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Президент США признал: чем больше Владимир Путин преуспевает в дзюдо, тем сам он становится слабее в игре в баскетбол. Read more ...
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ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down [...] Read more ...
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Did Vladimir Putin steal New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring when they met in 2005? Many Russian bloggers are asking that very question, after Kraft claimed in a June 14, 2013, New York Post interview that he had in fact not given the ring as a gift. Read more ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it will spend $572 million to buy 30 Russian-built military helicopters that will be used by Afghan security forces.The Mi-17 helicopters will be used [...] Read more ...

British hopeful that peace talks to end civil war can go ahead, but divided Syrian opposition remains a big stumbling block [...] Read more ...
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Who drinks most vodka, gin, whisky and rum?ASIA'S growing middle classes are driving demand in the global spirits market. According to IWSR, a market-research firm, [...] Read more ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the final day of the G8 Lough Erne summit on June 18. The G8 leaders will discuss war on terrorism, in particular, in the Arab Spring context. Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov said earlier there would be two items on the agenda of the G8 summit's morning session: general issues of G8 interaction [...] Read more ...
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A Mongolian company has tapped one of the world’s most closed markets by taking a stake in a North Korean oil refinery, to help Asia’s fastest growing economy ease its energy reliance on Russia and China. Read more ...

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Stratfor Eurasia Analyst Eugene Chausovsky examines the obstacles to Moldova's EU integration, the most significant of which is Russia. Read more ...

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At least five people were injured and some 6,000 local residents were evacuated on Tuesday from a village near an ammunition depot in central Russia where a fire caused massive explosions of stored artillery shells, the Emergencies Ministry said. Read more ...
The G8 summit has just drawn to an end in Northern Ireland with Syria, as predicted, one of the most pressing topics up for discussion. Despite major [...] Read more ...

During an interview on RT television last week, President Vladimir Putin made a truly sensational statement by revealing the real reason for the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008. Read more ...

World leaders appealed to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to stand down at the close of their two-day summit in Northern Ireland. Read more ...
There are no facts proving that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the G8 summit. Some of the G8 countries share the same view, he added. Read more ...

Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to en [...] Read more ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said.No cause has yet been determined for the fire at the Chapaevsk military depot in the S [...] Read more ...

Dave Zirin: While Vladimir Putin's 'theft' of Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring grabs the headlines, a far bigger scandal grips the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics [...] Read more ...

As the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opens this week, we take a look back at eight scandals that have pockmarked its 17-year history. (18+) [...] Read more ...
(Institute of Modern Russia - imrussia.org - Donald N. Jensen - June 13, 2013) The fundamental driver of Russian elite politics is the clan: a network of personal contacts that cuts across facile d [...] Read more ...
(Business New Europe - bne.eu - June 17, 2013) The great debate in Russia is if growth has stalled or if the economy is only going through a soft patch at the moment. GDP growth fell to 1.6% in the [...] Read more ...
ENISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/DUBAI (Reuters) - Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with [...] Read more ...

Russia’s supermaneuverable multirole fighter Sukhoi Su-35S has made its first foreign demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France. Read more ...
(Window on Eurasia - Paul Goble - Staunton, June 17, 2013) Siberia and the Russian Far East are supposed to come up with the money to pay for Vladimir Putin's promise to develop those regions, an a [...] Read more ...
During the event the young delegates will meet and discuss the topics on the agenda with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the organisers say [...] Read more ...