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Bloomberg - 2 hours 3 minutes ago
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s central bank will probably cut its key interest rate a further half a point this year to a record low as the regulator tries to goad banks to lend more and to stem ruble gains that threaten an export recovery.
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Sun-Sentinel - 2 hours 24 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced Tuesday it will use Italy to launch a communications satellite after waiting years for Russia to do the job, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported.
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Heritage Foundation - Mon Nov 9, 5:32 pm ET
Abstract: Russia still considers the United States its "principal adversary." Moscow relies on its nuclear weapons to compensate for its inferiority in conventional power relative to the U.S., NATO, and China.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 12:04 pm ET
Geneva - The United States and Russia on Monday began another round of talks over nuclear disarmament in the Swiss city of Geneva, with diplomatic sources saying the talks could continue into mid-December. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 9:20 am ET
A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of corruption, a claim dismissed by authorities as false, news agencies reported.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:52 am ET
Russia and the United States on Monday resumed what is expected to be the last round of marathon talks to renew a key nuclear disarmament treaty which is due to expire next month.
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Sun-Sentinel - Mon Nov 9, 10:19 am ET
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force next year.
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New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 3:06 am ET
Fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones, generates about 10 percent of America’s electricity.
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UPI - Mon Nov 9, 12:30 pm ET
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Russia and Slovenia are expected to sign an agreement for the South Stream natural gas pipeline on the sidelines of a World Cup qualifier, officials said.
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The Record and Herald News - Sun Nov 8, 10:04 am ET
MOSCOW — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.
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Los Angeles Times - Mon Nov 9, 2:20 pm ET
The notices come amid increasing harassment of rights workers. The organizations, For Human Rights and Moscow Helsinki Group, say they will fight to stay in their offices in downtown Moscow. Two of Russia's most prominent human rights organizations say their work has been thrown into jeopardy by municipal efforts to evict them from their offices.
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New York Times - Sun Nov 8, 1:23 pm ET
Leaders of Russia’s largest opposition faction have made it clear that they prefer the current president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, to his predecessor, Vladimir V. Putin.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s economy will suffer a deeper contraction this year than previously estimated after a series of central bank interest rate cuts failed to ease a “prolonged” credit drought, the World Bank said.
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Washington Post - Sun Nov 8, 12:00 am ET
After months of negotiations with Russia, Obama administration officials are hopeful about a breakthrough -- possibly this week -- that would enable the two sides to sign a successor to their most extensive nuclear weapons treaty before it expires Dec. 5.
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New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 7:05 pm ET
Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum company, is hoping to raise $2.5 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 8:19 am ET
Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed an amendment to the defence law, paving the way for deployment of the Russian military anywhere in the world, the Kremlin said Monday. The law empowers the Russian armed forces to take part in ant...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 8:13 am ET
Russia should keep its word on selling a missile defense system to Iran, an influential parliamentarian was quoted by Iranian media as saying Sunday.
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The Auto Channel - Tue Nov 10, 2:09 am ET
Tokyo, Nov 9, 2009; Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has purchased 40% of Rolf Import (RI), a Russian foreign automotive distribution company, and a subsidiary of Rolf Group of Companies (Rolf). MC has built a close working relationship with Rolf, Russia's leading automotive business group, and through collaboration with Rolf has proven results in Russia's automobile sales business over the past 17 ...
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New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 5:21 pm ET
Old bomb material generates about 10 percent of America’s electricity, more than hydro, solar, biomass, wind and geothermal combined.
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The Record and Herald News - Mon Nov 9, 12:03 pm ET
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunification the following year transformed Germany's relations with Russia, bringing "a feeling of trust and gratitude," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.