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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 - 1 hour 3 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.
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SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:00 pm ET
A new Russian room that doubles as a docking port for the International Space Station is ready for a planned Tuesday launch toward the orbiting laboratory.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:46 am ET
Nobel Physics prize winner Vitaly Ginzburg, who helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died at the age of 93, the Russian Academy of Sciences said Monday.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 12:56 pm ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Russia Mining Report Q1 2009" report to their offering.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 2:05 am ET
Russian Internet Week (RIW), one of the top internet-focused events held in Russia, invited the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) to kick off its October 2009 conference with views on the global state of the digital marketing and communications industry. SoDA shared industry trends, correlations, and insights gathered from its international member base spanning five continents.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Russia's Nikolay Davydenko moved closer to a spot at the World Tour Finals in London by crushing German Benjamin Becker 6-2 6-1 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday.
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New York Times - 2 hours 30 minutes ago
Mr. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist, helped develop the first Soviet hydrogen bomb and went on to win the Nobel Prize.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 9:36 am ET
Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 3:46 am ET
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, declared himself a happy man with few regrets as he celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 10, 2:56 am ET
It's a compelling storyline: Starry-eyed couple books $2,000 honeymoon on Expedia to St. Petersburg, Russia, and winds up stranded in Frankfurt after their Expedia agent assures them they don't need visas to Russia. (They do, though their luggage goes on without them).