Russian Olympic medallists given luxury cars
August 16th, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Many of Russia's medal-winning Olympic athletes were presented with luxury cars Wednesday and the others were also promised cars soon.Many of Russia's gold medallists received ... Read more...
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Kremlin to honour Russian Olympic team
August 15th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS) Russian athletes returning from the London Olympics will be honoured at the Kremlin, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said."I signed an order to honour you with ... Read more...
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Putin’s limousine invites traffic complaint
July 17th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 17 (IANS)Vladimir Putin, who dashed through the empty streets of Moscow on his inauguration day as Russian president in a black limousine without a front license plate, has ... Read more...
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Russia’s Pussy Riot go on hunger strike
July 5th, 2012 - 8:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Members of the all-female Russian punk group Pussy Riot - who face up to seven years behind bars over an anti-Putin protest - Wednesday went on ... Read more...
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Half of Russians want Lenin buried: Poll
June 14th, 2012 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Almost half of Russians -- 48 percent -- agree that the body of the former leader Vladimir Lenin, who died 88 years ago, should be ... Read more...
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Five struck by lightning in Moscow
June 13th, 2012 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A stroll in the park ended in hospital for five Uzbek college students in Moscow after a lightning bolt hit the ground next to them, ... Read more...
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Russian bombers’ helper jailed
May 30th, 2012 - 5:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Moscow court that found him guilty of assisting suicide bombers who had planned a ... Read more...
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Russian woman jailed in failed terror attack
May 19th, 2012 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison after finding her guilty of attempting to detonate herself on Moscow's central Red Square ... Read more...
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20 protesters held in Moscow
March 9th, 2012 - 1:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police have detained at least 20 activists in Moscow as they attempted to hold an unsanctioned rally, the interior ministry said.The protesters were detained Thursday ... Read more...
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Anti-Putin protest thwarted by police
February 1st, 2012 - 3:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A massive police presence in downtown Moscow prevented followers of radical firebrand politician Eduard Limonov from demonstrating Tuesday evening against expected return of Prime ... Read more...
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Russian ex-lawmaker put on Interpol wanted list for fraud
May 19th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Interpol's General Secretariat has officially put former Russian lawmaker Ashot Yegiazaryan on its wanted list over large-scale fraud charges, said a spokesman for Russia's Investigative ... Read more...
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Russian military to wear berets for first time
April 15th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian troops will be wearing berets for the first time next month as they march in the annual parade to mark victory in World War ... Read more...
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Lenin’s niece dies aged 89
March 26th, 2011 - 5:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The niece of Vladimir Lenin, father of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, died in Moscow Friday at the age of 89, officials said.Olga Ulyanova was the ... Read more...
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60 percent of Russians want Lenin’s body to be buried
February 3rd, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 60 percent of Russians want Vladimir Lenin's body to be removed from his mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square and buried, according to a poll.Forty three percent ... Read more...
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Moscow blast terrorists warned woman to turn ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber or see baby girl die
February 1st, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Feb 1 (ANI): A Russian woman has claimed that she was threatened by the terrorists, who unleashed last week's airport bomb in Moscow, that they would kill her baby girl if ... Read more...
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Putin says Chechens not behind deadly Moscow airport bombing
January 27th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jan.27 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said Chechen terrorists were not behind the deadly suicide attack on a Moscow airport.Putin said: "This terrorist act, according to preliminary data, has ... Read more...
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‘Russians want Lenin removed from Moscow mausoleum’
January 24th, 2011 - 4:30 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than two-thirds of Russians want revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin to be removed from his mausoleum in Moscow and be buried, a poll has suggested. In an ... Read more...
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Should Lenin’s body be buried, asks poll (Lead)
January 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A political party in Russia has launched an online poll asking whether the body of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be buried.Lenin died Jan 21, 1924, and ... Read more...
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Russia wants to bury Lenin?
January 23rd, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The ruling United Russia party has launched a website announcing an online poll on the burial of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.The poll of the goodbyelenin.ru website ... Read more...
