Gazprom offers gas price discounts to EU firms
June 28th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian energy giant Gazprom will offer West European consumers 20 billion rubles ($615 million) in price discounts this year."Retroactive payments will amount to 20 billion ... Read more...
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Mary Kom qualifies for London Olympics
May 18th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Qinhuangdao (China), May 18 (IANS) India's star boxer M.C. Mary Kom (51 kg) has qualified for the London Olympics after her conqueror in the World Championships, Nicola Adams, won her ... Read more...
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Cold weather kills rare pelicans in Russia
February 21st, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dalmatian pelicans, a threatened species, are dying of cold and hunger amid freezing weather in Russia's usually warm Dagestan region, where the birds migrated for ... Read more...
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Kalashnikov rifle sales up by 57 percent in 2011
January 26th, 2012 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Izhmash, the manufacturer of Kalashnikov AK assault rifles has said its sales were up 57.4 percent last year at 5.73 billion rubles (about $190 million).The ... Read more...
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Russia exports 18 mn tonnes of grain
December 30th, 2011 - 4:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 30 (IANS) Russia has exported about 18 million tonnes of grain in 2011, First Deputy Prime Minister Victor Zubkov said. Russia is one of the world's largest grain ... Read more...
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Russia may send woman to ISS
December 8th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian woman cosmonaut may fly to the International Space Station in 2013, a top official has said.Federal space agency Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin said ... Read more...
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South Africa gifts one ton oranges to ’seven-billionth’ baby
November 4th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kaliningrad (Russia), Nov 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Africa's Citrus Growers' Association has granted a gift certificate of a ton oranges to the mother of newborn Pyotr Nikolayev from Kaliningrad, who ... Read more...
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IGNOU to introduce short-term Russian course
March 13th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) would soon be introducing a short-term Russian language and culture course, an official said.IGNOU's School of Foreign Languages ... Read more...
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Russia ready to export poultry from India
March 27th, 2010 - 9:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is ready to import poultry from India if the US does not resume its supplies, Russian Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik has said.
India, a major poultry ... Read more...
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Gay sends warning to Bolt with 100m world lead
July 11th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 11 (DPA) Tyson Gay sent a warning to Usain Bolt when the American clocked the fastest 100 metres time of the year, 9.77 seconds, at the Golden League series stop ... 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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