Caged bear mauls girl in Russia
August 27th, 2012 - 7:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A caged bear mauled a teenage girl at a recreation facility near Moscow, police said.The bear attacked the 14-year-old girl when she tried to feed ... Read more...
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Chinese woman held for smuggling deer genitals
August 13th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Chinese woman has been held in Russia while trying to smuggle dried deer genitals in her purse.Employees at the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe international passenger checkpoint in ... Read more...
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Russian interior ministry orders new drones
April 5th, 2012 - 4:07 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's interior ministry plans to spend up to 120 million rubles (around $4 million) on eight unmanned aerial vehicles.The ministry said it would also require ... Read more...
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Officer who covered grenade gets Russia’s highest honour
April 4th, 2012 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian battalion commander who died after diving on a grenade to protect others has been posthumously awarded the country's highest honour, the "Hero of ... Read more...
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Two convicted in Russia for making pen guns
February 8th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's ... Read more...
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Child attacked by tiger in Russian zoo
January 4th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A tiger at a zoo in the Amur region attacked and injured a three-year-old child Wednesday.The boy was taken to hospital in Blagoveshchensk city."The parents ... Read more...
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Pacific oil pipeline a strategic project: Putin
December 28th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kozmino (Russia), Dec 28 (RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who officially launched the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline Monday, said it was a project of strategic importance for Russia.
During ... Read more...
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Russia, China to resume talks on $25 bn loan
November 18th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Novy Urengovy (Russia), Nov 18 (RIA Novosti) Russia and China will soon resume talks on two loans to major Russian oil companies worth $25 billion, Russian energy minister Sergei Shmatko said Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Russian bombers conduct patrol over Arctic Ocean
May 14th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 14 (RIA Novosti) Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol over remote areas of the Arctic that lasted for almost 20 hours, a Russian air ... Read more...
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