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Lenin’s body may be removed from Red Square mausoleum: Gorbachev
January 21st, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Jan 21 (ANI): Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician, could be replaced from its Red Square mausoleum.The ... Read more...
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Missing Teen Dwight Clark’s Body Found In Bellingham Bay
October 7th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
It came as a shock to Dwight Clark's family when the Bellingham police reported yesterday that they found a body in Bellingham Bay and they suspect that the body ... Read more...
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US troops were also a part of the ‘Victory Day’ parade on the Red Square
May 11th, 2010 - 1:30 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, May 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The troops of US, France and Britain were also part of the ‘Victory Day’ parade on the Red Square for the very first time. The Russian ... Read more...
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Russians get cartoon dance duet treat from Medvedev, Putin on New Year’s
January 2nd, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2 (ANI): Russians were in for a treat of a surprise cartoon duet on TV, when caricatures of President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reviewed the year after ... Read more...
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What binds Red Square and Lal Chowk (Letter from Moscow)
December 15th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Moscow, Dec 15 (IANS) Snow-covered roads in winters, bustling crowds of shoppers wrapped in heavy woollens, beautifully decked shops, and a sense of insecurity -- there are plenty of commonalities ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Halo over Moscow raises questions
October 15th, 2009 - 2:54 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Oct 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There were suspicious clouds in ahalo sort of a way, over Moscow. Some people thought that the aliens were about to land, others thought that ... Read more...
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When Russian cops mistook Lady Gaga for a prostitute!
May 19th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 19 (ANI): Pop sensation Lady Gaga was mistaken for a prostitute by Russian cops while she posed for a photoshoot wearing a leather leotard.The 23-year-old singer asked her driver to ... Read more...
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When a skimpy leather outfit got Lady Gaga almost arrested
April 29th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Lady Gaga, who is known for making headlines with her wacky outfits, landed in trouble during a recent trip to Russia for wearing a skimpy leather outfit.
... Read more...
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Modern Russia gives no money for new suit for Lenin
April 22nd, 2009 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 22 (IANS) The ongoing economic crisis has already had an effect on everyone in Russia, from oligarchs to humble office workers, and now even Vladimir Lenin in his Red Square ... Read more...
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Was ”Putin” snapped with Reagan?
March 20th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 20 (ANI): A photograph has surfaced that reportedly shows Vladmir Putin and then US President Ronald Reagan together.
Official White House snapper Pete Souza took the Red Square picture in ... Read more...
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Most Russians want Lenin’s body removed from Red Square
January 21st, 2009 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 21 (RIA Novosti) An opinion poll has shown that two- thirds of Russians believe that the embalmed body of the Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin should be removed from its ... Read more...
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Writer Tariq Ali criticises Soviet-era dissidents Havel, Michnik
June 9th, 2008 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Prague, June 9 (DPA) Pakistani-born writer Tariq Ali, a leader of the 1960s anti-Vietnam war movement in Britain, was quoted Monday criticizing iconic Soviet-era dissidents Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik for what ... Read more...
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Gorbachev asks for reburial of Lenins body
June 5th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 5 (ANI): Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has said that the embalmed body of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be moved from its mausoleum in Red Square ... Read more...
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ManU, Chelsea fans drank Moscow dry 3 hours before Champions League final!
May 25th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
London, May 25 (ANI): Manchester United and Chelsea fans drank so much beer while in Moscow for the Champions League finals that they left most of the pubs in the Russian ... Read more...
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English footie hooligans to be incarcerated in Moscow horror prison
May 19th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by admin
London, May 19 (ANI): English football fans would do well to behave themselves when Manchester United and Chelsea face other for the Champions League title on Wednesday, for if they dont, ... Read more...
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Russia celebrates World War II Victory Day
May 9th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia Friday celebrated the 63rd Victory Day to mark the surrender of the Nazis at end of the World War II, with President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting ... Read more...
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