Three Russian journalists killed in Central African Republic during robbery attack

Russian journalist Orhan Dzhemal, cameraman Kirill Radchenko and director Alexander Rastorguev were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR). Their bodies were found on a road 23 kilometres from the city of Sibut. Reportedly, the journalists were killed by "unidentified armed men." The bodies of the dead have been delivered to the hospital...

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Russia obediently sells RD-180 rocket engines to USA if and when requested

The new contract for the sale of Russian RD-180 rocket engines produced by Energomash to  the United States may fall under the Russian anti-sanctions law. Does Russia want to use this law? Igor Arbuzov, General Director of the maker of RD-180 rocket engines, NPO Energomash, said on Tuesday that his company and the US-based United Launch...

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Iran has many reasons to distrust the West

By Dave Harrison Source: Fotodom.ru In the West, Iran has repeatedly been vilified and demonized as a persistent troublemaker and 'fly-in-the-ointment' to peace in the Middle East, but Westerners should study contemporary history and world events more closely from their perspective. These events reveal some disturbing, political incidents...

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Fun Photos of Russia [new part]

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WW2 photos by Oleg Knorin [26 photos]

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Russia's Defense Ministry orders thousands of army medals

Russia's Defense Ministry announced a tender for the production of 2,500 medals "To participant of military operation." The news was made public after a relevant publication appeared on the state procurement website. As much as 645,000 rubles were allocated to make the medals. In addition, the ministry plans to release 500 medals "To participant...

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Peasants life in Arkhangelsk 1910 [37 images]

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NAVY Parade Petersburg 2018 [photos]

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Pakistani army rescues Russian climber stuck for week on snowy mountain

Military men of the army of Pakistan conducted a successful operation to rescue a Russian climber, who stayed alone at an altitude of 6,200 meters on a slope of Mount Latok-1 of the Karakorum ridge. According to the Nation, a Pakistani newspaper, and the interdepartmental service for public relations (ISPR) of the Armed Forces of Pakistan,...

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Terrorist attack in Tajikistan: Car crushes four cyclists

The Islamic State* terrorist organization (banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for the death of four foreign tourists after a car rammed into a group of cyclists in Tajikistan. [embedded content] Car rams into cyclists in Tajikistan Representatives of SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors activities of terrorists, said that the attackers...

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Russia's Hmeymim airbase under drone attack

Militants sent an unmanned aerial vehicle to Russia's Hmeymim airbase in Syria. The drone was destroyed, the head of the Center for reconciliation of the warring parties, Major General Alexei Tsygankov said. Source: Mil.ru The incident happened on July 29 at night. The drone was detected with the help of airspace control systems. The UAV...

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Common heroes: Ouday Ramadan, the Old Syrian

Once the poet wrote "When your heart calls, how do you respond? Damascus, you are the cup, the brush, the sword..." I met Ouday Ramadan navigating the ocean of Facebook, following coasts of blatant posts, skirting islands of real news and fake news, landing in ports of common places after having sailed seas of banality. The result is a...

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USA and Turkey shred their relationship to pieces

In May of last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised his US counterpart Donald Trump when he paid a visit to the States. These days, however, the two leaders blackmail and threaten each other against the background of Erdogan's "perfect" relations with Putin. Source: REX/Shutterstock Another reason for the relationship between...

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Bad Roads [27 photo]

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Ukrainian army loses thousands of officers and contract soldiers in a few months

During the first six months of 2018, as many as 11,000 officers and contract soldiers have left the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman. According to Poltorak, about 18,000 officers and contract soldiers are expected to leave the ranks of the Ukrainian...

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Russia to ship Karakurt missile vessels to Asia-Pacific countries

Russia may supply Karakurt vessels to Vietnam, China, India and other countries of the Asia-Pacific region, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said. Karakurt are small missile ships of Project 22800. "These are very good ships with large tonnage, fine weapons, and most importantly, they have Caliber missiles. The corvette has an acceptable...

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Flood in Kislovodsk [video]

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Russia's X-31 supersonic missile destroys target ship in Caspian Sea. Video

A video of the launch of the X-31 supersonic anti-ship missile from the Su-34 bomber appeared on the Internet. [embedded content] X-31 supersonic missile destroys target X-31 (NATO reporting name Krypton) is a medium-range tactical guided missile. In addition to Su-34 fighters, Su-30SM, Su-24 and Su-34 and Su-25 attack aircraft also took...

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Appliance Maker Use Putin in Ad [video]

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Sanctions ruin professional career of former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul

Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, can no longer study Russia as he did before because of  sanctions that Russia imposed on him. Source: commons.wikimedia.org/Kuhlmann/MSC In an interview with MSNBC, McFaul said that his life took a dramatic turn after new visa restrictions came into effect. "I'm a Stanford University...

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Setting Mike Pompeo straight

Setting Mike Pompeo straight Yet another US Secretary of State who does not know his backside from his elbow making snide and insolent remarks about Crimea. Here comes the answer... When addressing someone who has reached a pinnacle in her or his job or career or profession, it is polite to address the subject with a modicum of respect....

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Russians go on mass rallies nationwide protesting against retirement age raise

Many Russians took part in mass rallies held in Russia during the weekend to express their protest against the decision of the government to raise the retirement age. Predictably, the rallies in Moscow were the largest. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 7,000 Muscovites gathered on Saturday on Sakharov Avenue, and about...

