  "Today, Russian aircraft have conducted pinpoint strikes on eight sites of the terrorist group Islamic State on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. About 20 sorties have been made," Defense Ministry...

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Putin taught America a lesson of multipolarity

Vladimir Putin The US refused Bashar al-Assad's removal, as John Kerry claimed. He also admitted that the White House's policy failed. Boris Mezhuev, political scientist and Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences told Pravda.Ru in an interview whether it can be considered as Putin's triumph. According to him, Russia's consistency...

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Iran: most developed country in Muslim world thanks to Western sanctions

AP photo How does the Iranian economy feel after 40 years of the economic blockade? How can Russia and Iran develop cooperation in the future? Pravda.Ru conducted an interview on the subject with Rosnano investment director, Vadim Veschezerov. "A lot has been said recently about the Russian-Iranian cooperation in the field of high technologies....

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Russian Defence Ministry: Air Force starts striking IS in Syria

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The Russian Aerospace Forces have started delivering air strikes against the Islamic State terrorists' positions in the territory of Syria. Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that the Russian planes got down to the operation and carried out surgical strikes...

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Poroshenko: Ukraine will join EU, even if Europe does not want it

AP Photo The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivered a speech in the Columbia University in the City of New York. Addressing the audience, the Ukrainian leader said about his ambitious plans after the end of his presidential term, and country's intentions to become a member of the EU. "It does not matter whether the European states...

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Petition to UK Parliament: Arrest Tony Blair for War Crimes

Arrest Tony Blair for War Crimes in the Middle East. A few reasons why. On Saturday, 26th September Ahmed Mahdi Al Faqi was arrested and delivered to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. He is charged with war crimes, the deliberate destruction of religious or historical monuments in Mali and especially the ancient shrines...

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France starts investigation of Assad's war crimes

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The French authorities initiated investigation of war crimes allegedly conducted by the regime of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011-2013. According to the France-Presse agency, preliminary investigation, which was started on September 15, is based on the evidence of former military policy photographer,...

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France did not deliver Mistral ships to Russia due to NATO's pressure

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Senate of France unveiled a report explaining the reason why Paris refused to deliver two Mistral vessels to Moscow. The report says that the decision was made due to external pressure from NATO. "There was strong external pressure from the countries of Eastern Europe...

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Russia to use Air Force in Syria at President Assad's request to destroy ISIS

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Russia's Federation Council gave its consent to President Putin for the use of the Russian Armed Forces outside the territory of the Russian Federation - in Syria, chairwoman of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, told TASS, Pravda.Ru reports. Sergei Ivanov, the head of the presidential...

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Pentagon sacks 'special adviser' on Ukraine and Russia

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Evelyn Farkas, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, will resign at the end of October. As high officials at the American Department of Defense say, Farkas "has been deeply involved in securing $244 million in support for Ukraine", and breaching contacts with the Russian...

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French Foreign Minister: 'It's time for Russia to get to real, but not media fight against IS'

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Laurent Fabius, Foreign Minister of France, has criticized the Moscow's stance on Syria in New York. As he said, the Russian officials talk a lot, but have not committed any planes so far. Under the 70th session of the UN General Assembly the head of French Foreign Ministry noted that fight against the...

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Russia dispatches troops to Syria

http://council.gov.ru/ The Russian Federation Council has approved deployment of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in Syria. As Sergey Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration, noted, Russia will use only Aerospace Forces in Syria. "The Federation Council supported the President's appeal unanimously, 162 people voted for," he...

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Putin wants Russia to be strong after he leaves

[embedded content] Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided whether he will stay for another presidential term. According to the Russian leader, "there are rules stipulated by the Constitution, and they will certainly not be violated." Putin is not sure whether he should take full advantage of the constitutional rights. This will depend on the state of affairs in the country, in the world and on my own sentiments,"...

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Putin's triumph: US refuses Assad's removal

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The White House talks about "orderly transition" of power in Syria and does not call any longer to immediate removal of the country's President Bashar al-Assad. As the US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed in an interview to CNN, "we've changed that, ...that's not gonna work. We need to have an orderly...

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Champions League: Zenit matches on!

