Russian film crew to make documentary on Assam tea
July 11th, 2012 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) With a view to extolling the virtues of Indian tea and introducing the Russian people to the tea culture in India, a three-member Russian film crew ... Read more...
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Putin documentary to premiere in Russia ahead of poll
February 29th, 2012 - 4:28 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A German documentary, portraying the "human side" of Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin will be aired on Russian television shortly before the ... Read more...
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London court allows Russian female spy suspect to work for Russian TV
March 19th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 19 (ANI): Katia Zatuliveter, a former assistant to Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock in Britain who was accused of being a Russian spy, has been reportedly granted permission by a ... Read more...
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Golf lessons could correct Obama’s ‘un-practiced,’ swing, says author
August 31st, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 31 (ANI): President Barack Obama might do better at golf with a few lessons, according to sportswriter John Feinstein.Obama teed off with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this ... Read more...
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US seeks to address Russian concerns about adoptions
April 16th, 2010 - 6:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 16 (DPA) The US will send a delegation next week to Russia to address the government's concerns about adoption by Americans parents following an incident last week, the US State ... Read more...
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Europe shocked at Kaczynski plane-crash death
April 10th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 10 (DPA) Governments around Europe voiced shock at the deaths of President Lech Kaczynski and other senior Polish officials in the Smolensk plane crash Saturday, with past friction all ... Read more...
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Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet makes maiden flight
January 29th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 29 (RIA Novosti) Russia's fifth-generation fighter jet, a joint venture with India, made its maiden flight for 45 minutes Friday in the country's far east, Russian television reported.
The test flight ... Read more...
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Russian PM Putin’s endangered Siberian tiger goes missing
November 26th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Endangered Siberian tigress that was shot by a tranquiliser dart and fitted with a satellite-tracking collar by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has gone missing.Putin's official website ... Read more...
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Matryoshka dolls in bailout queue, one for Obama too
July 7th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (IANS) Matryoshkas, those Russian dolls within dolls, are the latest to be hit by the global financial meltdown and their survival depends on a bailout from the government ... Read more...
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Obama envoy holding first talks with Netanyahu government
April 16th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, April 16 (DPA) US special envoy George Mitchell met Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Thursday morning, holding his first talks in Israel since the new government of hardline Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Russia, Ukraine sign new gas deal
January 19th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 19 (DPA) Russia and Ukraine clinched an agreement Monday ending a protracted dispute that froze gas shipments to Europe for nearly two-weeks.Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart ... Read more...
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Now, Russia stakes claim to its privileged sphere of influence
September 1st, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Sep.1 (ANI): Russia on Sunday laid out guiding principles of its foreign policy that included a claim to a privileged sphere of influence in the world.
In an address to Russian ... Read more...
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Hundreds file past coffin of Nobel author Solzhenitsyn
August 5th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 5 (DPA) Hundreds of mourners stood hunched in unrelenting rain Tuesday to pay tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the former dissident Russian author and Nobel laureate, lying in state at the ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Baltic Sea port explosion (Lead)
June 6th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, June 6 (DPA) The death toll rose to seven Friday after a gas blast sparked a fire onboard a cargo ship docked for repairs in Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad. Three ... Read more...
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Abramovich ‘was Putin’s enforcer’, claim his friends turned rivals
April 29th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr.29 (ANI): Roman Abramovich, the owner of the Chelsea Football Club, was an undeclared member of President Putins regime in Russia, documents in a clash-of-the-oligarchs court battle have suggested.
Abramovich emerges ... Read more...
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