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Only Diplomatic Means Are Allowed to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Issue |
 ...he Iranian nuclear issue. He said that no other means other than diplomatic should be used to solve the conflict around the Iranian nuclear program.
On the press-conference, where the President of Russia and Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, have concluded their official meeting, Putin stated that the same diplomatic means should be also used in resolving other conflicts, like the ones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo ... |
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Russia questions further existence of the CIS post-soviet organization |
 ...Igor Ivanov, the Russian secretary of the Security Council, has literally doomed the Commonwealth of Independent States to a fall.
He said that the term 'post-soviet country' should not be used anymore, and he also implied to a soon decay of the CIS.
He said that there were times when this organization has played a great role, however the current conditions have made this role much smaller. He mentioned the Eurasian Ec... |
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Russia Sells Arms to Tehran - USA Concerned |
| ...Nicholas Burns, a spokesman of the Secretary for Political Affairs, told the U.S. Senate that the President's administration was against the delivery of Russian weapons to Iran.
The history began when a news agency from Iran reported a successful test of the Russian air defense missile system TOR-M1, supplied as a part of the $700 million contract between the two parties. The test was part of an Iranian military exercisi... |
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Berezovsky to Be Questioned by Russian Investigators in London |
 ...Russian investigators came to the UK to interrogate the exiled Russian tycoon, Boris Berezovsky. The investigation will be conducted as a part of the last November Alexander Litvinenko's murder investigation.
Litvinenko died on November 23 last year. The investigation proved his poisoning with the highly radioactive Polonium-210. First wave of investigation featured a Scotland Yard team of detectives arriving to Moscow t... |
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European Intelligence: In April U.S. Military Could Attack Iran |
 ...Russian Intelligence reports the fact that American military has almost finished its built-up near the Iranian frontier. An officer from the Russian Intelligence said in an interview to Russian news agency RIA Novosti the U.S. will be able to commence the attack in the first half of April. He also added that one cannot exclude the fact that after launching rockets at Iranian objects, suspected of producing nuclear weapons... |
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Forbes' List of 25 Most Valuable Soccer Teams |
| .... Team value: $260 mil;Tottenham Hotspur, England. Team value: $243 mil;AS Roma, Italy. Team value: $224 mil;Hamburg SV, Germany. Team value: $221 mil;Manchester City, England. Team value: $208 mil;Borussia Dortmund, Germany. Team value: $199 mil;Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands. Team value: $196 mil;Celtic, Scotland. Team value: $185 mil;Everton, England. Team value: $165 mil;Olympique Marseille, France. Team value: $157 mil;... |
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2.3 million alcoholics live in Russia |
| ...When the world saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia found itself in a difficult situation. Then the situation worsened and today the number of alcoholics has tripled in comparison with 1991. In average the statistics show that one person in Russia consumes about 34 litres of vodka a year.
In his report, Gennadi Onichenko, Russia's chief medical officer, stated that the nation is currently facing a serious pr... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
| ...oviet occupation.
January 11, 2007 - Estonian President signs a law, which allows disassembly of the Soviet monuments and replacing the mass grave of the Soviet soldiers.
January 15, 2007 - Russian Liberal Party suggests placing the bronze monument to the Soviet Soldier in Moscow, instead of Tallinn.
January 15-17, 2007 - Russian Parliament suggests sanctions against Estonia, though Russian Economy Minister ... |
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Further escalation in the Estonian - Russian relationship |
| ...One of the major Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, reports that Moscow authorities have protested against Estonian policemen's actions on May 3rd. They have beaten the deputy of Moscow's department for external relations, Anatoly Sorokin, who was having an official visit to Estonian capital at that time.
Moscow's authorities have expressed their protests against these actions and claimed that everyone involved in this... |
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NATO Plans Its Own Missile Defense Across Europe. Cold War II? |
| ...d after discussions and debates with the American President George W. Bush.
On a common NATO and USA press-conference George W. Bush stated that the missile defense system is targeted not against Russia, as many would think, but against countries, which could endanger peace in Europe.
During a discussion with Reuters reporters George Bush has given his evaluation of relationships with Russia and named it 'very inten... |
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NASA Buys Russian Hi-tech Toilet That Turns Urine Into Drinking Water |
 ...NASA specialists buy Russian space toilet for $ 19 million that can even turn urine into drinking water.
The new toilet is going to be available for the crew on the International Space Station. The toilet that looks just like a common toilet will be introduced in 2008 and will provide the necessary facilities astronauts require in space. This is important for the crew that will be expanded to six members in 2009.
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Russian President Orders Cease Fire in Georgia |
 ...According to Interfax, Russian news agency, the president of Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, has ordered a cease fire and end of the military operations in Georgia.
"I have reached a decision to halt the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace," Interfax quoted Dmitry Medvedev as saying.
"The Aggressor in South Ossetia has been punished and has incurred very significant losses," said Dmitry Medvedev,... |
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