Man with binoculars killed near Ukraine nudist beach
August 29th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An apparent voyeurism session ended in disaster in Ukraine, when a man allegedly spying at a nudist beach was brutally killed.The body of the unnamed ... Read more...
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Russian attempts suicide after watching ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
July 7th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 24-year-old man leaped out of a third-floor window at a mall in Russia after watching the blockbuster "The Amazing Spider-Man", a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Girl survives but her horse dies of electrocution
June 18th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian schoolgirl was injured but the horse she was riding died after both of them suffered an electric shock.According to Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid, the ... Read more...
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Gang jailed for paedophile tours to Moldova
May 30th, 2012 - 6:30 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) Members of a gang that organised paedophile sex tours to former Soviet state Moldova have been sentenced to up to 21 years in jail, RIA Novosti ... Read more...
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29 hurt in four bombings in Ukraine (Lead)
April 27th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 29 people, including nine children, were injured Friday in four successive bomb attacks in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk city, the government said.Police said at least ... Read more...
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Russian offers his back for tattoo ads
April 19th, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A resident of Russia's St. Petersburg city has decided to earn money by selling space on his back for tattoo advertisements.According to newsru.com website, 29-year-old ... Read more...
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Boy abducted because of his name
April 5th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A woman who kidnapped a seven-year-old boy named Ilya Yaropolov in Russia did so because she wanted a child with that name, police said.The boy ... Read more...
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Pro-Kremlin groups to stage 26 rallies in Moscow
March 4th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Several Russian pro-Kremlin youth movements will hold a total of 26 rallies in Moscow over Sunday and Monday as Russians will vote in the presidential ... 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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Putin unaffected by assassination plot
February 28th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has not been affected by a plot to assassinate him, his spokesman said Tuesday."It hasn't affected either the mood or ... Read more...
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Putin’s poll promises to cost state $170 bn
February 17th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Lavish social spending promised by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his bid to return to the presidency will cost the state at least 5.1 ... Read more...
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Putin backs Russia’s population growth
February 13th, 2012 - 5:54 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed a set of measures aimed to increase the country's population from 142 million to 154 million people.Putin said ... Read more...
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Russian walks 9,000-km home after being robbed
September 7th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 47-year-old Russian walked 9,000 km from Moscow to his hometown on the Kamchatka Peninsula after he was robbed of money, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Chechnya leader supports polygamy, wants second wife
February 25th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, fully supports the idea of polygamy and says he is looking for a beautiful woman to become ... Read more...
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11 Russian sailors drown on rescue bid in the Arctic
August 28th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 28 (DPA) Eleven Russian sailors drowned in the Arctic after their rescue vessel went down in stormy seas on a mission to try to help a fishing boat in distress, ... Read more...
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Anna Chapman threatened with legal action by glossy mag
August 27th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman has been threatened with legal action over a magazine photo-shoot after the pictures were leaked before publication.Chapman, 28, had posted a new ... Read more...
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Zoo ‘treats’ turn chimp into alcohol, nicotine addict
February 27th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 27 (IANS) Frequent "treats" by visitors made a zoo inmate, Zhora the chimp, an alcoholic and nicotine addict, a Russian daily said.
Zoo authorities in Rostov -- 200 km northeast of ... Read more...
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Is Gibson’s Costa Rican girl Timothy Dalton’s ex?
April 17th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 17 (ANI): Rumours are abuzz that the mystery girl spotted hanging out with Mel Gibson on the beach in Costa Rica is actually opera singer Oksana Grigorieva, the former ... Read more...
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Russian doctors find plant growing in man’s lung
April 13th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 13 (RIA Novosti) Surgeons in Russia's Urals region were staggered to find a five-cm high spruce growing inside a man's lung, the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reported Monday.
The discovery was ... Read more...
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Pancake-eating contest winner dies in Russia
March 3rd, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 3 (RIA Novosti) A pancake-eating contest in Russia's Kaliningrad region ended in tragedy when the winner died, a popular daily said Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the town of Chernyakhovsk during ... Read more...
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Isinbayeva redefines pole vault with records and beauty (Profile)
November 24th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Monte Carlo, Nov 24 (DPA) The 2008 World Athlete of the Year Yelena Isinbayeva has redefined the young sport of women's pole vault in every aspect from world records to sex appeal.If ... Read more...
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Computer glitch blamed for Russian nuclear sub accident
November 19th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 19 (RIA Novosti) The accident on the Russian nuclear submarine Nov 8 that killed 20 people could have been caused by a computer glitch, a Russian daily reported Wednesday. The ... Read more...
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