Russia, neighbours to hold air defence drills
September 14th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Bishkek, Sep 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan will conduct joint air defence drills in October, the Kyrgyz defence ministry said Thursday.The "Chistoye Nebo (Clear Sky) 2012" exercise ... Read more...
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Man jailed for trafficking heroin in Russia
August 28th, 2012 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS) A court in Russia has sentenced a foreigner to six years in a high security prison for trafficking 14.5 kg of heroin in the country, ... Read more...
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Russia’s Chechnya, Ingushetia involved in land grabbing row
August 27th, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Southwestern Russia's Chechnya region will ask federal authorities to demarcate an administrative border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, saying its lands are being seized.The issue was ... Read more...
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Russia, Belarus sign $10 bn nuke plant deal
July 18th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, July 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia signed a $10 billion contract with Belarus Wednesday to build the former Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant.The agreement was signed in the presence ... Read more...
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Russia tells US envoy to tone down comments
May 30th, 2012 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US ambassador to Russia should remain diplomatic in his public comments and not jeopardise his country's ties with Russia, a Russian presidential aide said."The ... Read more...
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24,000 ’stolen’ brides in Kyrgyzstan in three years
May 11th, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 24,000 women were kidnapped and forced into marriage in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in the past three years, an official report said.The ... Read more...
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Kazakhs want Russian names removed from map
May 5th, 2012 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Kazakh group has asked the government to remove Russian names from the map of Kazakhstan, saying the names were a "gloomy legacy of Soviet ... Read more...
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Teenager jailed for killing Russian Santa Claus
May 4th, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 17-year-old boy in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe has been sentenced to jail for 10 years for killing a man dressed as "Father Frost', the Russian ... Read more...
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Soviet soldier to be buried 30 years after Afghan war
March 24th, 2012 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of a Soviet soldier who died in Afghanistan 30 years ago will be reburied in his home country, former Soviet republic Kazakhstan, following ... Read more...
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Britain eyes Afghanistan transit routes
March 2nd, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain is seeking overflight and land transit accords with Central Asian states to allow the shipment of military supplies in and out of Afghanistan as ... Read more...
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Belarus tells EU, Polish envoys to leave
February 29th, 2012 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Feb 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarus has told the head of the European Union delegation to Belarus and the Polish ambassador to leave the country, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.EU ... Read more...
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Ukraine’s cold wave toll reaches 100
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) A total of 101 people have died so far in Ukraine due to severe cold weather, with 38 succumbing in the past 24 hours till Friday ... Read more...
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World boxing chief awaits bribe evidence from BBC
October 7th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Baku (Azerbaijan), Oct 7 (IANS) The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) is waiting for BBC to produce evidence for the alleged corruption in the World Series of Boxing (WSB).The statement ... Read more...
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India, Georgia sign double tax avoidance treaty
August 24th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India Wednesday signed a tax treaty with the former Soviet republic of Georgia that would help track black money and boost bilateral trade and investments."The ... Read more...
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Ukraine mine blast toll rises to 24
July 31st, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The toll in the Sukhodilska-Vostochnaya mine blast in Ukraine's Luhansk region has reached 24, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry said Saturday."As of 8.30 p.m. July 30, ... Read more...
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16 die in Ukraine mine blast
July 29th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 16 miners were killed Friday after an explosion ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.Ten miners remain missing after the blast ... Read more...
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Russia cuts off electricity supply to Belarus over debt
June 29th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia cut off electricity supplies to Belarus at midnight Tuesday until Belarus fully repays its 1.2-billion ruble ($43 million) outstandings, Russia's electricity export monopoly Inter ... Read more...
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11 dead in Minsk metro blast: Belarus president (Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, April 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eleven people were killed in a blast that hit Belarusian capital Minsk's Oktyabrskaya metro station Monday, said President Alexander Lukashenko while describing the blast as ... Read more...
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Prince Andrew’s ‘close friendship’ with brutal billionaire dictator revealed
March 9th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): Prince Andrew has been revealed to have developed a 'close friendship' with a former Soviet republic dictatorial leader, who has been accused of torturing protesters.Andrew, 51, is said ... Read more...
