Indian Navy hopeful of getting INS Vikramaditya by April 2013 (Lead)
September 17th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Moscow, Sep 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Amid reports of another delay in the delivery of INS Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy said Monday it was hopeful of getting the refurbished aircraft ... Read more...
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Software firm denies Russian spy agency tie-up
August 28th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian IT company has denied any involvement in a project to develop software to monitor social networks and influence public opinion for the country's ... Read more...
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Russian ex-cops kidnap, kill Austrian lawyer
August 19th, 2012 - 8:27 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An Austrian lawyer linked to Russian organised crime was kidnapped and accidentally killed by two former Russian policemen with a criminal record, a media report ... Read more...
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Russia’s Kommersant ends TV channel
June 27th, 2012 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Kommersant publishing house has announced that it was getting rid of its television channel, that was launched in 2011, because of its financial underperformance."A ... Read more...
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Moscow tightens security for Polish embassy
June 16th, 2012 - 7:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow police have stepped up security at the Polish embassy in connection with fighting and rumours of further clashes between Russian and Polish football fans ... Read more...
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Rowdy Russian fans head for Warsaw
June 15th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Swaying slightly and smelling strongly of alcohol, the fan slammed his brand new running shoes onto the counter at a downtown Moscow sports shop. "I'm ... Read more...
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Russia not to allocate $10 mn for Afghan army
May 25th, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has rejected a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan said ... Read more...
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Putin may meet Obama at G8 in May
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin will meet US President Barack Obama if he goes to a G8 summit at Camp David, US, ... Read more...
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Putin, Obama to meet after presidential inauguration
March 21st, 2012 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama have agreed to meet soon after Putin is sworn in May 7, Russian Foreign Minister ... Read more...
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Exhausted Russian reporters plan anti-demonstration protest
March 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian media employees who are sick and tired of the incessant pro- and anti-government protests in Moscow have set up a Facebook group "Journalists ... Read more...
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Russia close to signing Su-35 fighter deal with China
March 6th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia and China may soon sign a $4-billion contract for 48 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets, the Kommersant business daily said Tuesday."The two sides have ... Read more...
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Putin plot suspects unlikely to be extradited from Ukraine (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The suspects in an alleged plot to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who were detained in Ukraine, will not be extradited to Russia until ... Read more...
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Russian works 12 years as lawyer with fake diploma
February 20th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Russia sentenced a prominent lawyer and TV presenter to two years in prison for fraud when it was uncovered that he had ... Read more...
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Russian Navy to get 10 more n-submarines
February 8th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Navy will receive at least 10 new Borey class strategic nuclear submarines in line with a revised state armament procurement programme until 2020, ... Read more...
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Russia may spend $12 bn on satellite navigation system
February 8th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 billion) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-20, the Kommersant daily said Wednesday.Glonass is Russia's answer ... Read more...
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Russia may boost nuclear potential: Minister
February 6th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia may have to boost its nuclear potential in the future amid emerging nuclear proliferation threats, Anatoly Antonov, Russia's deputy defence minister and a negotiator ... Read more...
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Moscow officials ban anti-Putin march
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow authorities have dismissed a plan proposed by critics of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to hold a 50,000-strong march Feb 4.A group of opposition ... Read more...
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Russian gold producer eyes London IPO
January 19th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One of Russia's largest gold producers, Uzhuralzoloto Group, may hold an initial public offering in London to raise $200 million this spring, Kommersant business daily ... Read more...
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US radar may have damaged Russian Mars probe: Daily
January 17th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A powerful electromagnetic emission from a US radar in the Pacific Ocean could have caused the malfunctioning of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, the Kommersant daily ... Read more...
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Three Russian journalists detained in Kazakhstan
December 19th, 2011 - 5:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three Russian journalists covering riots in western Kazakhstan were detained without any reason Sunday, Russia's Kommersant business daily said on its website."The journalists were detained ... Read more...
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Russia to build AK-47 ammunition factory in Cuba
December 2nd, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 2 (IANS/EFE) Russia plans to build a factory in Cuba to make ammunition for AK-47 assault rifles, an official said Thursday."The components were taken to Cuba a few ... Read more...
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Moscow may have the tallest Ferris wheel in the world
November 10th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Nov 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Russian newspaper Kommersant has reported that the country’s officials are working to install a giant Ferris wheel in the nation’s capital. The 220 meter structure is ... Read more...
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Belarus may buy outdated Su-30 fighters from Russia
September 16th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eighteen Su-30K fighter jets which were delivered by Russia to India in the 1990s could end up in service with the Belarusian air force, Russian ... Read more...
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Ukraine sold $1 bn worth of weapons in 2010
July 19th, 2011 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine's arms exports in 2010 reached almost $1 billion with the bulk of weapons sold to African countries, a newspaper said."The portfolio of contracts signed ... Read more...
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Gaddafi would step down if security is guaranteed
July 6th, 2011 - 5:48 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 6 (IANS/AKI) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said he would step down if his security is guaranteed, according to a Russian official."The colonel (Gaddafi) is sending signals that ... Read more...
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Moscow laziest city in Russia: Survey
June 7th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow is the laziest city in Russia where people work almost two hours less than in other regions of the country, Russian business daily Kommersant ... Read more...
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Russia opens criminal case into Moscow’s journalist beating
May 2nd, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- Russian police on Monday opened a criminal case into the violent beating of a local journalist in northern Moscow, RIA Novosti reported.Dmitry Andryushchenko, a journalist working for Russian ... Read more...
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Russian ‘Double Agent’ Named by Kremlin in Moscow Newspaper
November 12th, 2010 - 3:57 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Russian newspaper known as ‘Kommersant’ has named the man which the Kremlin says is responsible for the spy ring bust which occurred in the United States last ... Read more...
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Russian ‘double agent’ named by Moscow newspaper
November 11th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Russian newspaper, Kommersant has named the “double” spy who aided the American authorities to break the ring of 10 Russian spies that were rounded up in ... Read more...
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Medvedev to discuss missile issues with US
June 11th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss US plans of setting up missile defence systems in Europe with top American leaders during his upcoming visit to the ... Read more...
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Russian hacker who caused traffic chaos with billboard porn stunt arrested
February 17th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): A Russian prankster who caused chaos on a busy road after hacking into a computer system to beam a pornographic movie on a giant advertising screen has been ... Read more...
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Russian hacker causes traffic chaos with billboard porn stunt!
February 17th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): A Russian prankster caused chaos on a busy road after hacking into a computer system to beam a pornographic movie on a giant advertising screen.The 40-year-old hacker was ... Read more...
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Russia opens criminal case over ’substandard’ MiG fighter jets
September 18th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 18 (RIA Novosti) Russia has opened criminal cases against the top management of a company accused of providing low-quality equipment for MiG-29 fighter jets sold to Algeria, a media report ... Read more...
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Medvedev denies Iran-missile shield tradeoff with US
March 4th, 2009 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 3 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday rejected media reports that Washington had pledged to drop its Central European missile shield plans if Moscow helped resolve Iranian nuclear standoff. ... Read more...
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70 percent of Russia’s MiG-29 fighters unable to fly
February 6th, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 6 (RIA Novosti) At least 200 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters or 70 percent of the total in service with the Russian Air Force, are too old to fly, a Russian business ... Read more...
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