Metrojet air crash: Erratic altitude and speed indications

01.11.2015 | AP Photo The Metrojet Airbus A321-231, Flight Number 7K9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt to Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport, which crashed this morning shortly after last contact was made at 06.13 local time (04.13 UTC), showed erratic speed and altitude indications. All 224 people aboard the flight...

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Air crash in Egypt: Was the Russian plane shot down?

Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov denied the information, according to which Airbus A321 of Kogalymavia allegedly crashed after it was shot down by anti-aircraft missile fired by terrorists. "There is a variety of information appearing in media outlets saying that the Russian passenger airliner en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St....

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Russian jetliner breaks into two as it crashes into rocks in Egypt

Source: Twitter Airbus A320 was of Russia's Kogalymavia Airlines was destroyed in the crash. The crash has left no survivors. There were only Russian tourists abroad. One of the victims is Deputy Mayor of the city of Pskov.  Rescuers are searching through the wreckage of the plane. At least 100 bodies have been recovered.  Most...

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Russian passenger plane with 224 on board crashes in Egypt. No survivors left

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Airbus-320 of Russia's Kogalymavia airline went off radar screens 23 minutes after takeoff, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to RIA Novosti. The plane was flying from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort to Saint Petersburg. There were 217 passengers on board, 17 of them children, plus seven crew members.  The...

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Ukrainian 'Vikings' Go on Trial Accused of Fighting in Chechen War

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Nizhny Novgorod region and Belarus develop industrial cooperation

The Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia and the Republic of Belarus have defined the main areas of cooperation in the field of industry. This was announced during the expert-media tour and seminar titled "Energy for the future of the Unified State." According to the Nizhny Novgorod Minister for Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship Alexander Makarov, during the first eight months of this year, Belarus was ranked second among 136...

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What can Putin and Sarkozy do together?

Nicolas Sarkozy, the leader of the French Republican Party, paid a private visit to Moscow. The French press reacted negatively to Sarkozy's visit to Russia. According to French newspapers, Sarkozy, having been charmed by Putin, is running anti-French policy to take revenge on President Hollande. This could be true to fact, but why does...

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Zita and Gita: World's only successfully separated Siamese twins lose each other for good

Source: http://ift.tt/1Hg7AtG Zita Rezakhanova, one of the Siamese twins, who were separated in 2003 by Russian surgeons, died in the republic of Kyrgyzstan. Zita died as a result of a long illness connected with multiple organ failure - a condition when several systems of the human body fail to perform their functions. Zita and Gita Rezakhanova...

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Russian Tu-142 bombers cause trouble for USS Ronald Reagan

Source: Wikipedia There was only one mile of distance between the Russian bomber Tu-142 and USS Ronald Reagan. The incident happened near the Korean peninsula, where the USS was maneuvering. According to Stars and Stripes, in the morning of October 27, Russian long-ranger bomber planes flew at the height of only 150 meters and at a distance...

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Russian Stake in Euronews Frozen Over Yukos Case

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Russian Political Opposition Must Make Real Changes (Op-Ed)

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Russians Are Blind to the Horror Around Them (Op-Ed)

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Russia reviving pioneer and Komsomol movements?

A national children and youth organization to assist in the socialization of children and adolescents is to appear in Russia.  President Putin has signed the decree to create the organization called "The Russian Movement of School-Children", the purpose of which is to improve the state policy in the field of education of young people,...

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The West tries to save Syrian people from Syrian people

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The supposedly secret visit of Syrian President Bashar Assad to Moscow is still widely covered in Western media. Member of the Central Council of the National Union of Syrian Students, Naovaf Ibrahim, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Society for Solidarity with People of Libya and Syria, the leader of the...

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Hallowe'en: A European or an American Festivity?

AP Photo Hallowe'en, the Day of the Witches, All Hallows' Evening, Samhain. Day of the Dead. Pumpkins, chestnuts, new wine, mulled wine. A bonfire, to keep away the evil spirits, the Aos Sí and to bring the community together, the first festival of light in the dark winter with little or no agricultural produce. What is the meaning of...

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Russia shall not agree to change IMF crediting rules

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive To save Ukraine from default that the country may face should it fail to pay compensations for Russian bonds, the International Monetary Fund is ready to change crediting rules. The provisions will have to be amended on an international level, The Wall Street Journal said.   Should the IMF implement...

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Kremlin comments on NATO's intention to approach Russian borders

Source: REX Dmitry Peskov, the official spokesman for Russian President Putin, commented on the information about the intention of NATO to increase the number of alliance troops on Russia's borders. According to Peskov, the alliance has been discussing the initiative for a long time, and Moscow is aware of that. Moreover, Peskov added,...

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USA was seconds away from striking nuclear blow on USSR

Source: Fotodom/Rex Features The United States has declassified information about the officer, who prevented the start of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. The information was exposed in an interview with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by one of the participants of events that took place on 28 October 1961. According...

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Army blimp worth $180m breaks loose, floats above Pennsylvania. Video

AP photo An unmanned reconnaissance aerostat broke lose from its tethers and was flying above the State of Pennsylvania for several hours.  The airship appeared in the sky at a height of about five kilometers before it landed hours later in the rural area of ​​Montour Country. No one was hurt, but the army blimp, when drifting in...