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Terrorists may be getting access to nuke materials ‘every second day’: IAEA
January 28th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Davos (Switzerland), Jan 28 (ANI): Yukiya Amano, Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that nuclear material may be falling into the hands of terrorists.Amano attended the World ... Read more...
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Taliban’s top-ranking leader killed in Afghanistan
January 1st, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) A top-ranking Taliban leader, who was trained in Pakistan and involved in making improvised explosive devices, suicide vests and anti-aircraft weapons, has been killed by the NATO ... Read more...
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Coalition forces have killed Taliban leader Mullah Bahador
January 1st, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Jan 1(ANI): Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed top-ranking Taliban official Mullah Bahador in restive Kunduz Province during an overnight raid, according to Afghan police and a local governor.The ... Read more...
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Cops ‘threatened to rape’ Belarus Free Theatre director after election protest
December 26th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26 (ANI): Natalia Koliada, the artistic director of the Belarus Free Theatre Company, has revealed how she was threatened with being beaten and raped after her arrest during protests over ... Read more...
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‘Egyptian President Mubarak ‘turned down’ black-market nuclear weapons deal’
December 20th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Dec 20 (ANI): Maged Abdelaziz, Egypt's ambassador to the UN said that the country's President Hosni Mubarak had 'turned down' a black-market nuclear weapons deal following the collapse of the Soviet ... Read more...
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Obama lends assistance to combat wildfires in Russia
August 14th, 2010 - 2:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 14 (DPA) US President Barack Obama offered condolences and lent assistance to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a wave of wildfires have swept across the former Soviet Republic, the ... Read more...
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Sick of queuing? Hire someone to do it for you
July 22nd, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, July 22 (DPA) Queuing is part of everyday life in Ukraine. There are often hundreds of people standing in lines at government offices in the former Soviet republic.
But a young businessman ... Read more...
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Georgian woman, ‘world’s oldest person’, turns 130
July 9th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) A woman from a remote mountain village in Georgia has turned 130, making her the oldest person on earth, officials in the former Soviet republic have claimed.
Antisa ... Read more...
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Russian Spy case: SVR connection surfaces
July 2nd, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Shortly after some alleged Russian spies were captured and publicized by the US authorities, the Russian authorities had denied any knowledge of them and claimed the ... Read more...
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India sends aid to Kyrgyzstan (Lead)
July 1st, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Days after over 100 Indian students were evacuated from violence-torn Kyrgyzstan, India Thursday announced humanitarian aid to those hit by the ethnic violence that left over ... Read more...
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191 killed in Kyrgyzstan violence
June 17th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bishkek, June 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 191 people have been killed and thousands injured in the ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan since last week, Kyrgyz health ministry said Thursday.
"As of Thursday ... Read more...
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Uzbekistan closes border with strife-torn Krygyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Osh/Moscow, June 15 (DPA) Uzbekistan closed its border with strife-torn neighbour Krygyzstan Tuesday, after tens of thousands of Uzbek refugees fled the inter-ethnic violence in the former Soviet republic.
The official death toll ... Read more...
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Indians safe in Kyrgyzstan, may return to India this week (Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) All the 116 Indian nationals, most of them medical students, who were stranded in riot-hit southern Kyrgyzstan have been safely evacuated to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, the ... Read more...
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All Indians safe in Kyrgyzstan, to return to India soon
June 15th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) All the 116 Indian nationals, who were stranded in riot-hit southern Kyrgyzstan, have been safely evacuated and will return to India over the next few days, the ... Read more...
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78 Indians safely airlifted to Kyrgyzstan’s capital (Intro Night Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Amid spiraling ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, the Indian mission Monday night safely airlifted 77 Indian students and one professor from Osh to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. ... Read more...
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78 Indians safely evacuated to Kyrgyzstan’s capital (Night Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Amid spiraling ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, the Indian mission Monday night safely evacuated 77 Indian students and one professor from Osh to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. ... Read more...
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