AP Photo Matchday 2: Groups EFGH played tonight, another nightmare for the Premier League sides Chelsea (2-1 down at FC Porto) and Arsenal (2-3 losers at home to Olympiacos), while Russia's representative Zenit won at home against Gent by 2-1. All is well for André Villas-Boas' team. Dzyuba opened the scoring on 35', enough to give the...

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Russia closes its sky for Ukrainian airplanes

[embedded content] In response to Ukraine's decision to close airspace for Russian airlines, Russia is closing its airspace for Ukrainian airlines as well. Russia's Ministry for Transport has instructed the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency to inform Ukrainian airlines that they will not be allowed to fly into Russia's air space from October 25. The move comes as a mirror response to the decision of the Ukrainian administration...

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Soros obliges Europe to adopt million Muslim migrants a year

AP Photo The American billionaire George Soros, who owns the Soros Fund, offered Europe his own way to tackle refugeese problem. He believes that the EU countries should adopt up to a million Muslim migrants annually. Soros noted that if Europe is ready to carry it out, he will support this initiative and allocate his funds to the European...

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Prioritizing Foreign Agenda Is Mistake for Russia (Op-Ed)

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Russia Unlikely to Launch Full-Scale Intervention in Syria – Analysts

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Ukraine Contact Group’s subgroups resume work

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Contact Group’s subgroup on security has resumed work in Minsk, a source close to the negotiations told Luhansk Inform Center on Tuesday. Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that the subgroup on political issues has also resumed work in the Belarusian capital. On Monday, the two subgroups held meetings behind closed doors. No statements were made on the results of the meetings. The Contact Group...

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Visa to stop guaranteed service operations in Russia

The Visa International payment system has notified Russian banks it will stop providing guaranteed service operations on their cards from October 1, Russian media reported. "Visa announced that from October 1 it does not guarantee the processing of authorization requests for local operations [in Russia – Ed.]," the Russian daily Kommersant cited an unnamed source. In effect, Visa is avoiding the responsibility for refusing...

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Russian court to question Ukrainian ex-pilot, no polygraph to be used

ROSTOV-ON-DON, September 29. /TASS/. Former Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, charged with complicity in killing Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine, will be questioned by a court in southern Russia on Tuesday, her lawyer Mark Feygin has said. No lie detector will be used during the questioning, the lawyer said. "On Tuesday, there will be no polygraph, most likely this will be a questioning," Feygin said. A polygraph...

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Poland sends army to secure possible Nazi gold train

The Polish Army has sent military engineers to where a lost Nazi train full of stolen gold and jewelry may be located near the town of Walbrzych in western Poland. They must ensure the safety of any subsequent excavations. "Our goal is to check whether there's any hazardous material at the site," said Colonel Artur Talik, who is leading the search that began on Monday and is expected to last till Saturday. Talik’s troops are...

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France to send Mistral equipment to Russia by late November

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. France will send the Russian equipment from the Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia before the end of November. The equipment cost exceeds $10.57 million, a source in the military-technical cooperation system told TASS on Tuesday. "We have agreed with the French that before the end of November they will dismantle under our control and send to Russia all the Russian equipment installed on the two...

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IMF downgrades 2015 economic forecast on Russia to minus 3.8% of GDP

WASHINGTON, September 29. /TASS/. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgraded its economic forecast for Russia as it projects recession of 3.8% in GDP for 2015 and of 0.6% for 2016 in its new analytical research prepared to annual meeting, TASS correspondent reports with reference to informed sources. In end-June, IMF experts forecasted recession of 3.4% for 2015 and 0.2% growth for 2016 while in April the organization...

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UN expects Putin's speech to trigger productive discussion on anti-IS fight

UNITED NATIONS, September 29. /TASS/. The UN Secretariat hopes that the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin on setting up a broad international coalition to fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups will launch a fruitful discussion involving the member-states of the organization, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq has said. "He [Putin] has made a proposal, the other member States are here to hear it and...

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Broken ties with Baltic states adversely affect Russia and countries in region — president

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Broken economic ties with the Baltic states adversely affect both Russia and the countries of the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin told US journalist Charlie Rose in an interview with CBS and PBS. "The broken ties, first of all, in the economy, adversely affect all of us, including Russia," Putin said. "So, I am deeply convinced that we should abandon the phobias of the past, look forward...

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