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ISIS terrorists obtain chemical weapons

AP photo Islamic State terrorists have gained access to the production of chemical weapons, the head of the department for non-proliferation and arms control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Ulyanov said, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to TASS.  "By all accounts, the Islamic State group has gained access to technologies...

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Russian Gallery Owner Evicted After Hosting Auction for Political Prisoners

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Russian Ex-Minister's Swiss Accounts Frozen in Embezzlement Case – Report

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US boxer Roy Jones becomes Russian citizen

[embedded content] Russia has another citizen now. US boxer Roy Jones Jr. has received a Russian passport. The athlete believes that it was a very big step for him to make. He is happy to have the possibility to come to Russia as a Russian citizen. Russia is a great country with great people, he said. President Putin admitted Jones to Russian citizenship on September 12. The athlete submitted an official petition about the citizenship...

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Rooting Out Corruption Can Be Murder (Op-Ed)

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The Environment and the Economy of Accumulation

One must be careful, at least for two specific points of the economy, which act to promote intense pressure on the environment: 1) the dynamics of industrial capitalism is consolidated through more production and consumption, thus more economic growth; 2) the level of natural resource extraction to "feed" the production process cannot,...

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Russia participates in international study to mitigate Greenhouse Effect

Can we estimate the annual contribution of forests to mitigate the greenhouse effect? An unprecedented international study, just published in "Nature Plants" magazine, of the renowned group "Nature", assessed the mechanism for the formation and growth of tree rings and their carbon acquisition dynamics, contributing to better understand...

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Russia in WTO: Hard to go in, much harder to go out

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia at the WTO after Russia restricted imports of Ukrainian rail carriages and crossing pieces. What consequences does this lawsuit may entail for Russia and Ukraine. Who's the boss at the WTO? Pravda.Ru conducted an interview on the subject with Ruslan Dzarasov, a senior...

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Refugee Crisis: Surprise, it's the Russians (again)

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive By Hans Vogel Mr Janis Sarts, director of NATO's "Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence" (Stratcom), basis in Riga, has declared that Russian nationalists are to blame for the rise in racism in Europe. Of course we have known all along that NATO specializes in conspiracy theories (and in bombing...

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Inside Russian airbase in Syria. Pravda.Ru exclusive

[embedded content] The aircraft of the Russian Air Force deployed at Hmeimim air base bomb the positions of the Islamic State almost 24 hours a day. Recently, the air strikes have become even more frequent as Islamic militants now have the support of their followers from Iraq. Photographer Vadim Savitsky prepared a report for Pravda.Ru about the life of the Russian troops in Syria. The Russian aviation group in Syria has Su-24M...

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Russia rises 11 places up on World Bank's Doing Business ranking

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Russia has improved its Doing Business indicators - the ranking that the World Bank prepares every year. According to the most recent data, Russian is ranked 51st on the list. Last year, Russia was 62nd and in 2013 - 92nd. According to NTV, Russia is only 0.02 points lower than Peru that was put on the...

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Bus passenger knocks out driver and escapes in St. Petersburg

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive In St. Petersburg, the police investigate the case filed against a local resident, who knocked out a bus driver for an unknown reason. The police of St. Petersburg are looking for a young man, who attacked the driver of commuter bus №172. The young man, a passenger, refused to get off the bus.   The...

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Arkhangelsk region Governor demands thorough attention be paid to fishery quotas

28.10.2015 | Russia has been ranked fifth or sixth in the world on the extraction of biological water resources during the recent years, although there are still many problems in the industry. A meeting of the presidium of the State Council for the development of the fish industry discussed the challenges of the industry and ways for their solutions. One of the most controversial initiatives was the introduction of "state...

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Russian soldier serving in Syria kills himself breaking up with girlfriend

AP photo Officials with Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed the death of a Russian contract serviceman at Hmeimim air base in Syria. The serviceman committed suicide, officials said. "The contractual servicemen, who served at Hmeimim airbase as a technician, committed suicide during rest after duty service. We are investigating all ...

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US ready to cooperate with Russia, albeit not for the destruction of ISIS

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive Washington does not exclude a possibility of cooperation with Moscow for the political settlement of the crisis in Syria. At the same time, US officials say that the two sides are not ready for the dialogue.  According to US State Department spokesman John Kirby, if Russia wants to play a constructive...

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US to attack Islamic State oil deposits in Syria

Source: Pravda.Ru photo archive The US intends to intensify air raids on terrorist-controlled oil deposits in Syria.   According to the Financial Times, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Joseph Dunford, said Tuesday that the USAF would conduct more aggressive air strikes to prevent the Islamic State from...

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Iraq: Tony Blair, the Chilcot Inquiry, "Sir Cover Up" - Is the Legal Net Tightening?

AP Photo "The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."  (J.Edgar Hoover, 1895-1972.) Just five days after it was revealed that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and then President George W. Bush had made a pact to attack Iraq and overthrow the country's sovereign...

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Putin's Movement Not Taking On Bigger Role Until 2016, Say Experts

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Auto Parts Store Exist.ru Becomes Russia's Biggest Online Retailer

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Putin's World Is Far Removed From Reality (Op-Ed)

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'Astronauts' can not be 'cosmonauts' because first man in space was Russian

It was customary for many Russians and still remains so for some to diminish themselves in front of the West. In the West, the trend is the opposite: to diminish all other nations in the name of the  glory and power of the West. The West has done a lot for the human civilization, but they want to bite a bigger piece from somebody else's...

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