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Russia stops producing An-124 Ruslan jumbo jet

Russia will no longer produce the An-124 Ruslan jumbo aircraft. Instead, a new superheavy aircraft will be created to replace the Russian by 2027. [embedded content] Russian An-124 Ruslan jumbo jets will not transport NATO tanks anymore According to Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Borisov, Russia simply does not need the Ruslan aircraft. The...

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20 Soviet Actresses

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Idlib: the mother of all battles

For Syria, the war is not over yet. While Daraa and Quneitra return under the army of Bashar al Assad, the strategists in Damascus prepare the offensive towards the last and fundamental enemy stronghold: Idlib. And it is here that they prepare what the Lebanese site Al Masdar has defined, not wrongly, "the mother of all battles": https://mobile.almasdarnews.com/article/exclusive-syrian-army-prepares-for-mother-of-all-battles-in-idlib/ According...

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Italy: Something is moving

The actions of the government that came out of the polls in March 2018 are slowly taking shape, giving not a few surprises to all its citizens. The Dignity Decree, strongly desired by the 5Stelle, was a first step to try to bring order into the Italian labor market, after the unfair decisions taken by the previous governments that had handed...

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A Colorized Photo of British Tanks ready to go to USSR [2 photo]

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People Paint Trees with Faces to Prevent them Sawed Down

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Invasion of Pacific Crabs in Murmansk Bay [video]

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122 Year Old Color Photos of Old Russia [photos]

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Construction of Romanoffs Bridge Over Volga in 1911-1913 [photos]

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Shame Pyramids Indicate Where Debtor Lives [photos]

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Police Chase Unregistered Jetskis on Neva River [video]

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Person Stabbed Police Officer With Knife in Moscow Just now [video]

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The end of the theory of a Nobel Prize in chemistry?

The well-known theory of Marcus, the theory that explains the transfer of electrons in chemical reactions, was invalidated by a team of scientists of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), led by the professor Luis Arnaut. No doubt about it, the scientific paper just published in Nature Communications's...

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Three conditions to force the US dollar system to collapse

Russia has recently disposed of US Treasury bonds, but the move was like a gnat bite for the US financial system. To force this system to collapse, one needs to meet three requirements. Does one need to force the US dollar to collapse, though? In 2015, Donald Trump told Fox News that the United States could become another Spain or Greece...

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Jerry Jones: American Racist

During the 1960s and early 70s, this was a popular paraphrase of an Eldridge Cleaver quotation: "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem." Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is part of the problem. If there was a race to decide which National Football League (NFL) team owner deserves the title of "most...

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Problem of Russia's smoking aircraft carrier solved

The modernisation of the combustion system, the injector part and power management will solve the problem of "black smoke" that was coming out from the pipes of Russia's only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, scientific director of the Krylov State Research Center, Valery Polovinkin said. [embedded content] Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov...

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Russia to bar foreign countries from transporting oil and gas via Northern Sea Route

Vice Prime Minister Yuriy Borisov said that the right to transport hydrocarbons along the Northern Sea Route can only be granted to ships sailing under the Russian flag. The official said at the International Maritime Show that the Russian government was working to grant Russian ships a unique right to transport and store hydrocarbons within...

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Woman's skeleton with mysterious black markings unearthed in Ukraine

An international team of archaeologists from Ukraine and Poland found burial sites near the Dnieper River. In one of the graves, researchers unearthed the skeleton of a woman buried about 5,000 years ago. Source: Michal Podsiadlo Archaeologists discovered unusual black markings on the bones of the skeleton. At first, the scientists assumed...

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USA to strike Iran this August

The United States of America is to strike Iran's nuclear facilities already this August, ABC said with reference to an anonymous source in the Australian government. Most likely, Australian and British military will take direct participation in the special operation of the United States. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull soon stated,...

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Russia to crush economy of Belarus

The decision of the Russian government to lift the export duty on oil will strike a serious blow on the economy of Belarus. The move will deprive Belarus of the oil subsidy that the country has been  receiving over the last two decades to re-export cheap Russian raw materials. Source: belorusneft.by According to publications in the...

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Exposal of a Flying Yogi [video]

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Strong Wind Kiev Ukraine [video]

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NAVY Parade Rehearsal [50 photo]

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Girl,23 Loses 106 KG weight [photo, video]

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'Iron curtain' is falling: Visa centers to be closed in Russia

On Thursday, July 26, many Russians could see the phantom of the good old iron curtain falling between Russia and the West. The news came from the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry, Irina Tyurina. Source: Fotodom.ru Last week, United Russia MPs proposed amending the federal law about the procedure to leave and enter...

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The horror story called Brazil: Murder and destruction

The horror story called Brazil Those who know Brazil speak highly of a fine country with friendly people, a land embued with natural charm mirrored by its peoples. There is a darker side. This story does not filter through the Brazilian media to the outside. You will find it in socioambiental.org, a Brazilian environmentalist site and a...

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Swimming Costume PKT in Red Army

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Abandoned town in mountains

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Putin sends his army chief to Israel, France and Germany for the first time

Never before had Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forced Valery Gerasimov traveled on a joint tour abroad. Obviously, these two officials play the role of "messengers" who clarify certain issues for Putin-Trump meetings. Yet, why does Gerasimov need to attend meetings in Berlin and Paris, if...

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